The problem of hunger is complex, and the best solutions often tackle multiple issues at once. GrowingChange, a youth rehabilitation and community education project in North Carolina, is taking on high rates of youth incarceration, food insecurity in rural communities, veteran unemployment and access to quality education. The idea seems simple: provide young people at risk
09-01-2020
WhyHunger— a leader in the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world—today announced its 34th annual Hungerthon campaign raised over $1 million for the 4th year in a row. The time-honored campaign resulted in unprecedented awareness and critical funds
06-01-2020
In the northwest of Washington state, the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest, sits berry country. In this area between the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Ocean the climate is mild and relatively cool, which berries like. Washington produces the most blueberries and raspberries in the US, with some 60 percent of the country’s red raspberries coming from Whatcom County
19-12-2019
The Closing the Hunger Gap Network and biennial conference are ambitious initiatives undertaken by food banks, pantries, food systems changers, and non-profits (including WhyHunger), that are committed to seeking a solution to hunger that goes beyond food distribution, to a model that addresses the root causes of hunger with a racial, social, and economic equity lens. As a first-time participant,
17-12-2019
Today’s teenagers are the next generation of consumers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, legislators, and sustainable growers. Involving them in the movement for better food is critical to building a healthier future or all of us. In Santa Cruz County, California, FoodWhat?! uses food as a vehicle for youth empowerment by creating a fun after-school atmosphere that also
16-12-2019
“Our struggle is against the private appropriation of our riches” - Sonia Mara, Movement of People Affected by Dams in Brazil (MAB) Last September, my colleague Saulo Araujo and I traveled from the Northeast of Turtle Island (currently known as the United States) to Panama City to participate in the first Continental Encounter of People Affected by
12-12-2019
by Saulo Araujo & Joao Fonseca As part of the blog series “Perspectives”, WhyHunger staff interviewed Ndabezinhle Nyoni and Nelson Mudzingwa from the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers’ Forum/La Via Campesina. ZIMSOFF is a grassroots organization dedicated to advancing agroecological practices among rural families in Zimbabwe through seed saving, trainings in their Shashe Agroecological School
21-11-2019
It’s lunch time across America. Do you know where your last meal came from—where it grew, who picked it, and how long it traveled to get to you? As a society, we are deeply disconnected from our food and unaware of the social and environmental costs of food production and distribution. In Florida, reports of withheld
31-10-2019
The problem of hunger is complex, and the best solutions often tackle multiple issues at once. GrowingChange, a youth rehabilitation and community education project in North Carolina, is taking on high rates of youth incarceration, food insecurity in rural communities, veteran unemployment and access to quality education. The idea seems simple: provide young people at risk
09-01-2020
WhyHunger— a leader in the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world—today announced its 34th annual Hungerthon campaign raised over $1 million for the 4th year in a row. The time-honored campaign resulted in unprecedented awareness and critical funds
06-01-2020
In the northwest of Washington state, the northwest corner of the Pacific Northwest, sits berry country. In this area between the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Ocean the climate is mild and relatively cool, which berries like. Washington produces the most blueberries and raspberries in the US, with some 60 percent of the country’s red raspberries coming from Whatcom County
19-12-2019
The Closing the Hunger Gap Network and biennial conference are ambitious initiatives undertaken by food banks, pantries, food systems changers, and non-profits (including WhyHunger), that are committed to seeking a solution to hunger that goes beyond food distribution, to a model that addresses the root causes of hunger with a racial, social, and economic equity lens. As a first-time participant,
17-12-2019
Today’s teenagers are the next generation of consumers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, legislators, and sustainable growers. Involving them in the movement for better food is critical to building a healthier future or all of us. In Santa Cruz County, California, FoodWhat?! uses food as a vehicle for youth empowerment by creating a fun after-school atmosphere that also
16-12-2019
“Our struggle is against the private appropriation of our riches” - Sonia Mara, Movement of People Affected by Dams in Brazil (MAB) Last September, my colleague Saulo Araujo and I traveled from the Northeast of Turtle Island (currently known as the United States) to Panama City to participate in the first Continental Encounter of People Affected by
12-12-2019
by Saulo Araujo & Joao Fonseca As part of the blog series “Perspectives”, WhyHunger staff interviewed Ndabezinhle Nyoni and Nelson Mudzingwa from the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers’ Forum/La Via Campesina. ZIMSOFF is a grassroots organization dedicated to advancing agroecological practices among rural families in Zimbabwe through seed saving, trainings in their Shashe Agroecological School
21-11-2019
It’s lunch time across America. Do you know where your last meal came from—where it grew, who picked it, and how long it traveled to get to you? As a society, we are deeply disconnected from our food and unaware of the social and environmental costs of food production and distribution. In Florida, reports of withheld
31-10-2019