90% of Foodbanks & Food Pantries Say Hunger in U.S. is a Solvable Problem – 2019 Foodbank & Food Pantry Survey Data Released by WhyHunger – New York (October 10, 2019)—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 released the
10-10-2019
As Venezuela is experiencing some of the worst food shortages in its history, Plan Pueblo a Pueblo is working on a solution to bridge the gap and achieve food sovereignty. When you read about ongoing crisis in Venezuela and its impact on food insecurity, you may not hear about one of the most innovative, people-led solutions delivering
04-10-2019
WhyHunger Announces 2019-2020 Board of Directors New Members Join from A+E Networks, butterflyone, Facebook, Greenberg Traurig and New York State NAACP New York (September 26, 2019)– 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 welcomed five new
26-09-2019
This year the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance has awarded the Food Sovereignty Prize to Urban Tilth, a California-based grassroots organization dedicated to building a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system in West Contra Costa County. Through a variety of dynamic programs and initiatives, Urban Tilth is teaching people in their community to grow, distribute, cook, and consume thousands of pounds
20-09-2019
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, assists millions of Americans in accessing nutritious food and is one of the nation’s cornerstone safety net programs. The criteria for families and individuals to receive SNAP is based on income levels and household size. Each state has a process that determines eligibility, and it is usually set by
19-09-2019
The VII Congress of the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC/LVC) brought together over 450 delegates from 85 organizations and 21 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean regions. Amidst geopolitical changes, peasants and indigenous people – important political sectors in both regions - came together in Cuba to analyze the unfavorable political context for agrarian reform and
17-09-2019
According to the USDA, approximately 133 billion pounds of food—close to 40% of food in the United States—is wasted each year, while millions continue to go hungry. For one food bank in Louisiana, asking, ‘what would happen if nutritious food was rescued and shared rather than dumped into overflowing landfills?’ has led to so much more
13-09-2019
By Kristen Wyman and Saulo Araujo Image courtesy of Agroecology Now: Members of a Euro-American motorcycle club work alongside citizens of the Athabascan Nation to launch a fish wheel in the Copper River, Alaska. A recent article, “These Extraordinary Times: Indigenous Peoples and coalition building for agroecology and food sovereignty”, posted by the Center for Water,
13-09-2019
In 2005, Paraguai, Jesuita, Jose and Kilma made one of their biggest decisions of their lives. They joined other landless families in the occupation of an abandoned farm in the outskirts of Ribeirão Preto, one of the major Agribusiness centers in Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the Brazilian equivalent of a mix of Immokalee, FL and Des Moines, IA: a local
03-09-2019
90% of Foodbanks & Food Pantries Say Hunger in U.S. is a Solvable Problem – 2019 Foodbank & Food Pantry Survey Data Released by WhyHunger – New York (October 10, 2019)—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 released the
10-10-2019
As Venezuela is experiencing some of the worst food shortages in its history, Plan Pueblo a Pueblo is working on a solution to bridge the gap and achieve food sovereignty. When you read about ongoing crisis in Venezuela and its impact on food insecurity, you may not hear about one of the most innovative, people-led solutions delivering
04-10-2019
WhyHunger Announces 2019-2020 Board of Directors New Members Join from A+E Networks, butterflyone, Facebook, Greenberg Traurig and New York State NAACP New York (September 26, 2019)– 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 welcomed five new
26-09-2019
This year the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance has awarded the Food Sovereignty Prize to Urban Tilth, a California-based grassroots organization dedicated to building a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system in West Contra Costa County. Through a variety of dynamic programs and initiatives, Urban Tilth is teaching people in their community to grow, distribute, cook, and consume thousands of pounds
20-09-2019
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, assists millions of Americans in accessing nutritious food and is one of the nation’s cornerstone safety net programs. The criteria for families and individuals to receive SNAP is based on income levels and household size. Each state has a process that determines eligibility, and it is usually set by
19-09-2019
The VII Congress of the Latin American Coordination of Rural Organizations (CLOC/LVC) brought together over 450 delegates from 85 organizations and 21 different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean regions. Amidst geopolitical changes, peasants and indigenous people – important political sectors in both regions - came together in Cuba to analyze the unfavorable political context for agrarian reform and
17-09-2019
According to the USDA, approximately 133 billion pounds of food—close to 40% of food in the United States—is wasted each year, while millions continue to go hungry. For one food bank in Louisiana, asking, ‘what would happen if nutritious food was rescued and shared rather than dumped into overflowing landfills?’ has led to so much more
13-09-2019
By Kristen Wyman and Saulo Araujo Image courtesy of Agroecology Now: Members of a Euro-American motorcycle club work alongside citizens of the Athabascan Nation to launch a fish wheel in the Copper River, Alaska. A recent article, “These Extraordinary Times: Indigenous Peoples and coalition building for agroecology and food sovereignty”, posted by the Center for Water,
13-09-2019
In 2005, Paraguai, Jesuita, Jose and Kilma made one of their biggest decisions of their lives. They joined other landless families in the occupation of an abandoned farm in the outskirts of Ribeirão Preto, one of the major Agribusiness centers in Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the Brazilian equivalent of a mix of Immokalee, FL and Des Moines, IA: a local
03-09-2019