Last month, WhyHunger headed out to the Rockaways, an area of New York City’s borough of Queens that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, to chat with Robyn Hillman-Harrigan, one of the founders of Shore Soup Project and Rockaway Rescue Alliance. Originally started as a response to Sandy, this unique project has now become a thriving and sustainable community food
09-10-2013
According to Michael Pollan, “The Food Sovereignty Prize has emerged as an important alternative to the World Food Prize. Its recognition of people working to promote genuine and sustainable food security, rather than simple food production, is needed and welcome.” Join us on October 15! And while gathering in NYC for the Food Sovereignty Prize, leaders from around the
08-10-2013
WhyHunger and our Community Learning Project partners, Food for Maine’s Future and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers recently traveled in Maine to continue building solidarity between farmworkers and small farmers. Their tour also raised public awareness of why food justice catalyzes all of us to partner with farmworkers and support the incredible changes underway in Florida's fields, which farmworkers are
04-10-2013
Since the federal government shut down yesterday, the National Hunger Hotline has already begun to receive calls from people impacted, including a furloughed federal worker from Florida who lives paycheck to paycheck and now needs help feeding his family; a Tennessee woman who had trouble finding out how to apply for food stamps because the federal SNAP Information Number is
02-10-2013
Last month, WhyHunger headed out to the Rockaways, an area of New York City’s borough of Queens that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, to chat with Robyn Hillman-Harrigan, one of the founders of Shore Soup Project and Rockaway Rescue Alliance. Originally started as a response to Sandy, this unique project has now become a thriving and sustainable community food
09-10-2013
According to Michael Pollan, “The Food Sovereignty Prize has emerged as an important alternative to the World Food Prize. Its recognition of people working to promote genuine and sustainable food security, rather than simple food production, is needed and welcome.” Join us on October 15! And while gathering in NYC for the Food Sovereignty Prize, leaders from around the
08-10-2013
WhyHunger and our Community Learning Project partners, Food for Maine’s Future and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers recently traveled in Maine to continue building solidarity between farmworkers and small farmers. Their tour also raised public awareness of why food justice catalyzes all of us to partner with farmworkers and support the incredible changes underway in Florida's fields, which farmworkers are
04-10-2013
Since the federal government shut down yesterday, the National Hunger Hotline has already begun to receive calls from people impacted, including a furloughed federal worker from Florida who lives paycheck to paycheck and now needs help feeding his family; a Tennessee woman who had trouble finding out how to apply for food stamps because the federal SNAP Information Number is
02-10-2013