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New Milford woman leads global anti-poverty organization
The founders of World Hunger Year sought to end hunger and poverty by supporting grass-roots movements and community solutions. Today, WhyHunger is known for its annual Hungerthon campaign, running this year…
November 20, 2018
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Food insecurity
The annual health care costs associated with hunger are estimated to be $130.5 billion in the U.S. alone, showing that addressing food insecurity and poor nutrition is a necessary step…
November 15, 2018
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SiriusXM to Participate in WhyHunger's Hungerthon for 10th Straight Year
For a tenth consecutive year, SiriusXM will participate in WhyHunger's annual Hungerthon campaign, it was announced Wednesday (Nov. 14). The annual Thanksgiving radio tradition began in 1975, according to Hungerthon's…
November 14, 2018
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Hard Rock International Collaborates With WhyHunger On New Bruce Springsteen Signature Series: Edition 36 Merchandise Collection
Hard Rock International is partnering with WhyHunger to release the brand's latest limited-edition merchandise line on Oct. 2. The Bruce Springsteen Signature Series: Edition 36 collection supports WhyHunger's work to…
October 02, 2018
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The 2018 Farm Bill is a crisis of democracy
The social contract between our government and its people is hanging on by a thread. If the 2018 Farm Bill is any indication of the strength of that last thread,…
July 21, 2018
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Shape
Shape
August 17, 2017
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NY Nightly News
August 17, 2017
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Tom Morello's Rage Against Injustice
WhyHunger is in Billboard Magazine's 2016 Music + Philanthropy issue along with our partners at Food Chain Workers Alliance and longtime supporter Tom Morello.
November 02, 2016
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Interview with Noreen Springstead, Executive Director of WhyHunger
Interview with New York City Food Policy Center and WhyHunger Executive Director, Noreen Springstead.
October 26, 2016
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How to Help Fight Hunger
Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, sits down with WNBC4 New York to share five fresh tips on how to fight hunger for the holidays.
October 25, 2016
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Giving Back To End Hunger
Alison Cohen speaks to ABC 7 Chicago about the different ways you can help end hunger.
October 04, 2016
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Prophets of Rage to Perform Surprise Set at Governors Ball
After a cancelled GovBall performances, Prophets of Rage dedicate proceeds from make-up show in Brooklyn, to WhyHunger.
July 13, 2016
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Kenny Loggins on the Joy of Giving Back and What Makes WhyHunger Cool
Q&A with recent WhyHunger Chapin Awards honoree Kenny Loggins
July 12, 2016
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Tom Morello Wins Humanitarian Award, Addresses N.W.A Rock Hall Controversy
July 12, 2016
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Landmark program to end world hunger
Bill Ayres and Jen Chapin discuss hunger, poverty and the role we can play in finding solutions.
July 12, 2016
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Rockland-Bergen Music Festival lineup announced
Music festival hosts 15 charitable organizations on-site, including WhyHunger.  
July 12, 2016
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At Ethical Brew in Teaneck, Live Folk Music Meets Social Action
Socially-conscious musical shows benefit organizations like WhyHunger.
July 12, 2016
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Antihunger Organization’s Radical Message: ‘Charity Won’t End Hunger’
WhyHunger's approach in working to end hunger, goes beyond charity.
July 12, 2016
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Tom Morello And Kenny Loggins Honored At WhyHunger Chapin Awards
May 19, 2016
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The WhyHunger Awards and My Full Circle Moment
Writer Ilene Angel discusses the memorable full circle moments she had at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards.
