With Labor Day weekend already upon us, we're all starting to feel the summer winding down. We got an email today from our partner and former Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winner "Food, What?!" in Santa Cruz (CA), with a story about what the end of summer means to them. Supporting work like this is what WhyHunger is all about. Our
30-08-2013
In July, the Texas Food Bank Network unveiled a new website, StopTheHungerClock.org, to bring public awareness to the time remaining— 69 days as of August 23rd— until major funding cuts reduce SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits to every household that participates in the program. The 2009 Recovery Act provided a temporary boost to SNAP benefits in an effort to help
23-08-2013
“National Hunger Hotline, how can I help you?” “Hi, I, um, I got this sheet at my school, and I was wondering where we could maybe get food or something… I dunno,” a nervous young voice asks. “Sure, like a summer feeding site?” “I guess, I just, I dunno, somewhere where me and my brother can go get food. My
20-08-2013
At the end of July, WhyHunger, the Shore Soup Project and Martha Redbone traveled to Bucks County, Pennsylvania to speak and perform at the fourth annual Big Summer Potluck. The day was full of amazing food, wonderful people and inspiring talks and demos. Here are five takeaways we’d like to share: 1. “When someone does something from a place of
18-08-2013
by James Fuller, National Hunger Clearinghouse intern In late 2010, Chase Adam was a young Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica. While sitting in the back of a crowded bus traveling through the small town of Watsi, he noticed an old woman in tattered clothes making her way down the aisle. She held a plastic bag in one hand and
14-08-2013
WhyHunger is proud to join the US Food Sovereignty Alliance in congratulating the honorees of the 2013 Food Sovereignty Prize! Winner: Group of 4, Dessalines Brigade/Via Campesina, Haiti & South America Honorable Mentions: Basque Country Peasants’ Solidarity (EHNE), Basque Country Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP), Mali Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective (TNWC), India In contrast to the World Food Prize this
13-08-2013
With Labor Day weekend already upon us, we're all starting to feel the summer winding down. We got an email today from our partner and former Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winner "Food, What?!" in Santa Cruz (CA), with a story about what the end of summer means to them. Supporting work like this is what WhyHunger is all about. Our
30-08-2013
In July, the Texas Food Bank Network unveiled a new website, StopTheHungerClock.org, to bring public awareness to the time remaining— 69 days as of August 23rd— until major funding cuts reduce SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits to every household that participates in the program. The 2009 Recovery Act provided a temporary boost to SNAP benefits in an effort to help
23-08-2013
“National Hunger Hotline, how can I help you?” “Hi, I, um, I got this sheet at my school, and I was wondering where we could maybe get food or something… I dunno,” a nervous young voice asks. “Sure, like a summer feeding site?” “I guess, I just, I dunno, somewhere where me and my brother can go get food. My
20-08-2013
At the end of July, WhyHunger, the Shore Soup Project and Martha Redbone traveled to Bucks County, Pennsylvania to speak and perform at the fourth annual Big Summer Potluck. The day was full of amazing food, wonderful people and inspiring talks and demos. Here are five takeaways we’d like to share: 1. “When someone does something from a place of
18-08-2013
by James Fuller, National Hunger Clearinghouse intern In late 2010, Chase Adam was a young Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica. While sitting in the back of a crowded bus traveling through the small town of Watsi, he noticed an old woman in tattered clothes making her way down the aisle. She held a plastic bag in one hand and
14-08-2013
WhyHunger is proud to join the US Food Sovereignty Alliance in congratulating the honorees of the 2013 Food Sovereignty Prize! Winner: Group of 4, Dessalines Brigade/Via Campesina, Haiti & South America Honorable Mentions: Basque Country Peasants’ Solidarity (EHNE), Basque Country Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP), Mali Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective (TNWC), India In contrast to the World Food Prize this
13-08-2013