WhyHunger’s Drum Together features over 100 of the world’s greatest drummers for a newly released version of The Beatles’ iconic song “Come Together” to end hunger NEW YORK (October 4, 2021) – Harnessing the power of music to spark change, some of the world’s best celebrity drummers have joined forces for the first time ever, with a mission to
04-10-2021
WhyHunger’s Drum Together features over 100 of the world’s greatest drummers for a newly released version of The Beatles’ iconic song “Come Together” to end hunger NEW YORK (October 4, 2021) – Harnessing the power of music to spark change, some of the world’s best celebrity drummers have joined forces for the first time ever, with a mission to build
04-10-2021
Farming and agriculture were once a major source of wealth for Black American families. In 1910, up to 80% of the Black middle- and upper-class families owned farms. But by the turn of the 21st century, 90 percent of that land was lost. According to 2017 USDA data, there are 3.4 million farmers in the U.S. and only 1.3% identify
23-09-2021
Farming and agriculture were once a major source of wealth for Black American families. In 1910, up to 80% of the Black middle- and upper-class families owned farms. But by the turn of the 21st century, 90 percent of that land was lost. According to 2017 USDA data, there are 3.4 million farmers in the U.S. and only 1.3% identify
26-08-2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York (August 17, 2021) – Noreen Springstead, executive director of WhyHunger, issued the following statement regarding the re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan by the USDA which will provide the largest permanent increase in the program’s history - of more than 25% to their pre-pandemic monthly SNAP benefits for Americans facing food insecurity: “For decades, the
17-08-2021
NEW YORK (August 12, 2021) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has had vast impacts on food insecurity across the country. As government aid starts waning and the Delta variant continues to rage on, Noreen Springstead, executive director, WhyHunger, issued the following statement: “During the first wave of the pandemic, skyrocketing food insecurity rates resulted - pushing the emergency food system to
13-08-2021
WhyHunger stands in solidarity with the hundreds of grassroots organizations and social movements, representing over 380 million people around the globe, that are directly denouncing and protesting the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit. Calling out the corporate takeover of the summit, more than 300 organizations of small-scale food producers, scholars, and Indigenous Peoples' will gather
22-07-2021
by Timothy Karoff In October of 2018, the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) hosted its fourth National Assembly. Representatives from seventy-one organizations and seven countries trekked to Bellingham, Washington, where they shared knowledge, strategized, and drafted demands for a just food system. Over the assembly’s three-day run, the USFSA filmed a series of interviews with members of attending grassroots
21-07-2021
Reflections from Bill Ayres, WhyHunger Co-Founder & Ambassador Harry Chapin was a singer, songwriter, musician, social activist, husband, father, dreamer, and my good friend and partner. He died forty years ago this July, but his spirit and legacy remain. I met Harry in 1973 when I started to host an ABC Network Radio Show called “On This Rock”, playing Rock
09-07-2021
WhyHunger stands firm in the belief that nutritious food is a human right and hunger is solvable. This is why we stand behind the Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021. Learn more in the below press release from the office of Senator Gillibrand. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 24, 2021 Contact: Elizabeth Landau, 202-228-0315 SENATOR GILLIBRAND AND CONGRESSWOMAN ADAMS PUSH
25-06-2021
WhyHunger’s Drum Together features over 100 of the world’s greatest drummers for a newly released version of The Beatles’ iconic song “Come Together” to end hunger NEW YORK (October 4, 2021) – Harnessing the power of music to spark change, some of the world’s best celebrity drummers have joined forces for the first time ever, with a mission to
04-10-2021
WhyHunger’s Drum Together features over 100 of the world’s greatest drummers for a newly released version of The Beatles’ iconic song “Come Together” to end hunger NEW YORK (October 4, 2021) – Harnessing the power of music to spark change, some of the world’s best celebrity drummers have joined forces for the first time ever, with a mission to build
04-10-2021
Farming and agriculture were once a major source of wealth for Black American families. In 1910, up to 80% of the Black middle- and upper-class families owned farms. But by the turn of the 21st century, 90 percent of that land was lost. According to 2017 USDA data, there are 3.4 million farmers in the U.S. and only 1.3% identify
23-09-2021
Farming and agriculture were once a major source of wealth for Black American families. In 1910, up to 80% of the Black middle- and upper-class families owned farms. But by the turn of the 21st century, 90 percent of that land was lost. According to 2017 USDA data, there are 3.4 million farmers in the U.S. and only 1.3% identify
26-08-2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York (August 17, 2021) – Noreen Springstead, executive director of WhyHunger, issued the following statement regarding the re-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan by the USDA which will provide the largest permanent increase in the program’s history - of more than 25% to their pre-pandemic monthly SNAP benefits for Americans facing food insecurity: “For decades, the
17-08-2021
NEW YORK (August 12, 2021) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has had vast impacts on food insecurity across the country. As government aid starts waning and the Delta variant continues to rage on, Noreen Springstead, executive director, WhyHunger, issued the following statement: “During the first wave of the pandemic, skyrocketing food insecurity rates resulted - pushing the emergency food system to
13-08-2021
WhyHunger stands in solidarity with the hundreds of grassroots organizations and social movements, representing over 380 million people around the globe, that are directly denouncing and protesting the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit. Calling out the corporate takeover of the summit, more than 300 organizations of small-scale food producers, scholars, and Indigenous Peoples' will gather
22-07-2021
by Timothy Karoff In October of 2018, the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) hosted its fourth National Assembly. Representatives from seventy-one organizations and seven countries trekked to Bellingham, Washington, where they shared knowledge, strategized, and drafted demands for a just food system. Over the assembly’s three-day run, the USFSA filmed a series of interviews with members of attending grassroots
21-07-2021
Reflections from Bill Ayres, WhyHunger Co-Founder & Ambassador Harry Chapin was a singer, songwriter, musician, social activist, husband, father, dreamer, and my good friend and partner. He died forty years ago this July, but his spirit and legacy remain. I met Harry in 1973 when I started to host an ABC Network Radio Show called “On This Rock”, playing Rock
09-07-2021
WhyHunger stands firm in the belief that nutritious food is a human right and hunger is solvable. This is why we stand behind the Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021. Learn more in the below press release from the office of Senator Gillibrand. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 24, 2021 Contact: Elizabeth Landau, 202-228-0315 SENATOR GILLIBRAND AND CONGRESSWOMAN ADAMS PUSH
25-06-2021