May 18, 2016
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Emily Kinney Interview
Emily Kinney Interview
March 19, 2016
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Talking About Food with WhyHunger Activists, Tess and Beatriz
Talking About Food with WhyHunger Activists, Tess and Beatriz
March 19, 2016
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Southside Johnny Plays 30th Annual Hungerthon
Southside Johnny Plays 30th Annual Hungerthon
March 19, 2016
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Emily Kinney’s Taking Over Our SnapChat for a Solid Cause
Emily Kinney’s Taking Over Our SnapChat for a Solid Cause  
March 19, 2016
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Emily Kinney on why watching The Walking Dead now is like going back to high school
Emily Kinney on why watching The Walking Dead now is like going back to high school
March 19, 2016
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For Love and for the Love of Lennon in New York City: 35th Annual Tribute Concert Preview
For Love and for the Love of Lennon in New York City: 35th Annual Tribute Concert Preview
March 19, 2016
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Deb Gordon with Suzanne Babb and Denny Marsh
Deb Gordon with Suzanne Babb and Denny Marsh
March 19, 2016
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Make it Plain with Mark Thompson Broadcast Live from Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger with Alison Cohen
Make it Plain with Mark Thompson Broadcast Live from Bed-Stuy Campaign  Against Hunger with Alison Cohen
March 19, 2016
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Stories From Main Street: In 30th Year, Hungerthon Needed More Than Ever, Organizers Say
Stories From Main Street: In 30th Year, Hungerthon Needed More Than Ever, Organizers Say
March 19, 2016
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It’s Hungerthon Day! Join the Fight to End Hunger in America Now
It’s Hungerthon Day! Join the Fight to End Hunger in America Now
March 19, 2016
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Family Circle
WhyHunger featured in Family Circle's "Best Of" List for November, 2015
March 19, 2016
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Grassroots Struggle for Food Sovereignty and Liberation of Black Cultures
Grassroots Struggle for Food Sovereignty and Liberation of Black Cultures
March 19, 2016
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Steve Adubato’s Lessons in Leadership
Steve Adubato’s Lessons in Leadership
March 19, 2016
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Creating Harmony With WHYHUNGER
Creating Harmony with WhyHunger
March 19, 2016
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Millennial Startup Founders Are the Must-Have Item This Fundraising Season
Millennial Startup Founders Are the Must-Have Item This Fundraising Season
March 19, 2016
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Black and Afro-Indigenous Farmers Share 2015 Food Sovereignty Prize
Black and Afro-Indigenous Farmers Share 2015 Food Sovereignty Prize
March 19, 2016
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Wondering Where You Fit in the Food Justice Movement?
Just watched 'A Place at the Table' and want to take action? Frustrated by what your kids are eating at school? Have you been wanting to join a CSA? Just finished reading 'Behind the Kitchen Door' and wondering what you can do? Dig in here.
01-03-2013
What We’re Watching: Food Fight
Have you seen the new music video by  Earth Amplified and Stic.Man (of Dead Prez)? The core message of "Food Fight"  is simple: Fight big food before big food fights you! The song addresses corporate control of our food, diet-related disease, and the ways in which people of color are disproportionately affected by  our failing food systems. Ain't nothing but a G thing
28-02-2013
Farm Labor Reality Tour: WI Snapshots
The Farm Labor Reality Tour spent the last several days in snowy Wisconsin, lending support to food workers' struggles for justice, talking with organic farmers, and digging in to work on a dairy farm. Here's some snapshots of the last few days. First stop was in Milwaukee, on a picket line with Palermo's Pizza workers who are on strike for
27-02-2013
The Right to Eat Local: Assessing the Relevance & Impact of the Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance
We’re participating this week in the Farm Labor Reality Tour, which is in Kendall, Wisconsin, today, working on a dairy farm. The tour is headed up by Bob St. Peter, Maine vegetable farmer and a board member Food for Maine’s Future (a 2012 www. winner). Food for Maine’s Future focuses in part on issues of local control over the local
26-02-2013
Postcard from NC: Highlights from a Day of Service
I'm serving as a FoodCorps mentor this year, which means that I'm getting to know the stellar Casey Hancock, who is spending her year teaching food and garden education in New Hanover and Brunswick counties in North Carolina, hosted by nonprofit Feast Down East. Along with working with kids and gardens, she’s exploring her own interests in various aspects of
20-02-2013
The Food and Climate Connection
WhyHunger video and interviews on the relation between food, agriculture, the environment, and climate change.
20-02-2013
The Right to Eat Local: Assessing the Relevance & Impact of the Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance
Bob St. Peter shares how towns in Maine are working to preserve their food sovereignty through a new kind of law. Learn about the growing momentum behind local rules for local food and community self-governance.
