Stephanie, a recent caller to the National Hunger Hotline, is the principal of an elementary school in Maryland. The county her school is in includes a large low-income community. Stephanie shared that many of her students will go without food during the summer, because school lunch is the only meal that many of them regularly eat. Across the country, summer
28-05-2013
Last Saturday, upwards of 300 New Yorkers joined Florida farmworker organization the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for a march through Manhattan to demand that Wendy's join the CIW’s innovative Fair Food Program. The program is a collaboration between Florida’s tomato growers, major retailers, and farmworkers, ensuring the human rights and dignity of farmworkers through guarantees of basic rights such as
24-05-2013
Hanna Winery and WhyHunger Team Up for Concert to End Hunger House Concert Series Kicks Off with Music from Jen Chapin May 23, 2013 Hanna Winery proudly joins WhyHunger, a leading nonprofit in the fight against hunger and poverty, to kick off the "Homemade Jams: 100 House Concerts to End Hunger" campaign with a performance by Jen Chapin on June 28
23-05-2013
On June 3, we'll be honoring the 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards Dinner in New York City. We're excited to spend a few days with the Self-Reliance Award winners and will be bringing you stories and photos from our networking day and site visits with them! For a preview of the incredible impact some
20-05-2013
Some of what’s caught our eye this week… For news on the Food and Farm Bill, we’ve been following: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Rural Coalition Environmental Working Group FRAC On Twitter, #farmbill and #fairfarmbill have been invaluable for following the progress of the bill. For analysis of the Food and Farm Bill and the food justice movement, check out Farm
17-05-2013
Some good news yesterday from our friends in Brazil--after 20 years of grassroots-led direct action to win title to their land, the Landless Workers Movement, better known as MST, has succeeded in their struggle. Our partners at Grassroots International work closely with the MST, and bring us more on this story of victory for the people by the people. After
15-05-2013
The Food and Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that shapes just about everything about how we eat, from farm to plate. It includes funding for SNAP (formerly food stamps), support for farmers, provisions for conservation and much more. Usually, the bill is rewritten every five years, but Washington hasn't done anything in the usual way lately. A
14-05-2013
Our friend Tanya Fields, founder of The BLK Projek in the South Bronx (NYC) and mother of four, sent us some thoughts on being a radical mother and how being a mom has directed her life and work. “Being a ‘revolutionary’ mother for me was never a choice. I want to raise them with a level of consciousness and awareness
10-05-2013
Stephanie, a recent caller to the National Hunger Hotline, is the principal of an elementary school in Maryland. The county her school is in includes a large low-income community. Stephanie shared that many of her students will go without food during the summer, because school lunch is the only meal that many of them regularly eat. Across the country, summer
28-05-2013
Last Saturday, upwards of 300 New Yorkers joined Florida farmworker organization the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for a march through Manhattan to demand that Wendy's join the CIW’s innovative Fair Food Program. The program is a collaboration between Florida’s tomato growers, major retailers, and farmworkers, ensuring the human rights and dignity of farmworkers through guarantees of basic rights such as
24-05-2013
Hanna Winery and WhyHunger Team Up for Concert to End Hunger House Concert Series Kicks Off with Music from Jen Chapin May 23, 2013 Hanna Winery proudly joins WhyHunger, a leading nonprofit in the fight against hunger and poverty, to kick off the "Homemade Jams: 100 House Concerts to End Hunger" campaign with a performance by Jen Chapin on June 28
23-05-2013
On June 3, we'll be honoring the 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners at the WhyHunger Chapin Awards Dinner in New York City. We're excited to spend a few days with the Self-Reliance Award winners and will be bringing you stories and photos from our networking day and site visits with them! For a preview of the incredible impact some
20-05-2013
Some of what’s caught our eye this week… For news on the Food and Farm Bill, we’ve been following: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Rural Coalition Environmental Working Group FRAC On Twitter, #farmbill and #fairfarmbill have been invaluable for following the progress of the bill. For analysis of the Food and Farm Bill and the food justice movement, check out Farm
17-05-2013
Some good news yesterday from our friends in Brazil--after 20 years of grassroots-led direct action to win title to their land, the Landless Workers Movement, better known as MST, has succeeded in their struggle. Our partners at Grassroots International work closely with the MST, and bring us more on this story of victory for the people by the people. After
15-05-2013
The Food and Farm Bill is a massive piece of legislation that shapes just about everything about how we eat, from farm to plate. It includes funding for SNAP (formerly food stamps), support for farmers, provisions for conservation and much more. Usually, the bill is rewritten every five years, but Washington hasn't done anything in the usual way lately. A
14-05-2013
Our friend Tanya Fields, founder of The BLK Projek in the South Bronx (NYC) and mother of four, sent us some thoughts on being a radical mother and how being a mom has directed her life and work. “Being a ‘revolutionary’ mother for me was never a choice. I want to raise them with a level of consciousness and awareness
10-05-2013