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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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Snapshot from the Field: Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona
Shown in the photo above are some of the 40 individual family plots cultivated in Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona. On its inauguration celebration in January, which included press and remarks from the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s CEO Bill Carnegie, one of the gardeners spoke to the assembled crowd and proudly reported that because of the vegetables
16-03-2012
Beyond Grants: New Financial Tools for Small Food and Farm Businesses
Northeast Edition “Everyone is an investor in food,” said Derek Denckla during a workshop I attended this past February at the Just Food Conference in New York City.  Throughout the course of the workshop, I along with about 50 fellow participants were introduced to a trickling but steady stream of new investment channels cropping up all over New York City,
12-03-2012
Snapshot from the Field: Tohono O’odham Community Action’s Project Oidag
On a recent visit to the Tahono O'odham Nation in southeast Arizona, WhyHunger's Brooke Smith met up with Tohono O'odham Community Action's Project Oidag Coordinator, Amy Juan for a quick interview. "Farming's really not that hard. It's a family effort. It's a community effort. Once you have that community support it's easy and it's fun and it provides so many
09-03-2012
CIW enters day 4 of “Fast for Fair Food”
On Monday, March 5, the Coalition of Immokale Workers launched a 6-day fast in front of the Publix headquarters in Lakeland, FL.  50 farmworkers and hundreds of their allies from across the country are fasting (drinking only water)  in protest of Publix's refusal to sign a Fair Food Agreement.  Under the agreement, Publix would pay an extra penny per pound
08-03-2012
Streaming Live from the White House: #KYF2 Tweet Out
WhyHunger participated in yesterday’s “tweet out” (#KYF2) hosted by USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan during a White House live stream event to release the results of a 3-year project called “Compass.”  The Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass is a comprehensive report with an accompanying interactive map cataloging USDA’s work
06-03-2012
Pedal Co-op
06-03-2012
Youth and the Food System
Watch these interactive slideshows to learn more about youth doing food justice work.
06-03-2012
RIC Youth Summit
06-03-2012
Elise Hayes
02-03-2012
Las Milpitas: An urban farm in Tucson, AZ invests in community sustainability
Six months ago while working with the network Somos la Semilla in southern Arizona, I had the opportunity to visit an urban farm in the south central part of Tucson which I reported on in the CONNECT Blog.   While back again last week we dropped in on the same urban farm which is a part of the Community Food Resource
29-02-2012
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Snapshot from the Field: Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona
Shown in the photo above are some of the 40 individual family plots cultivated in Las Milpitas Farm in Tucson Arizona. On its inauguration celebration in January, which included press and remarks from the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s CEO Bill Carnegie, one of the gardeners spoke to the assembled crowd and proudly reported that because of the vegetables
16-03-2012
Beyond Grants: New Financial Tools for Small Food and Farm Businesses
Northeast Edition “Everyone is an investor in food,” said Derek Denckla during a workshop I attended this past February at the Just Food Conference in New York City.  Throughout the course of the workshop, I along with about 50 fellow participants were introduced to a trickling but steady stream of new investment channels cropping up all over New York City,
12-03-2012
Snapshot from the Field: Tohono O’odham Community Action’s Project Oidag
On a recent visit to the Tahono O'odham Nation in southeast Arizona, WhyHunger's Brooke Smith met up with Tohono O'odham Community Action's Project Oidag Coordinator, Amy Juan for a quick interview. "Farming's really not that hard. It's a family effort. It's a community effort. Once you have that community support it's easy and it's fun and it provides so many
09-03-2012
CIW enters day 4 of “Fast for Fair Food”
On Monday, March 5, the Coalition of Immokale Workers launched a 6-day fast in front of the Publix headquarters in Lakeland, FL.  50 farmworkers and hundreds of their allies from across the country are fasting (drinking only water)  in protest of Publix's refusal to sign a Fair Food Agreement.  Under the agreement, Publix would pay an extra penny per pound
08-03-2012
Streaming Live from the White House: #KYF2 Tweet Out
WhyHunger participated in yesterday’s “tweet out” (#KYF2) hosted by USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative and Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan during a White House live stream event to release the results of a 3-year project called “Compass.”  The Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Compass is a comprehensive report with an accompanying interactive map cataloging USDA’s work
06-03-2012
Pedal Co-op
06-03-2012
Youth and the Food System
Watch these interactive slideshows to learn more about youth doing food justice work.
06-03-2012
RIC Youth Summit
06-03-2012
Elise Hayes
02-03-2012
Las Milpitas: An urban farm in Tucson, AZ invests in community sustainability
Six months ago while working with the network Somos la Semilla in southern Arizona, I had the opportunity to visit an urban farm in the south central part of Tucson which I reported on in the CONNECT Blog.   While back again last week we dropped in on the same urban farm which is a part of the Community Food Resource
29-02-2012

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