Yonnette Fleming is a long-time WhyHunger partner and Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winner. Based in NYC, her work at Hattie Carthan Community Market in Brooklyn, New York has inspired community members for over six years. The garden "advances community resilience to the issues of food insecurity and health disparities evident in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood by adding nutrition awareness and food
24-05-2011
For over 35 years WhyHunger has been documenting and promoting the amazing work of community-based groups across the country, spotlighting model programs and best practices. This year WhyHunger and Growing Power have teamed up to launch the Community Learning Project for Food Justice, a new initiative to build relationships, leadership, and resource capacity development to support community based learning in
23-05-2011
23-05-2011
WhyHunger is pleased to be partnering with Andrianna Natsoulas, long-time food sovereignty activist and author of the forthcoming book Food Voices: Stories of the Food Sovereignty Movement. For the past year, Andrianna has been on a journey across the Americas to capture the stories of people working towards and living a just and sustainable food system. Below is the latest
19-05-2011
Most people think of English charm and a recent reality TV series set in Los Angeles when referring to a certain charismatic and accomplished chef who is taking on school food reform as an issue of immediate and vital concern to future generations. Of course, they are thinking of Jamie Oliver and his television series, Food Revolution. But the “Real
17-05-2011
17-05-2011
We are pleased to announce that applications are now available for The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards (HCSRA), a national grant program providing economic resources and networking opportunities to outstanding community-based organizations for their creative and effective approaches to fighting hunger and poverty in the United States. Since 1985, WhyHunger has been working with the Harry Chapin Foundation to identify and
09-05-2011
Jessica Powers is the Director of WhyHunger's National Hunger Clearing House. A former disaster relief specialist with the American Red Cross, Jess was called in for emergency volunteer service after record destruction by tornadoes spread across the South last week. She’s been deployed as a Kitchen Site Manager - providing hot meals to thousands of displaced residents every day. Visit
06-05-2011
Yonnette Fleming is a long-time WhyHunger partner and Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winner. Based in NYC, her work at Hattie Carthan Community Market in Brooklyn, New York has inspired community members for over six years. The garden "advances community resilience to the issues of food insecurity and health disparities evident in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood by adding nutrition awareness and food
24-05-2011
For over 35 years WhyHunger has been documenting and promoting the amazing work of community-based groups across the country, spotlighting model programs and best practices. This year WhyHunger and Growing Power have teamed up to launch the Community Learning Project for Food Justice, a new initiative to build relationships, leadership, and resource capacity development to support community based learning in
23-05-2011
23-05-2011
WhyHunger is pleased to be partnering with Andrianna Natsoulas, long-time food sovereignty activist and author of the forthcoming book Food Voices: Stories of the Food Sovereignty Movement. For the past year, Andrianna has been on a journey across the Americas to capture the stories of people working towards and living a just and sustainable food system. Below is the latest
19-05-2011
Most people think of English charm and a recent reality TV series set in Los Angeles when referring to a certain charismatic and accomplished chef who is taking on school food reform as an issue of immediate and vital concern to future generations. Of course, they are thinking of Jamie Oliver and his television series, Food Revolution. But the “Real
17-05-2011
17-05-2011
We are pleased to announce that applications are now available for The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards (HCSRA), a national grant program providing economic resources and networking opportunities to outstanding community-based organizations for their creative and effective approaches to fighting hunger and poverty in the United States. Since 1985, WhyHunger has been working with the Harry Chapin Foundation to identify and
09-05-2011
Jessica Powers is the Director of WhyHunger's National Hunger Clearing House. A former disaster relief specialist with the American Red Cross, Jess was called in for emergency volunteer service after record destruction by tornadoes spread across the South last week. She’s been deployed as a Kitchen Site Manager - providing hot meals to thousands of displaced residents every day. Visit
06-05-2011