20-02-2013
Hitting the Road with the Farm Labor Reality Tour!
WhyHunger is pleased to be part of the Farm Labor Reality Tour, a two-week caravan across 15 states to unite dairy farmers and farm labors across the country in their fight for justice, dignity, and fair pay. Led by three grassroots organizations representing small farmers, farmworkers, and food justice activists, Family Farm Defenders, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and
15-02-2013
Community Food Project Grantee Spotlight: Adelante Mujeres
Across the country, grantees of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP) are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger's Food Security Learning Center -- also funded by a CFP grant -- has recently begun to profile these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real
13-02-2013
Announcing: 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards! Since 1985, the Awards have recognized and championed innovative community-based organizations working to fight hunger and poverty around the country. This year’s strong pool of applicants made it a tough decision—and is an inspiring sign of all the action and change that’s happening in communities across
11-02-2013
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Wondering Where You Fit in the Food Justice Movement?
Just watched 'A Place at the Table' and want to take action? Frustrated by what your kids are eating at school? Have you been wanting to join a CSA? Just finished reading 'Behind the Kitchen Door' and wondering what you can do? Dig in here.
01-03-2013
What We’re Watching: Food Fight
Have you seen the new music video by  Earth Amplified and Stic.Man (of Dead Prez)? The core message of "Food Fight"  is simple: Fight big food before big food fights you! The song addresses corporate control of our food, diet-related disease, and the ways in which people of color are disproportionately affected by  our failing food systems. Ain't nothing but a G thing
28-02-2013
Farm Labor Reality Tour: WI Snapshots
The Farm Labor Reality Tour spent the last several days in snowy Wisconsin, lending support to food workers' struggles for justice, talking with organic farmers, and digging in to work on a dairy farm. Here's some snapshots of the last few days. First stop was in Milwaukee, on a picket line with Palermo's Pizza workers who are on strike for
27-02-2013
The Right to Eat Local: Assessing the Relevance & Impact of the Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance
We’re participating this week in the Farm Labor Reality Tour, which is in Kendall, Wisconsin, today, working on a dairy farm. The tour is headed up by Bob St. Peter, Maine vegetable farmer and a board member Food for Maine’s Future (a 2012 www. winner). Food for Maine’s Future focuses in part on issues of local control over the local
26-02-2013
Postcard from NC: Highlights from a Day of Service
I'm serving as a FoodCorps mentor this year, which means that I'm getting to know the stellar Casey Hancock, who is spending her year teaching food and garden education in New Hanover and Brunswick counties in North Carolina, hosted by nonprofit Feast Down East. Along with working with kids and gardens, she’s exploring her own interests in various aspects of
20-02-2013
The Food and Climate Connection
WhyHunger video and interviews on the relation between food, agriculture, the environment, and climate change.
20-02-2013
The Right to Eat Local: Assessing the Relevance & Impact of the Local Food & Community Self-Governance Ordinance
Bob St. Peter shares how towns in Maine are working to preserve their food sovereignty through a new kind of law. Learn about the growing momentum behind local rules for local food and community self-governance.
20-02-2013
Hitting the Road with the Farm Labor Reality Tour!
WhyHunger is pleased to be part of the Farm Labor Reality Tour, a two-week caravan across 15 states to unite dairy farmers and farm labors across the country in their fight for justice, dignity, and fair pay. Led by three grassroots organizations representing small farmers, farmworkers, and food justice activists, Family Farm Defenders, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and
15-02-2013
Community Food Project Grantee Spotlight: Adelante Mujeres
Across the country, grantees of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP) are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger's Food Security Learning Center -- also funded by a CFP grant -- has recently begun to profile these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real
13-02-2013
Announcing: 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award Winners
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards! Since 1985, the Awards have recognized and championed innovative community-based organizations working to fight hunger and poverty around the country. This year’s strong pool of applicants made it a tough decision—and is an inspiring sign of all the action and change that’s happening in communities across
11-02-2013

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