The National Hunger Hotline (NHH), a service of WhyHunger’s National Hunger Clearinghouse, provides real-time referrals for people in need across the U.S. to emergency food and assistance programs. Receiving an average of 700 calls per month, the NHH is a portal to information, assistance, and resources, ultimately empowering families and individuals to meet their vital needs including fresh, healthy food.

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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,

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