Written by Christine Bell, WhyHunger Intern This post is part of WhyHunger’s Peer Mentor profile series for the “Community Learning Project for Food Justice” (CLP). Each week through April 2012, we’ll highlight a new CLP Peer Mentor and their contribution to creating a national learning/teaching community to support the growth and expansion of the food justice movement. [nggallery id=24] In
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"There are homeless people, and there are peopleless homes." These were the opening remarks of Owen Rogers of Picture the Homeless (PTH) at the launching of PTH’s new report, Banking on Vacancy: Homelessness and Real Estate Speculation. Rogers’ first assignment when he came to PTH was to track the number of homeless individuals on 3rd Avenue. What astonished him was
13-02-2012
13-02-2012
In a show of courage, calculation, and common sense, a group of organic farmers, their supporters, and their lawyers recently appeared at the federal courthouse in Manhattan to argue that Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds are a threat to the organic industry and thus to small-scale organic farmers. WhyHunger was there along with hundreds of others to support the case. The
10-02-2012
Written by Christine Bell, WhyHunger Intern This post is part of WhyHunger’s Peer Mentor profile series for the “Community Learning Project for Food Justice” (CLP). Each week through April 2012, we’ll highlight a new CLP Peer Mentor and their contribution to creating a national learning/teaching community to support the growth and expansion of the food justice movement. [nggallery id=24] In
16-02-2012
16-02-2012
16-02-2012
16-02-2012
"There are homeless people, and there are peopleless homes." These were the opening remarks of Owen Rogers of Picture the Homeless (PTH) at the launching of PTH’s new report, Banking on Vacancy: Homelessness and Real Estate Speculation. Rogers’ first assignment when he came to PTH was to track the number of homeless individuals on 3rd Avenue. What astonished him was
13-02-2012
13-02-2012
In a show of courage, calculation, and common sense, a group of organic farmers, their supporters, and their lawyers recently appeared at the federal courthouse in Manhattan to argue that Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds are a threat to the organic industry and thus to small-scale organic farmers. WhyHunger was there along with hundreds of others to support the case. The
10-02-2012