The Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) and Growing Green Program are changing the food system and the lives of youth in Buffalo and Western New York. Growing Green, our youth development and urban agriculture program, employs about 50 teens each year to create solutions to food injustice and the lack of access to healthy food in our communities. Youth in the
10-01-2012
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. Members of Philadelphia’s Pedal Co-op
03-01-2012
At the corner of 47th and Kingsessing Ave. in West Philadelphia there’s a sizable vacant lot. Lush and green with what appears to be random patches of tomato plants and squash running wild (and still laden with fruit in mid-October), it is one of 40,000 vacant lots now scattered throughout the city. What some residents see as an eye sore
27-12-2011
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.
22-12-2011
I had the opportunity to run a workshop at November's Community Food Security Coalition conference on "Corporate Power, Movement Building, and the 2012 Food and Farm Bill." The focus of the workshop was intended to be a discussion of how to address corporate consolidation of the food system through the food and farm bill. Trouble was, at that point, it
20-12-2011
Nutritional scientists have been saying for many years that good nutrition aids good cognition. Teachers translate that to mean that children learn and behave better if they have a good breakfast and lunch. This is no secret. It is just good common sense. Years ago families had to pay for books and children had to walk miles to school in
16-12-2011
The Massachusetts Avenue Project (MAP) and Growing Green Program are changing the food system and the lives of youth in Buffalo and Western New York. Growing Green, our youth development and urban agriculture program, employs about 50 teens each year to create solutions to food injustice and the lack of access to healthy food in our communities. Youth in the
10-01-2012
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. Members of Philadelphia’s Pedal Co-op
03-01-2012
At the corner of 47th and Kingsessing Ave. in West Philadelphia there’s a sizable vacant lot. Lush and green with what appears to be random patches of tomato plants and squash running wild (and still laden with fruit in mid-October), it is one of 40,000 vacant lots now scattered throughout the city. What some residents see as an eye sore
27-12-2011
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.
22-12-2011
I had the opportunity to run a workshop at November's Community Food Security Coalition conference on "Corporate Power, Movement Building, and the 2012 Food and Farm Bill." The focus of the workshop was intended to be a discussion of how to address corporate consolidation of the food system through the food and farm bill. Trouble was, at that point, it
20-12-2011
Nutritional scientists have been saying for many years that good nutrition aids good cognition. Teachers translate that to mean that children learn and behave better if they have a good breakfast and lunch. This is no secret. It is just good common sense. Years ago families had to pay for books and children had to walk miles to school in
16-12-2011