A world without hunger is possible. Communities around the globe are putting an end to hunger farm by farm, table by table, and neighborhood by neighborhood. We see it in healthy school lunches in Mississippi, on family farms in Puerto Rico and Nicaragua, around dinner tables in Indiana, and in urban gardens in New York City.
02-04-2019
In 2018, WhyHunger released results from our inaugural Hunger Perception Survey. The survey revealed the majority of Americans (89%) think hunger is a solvable problem. While 67% of respondents believe it is the responsibility of the U.S. government to put systems in place to help combat hunger, 68% feel the U.S. government does not have adequate systems in place. “For
29-03-2019
For Women’s History Month, we recognize the great strides and invaluable work of women worldwide contributing to the transformation of our human landscape through social, economic and, of course, food justice. Patti Naylor farms with her husband George in west-central Iowa, growing non-GMO and organic corn and soybeans, oats, hay, cider apples, and chickens. Patti speaks and writes about agriculture,
27-03-2019
WhyHunger works to end global hunger and poverty by critically examining and addressing their root causes and providing resources and support to grassroots movements led by those most impacted. Estimates place over a million women working as farmers in the United States alone & in the Global South they are responsible for 60-80 percent of food production. Yet, women &
25-03-2019
New York (March 25, 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—will present singer-songwriter John Mellencamp with the ASCAP Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award during the 20th Annual WhyHunger Chapin Awards on June 5, 2019 at City Winery in New York. Mellencamp, a member
25-03-2019
Many people dream of vacationing at an exotic destination someday. Perhaps someplace with sandy white beaches and endless clear skies, nestled against a backdrop of mountains. But how many consider what it took to actually build that luxury resort? Not the actual price tag, but the number of lives affected, the individuals uprooted from their homes and source of livelihoods,
22-03-2019
Please join us for WhyHunger's Nourishing People and the Planet Film Screening & Discussion on Tuesday, March 19th in NYC from 6:00 to 8:00pm. This free event will begin with a short film about farming and community in Puerto Rico followed by a discussion with Jesús Vázquez from the Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico. Please come out
14-03-2019
Story by Colin Lawton, including contextual analysis and translation by Betty Fermin Resilience. Fortitude. Determination. Strength. Care. Love. Some of the terms that come to mind when I think of women now and throughout history. I’ve had the honor of being exposed to some amazing women throughout my life who were exemplary leaders, mothers, sisters, champions and unapologetically themselves
07-03-2019
This story is an update from our original coverage, which can be found here. The collapse of a dam with mining waste in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil took away lives, homes and ways of living. After one month, many families still haven’t been able to locate their loved ones and at least 139 bodies are still under the toxic mud.
01-03-2019
To round out Black History Month, our U.S. Programs Directors, Suzanne Babb & Lorrie Clevenger, took a brief moment to share their thoughts on Black Food Sovereignty, what it means and why it matters so much to food justice and the social and economic landscape of our society to this day. Suzanne is a member of Black Urban Growers, an organization of
28-02-2019
A world without hunger is possible. Communities around the globe are putting an end to hunger farm by farm, table by table, and neighborhood by neighborhood. We see it in healthy school lunches in Mississippi, on family farms in Puerto Rico and Nicaragua, around dinner tables in Indiana, and in urban gardens in New York City.
02-04-2019
In 2018, WhyHunger released results from our inaugural Hunger Perception Survey. The survey revealed the majority of Americans (89%) think hunger is a solvable problem. While 67% of respondents believe it is the responsibility of the U.S. government to put systems in place to help combat hunger, 68% feel the U.S. government does not have adequate systems in place. “For
29-03-2019
For Women’s History Month, we recognize the great strides and invaluable work of women worldwide contributing to the transformation of our human landscape through social, economic and, of course, food justice. Patti Naylor farms with her husband George in west-central Iowa, growing non-GMO and organic corn and soybeans, oats, hay, cider apples, and chickens. Patti speaks and writes about agriculture,
27-03-2019
WhyHunger works to end global hunger and poverty by critically examining and addressing their root causes and providing resources and support to grassroots movements led by those most impacted. Estimates place over a million women working as farmers in the United States alone & in the Global South they are responsible for 60-80 percent of food production. Yet, women &
25-03-2019
New York (March 25, 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—will present singer-songwriter John Mellencamp with the ASCAP Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award during the 20th Annual WhyHunger Chapin Awards on June 5, 2019 at City Winery in New York. Mellencamp, a member
25-03-2019
Many people dream of vacationing at an exotic destination someday. Perhaps someplace with sandy white beaches and endless clear skies, nestled against a backdrop of mountains. But how many consider what it took to actually build that luxury resort? Not the actual price tag, but the number of lives affected, the individuals uprooted from their homes and source of livelihoods,
22-03-2019
Please join us for WhyHunger's Nourishing People and the Planet Film Screening & Discussion on Tuesday, March 19th in NYC from 6:00 to 8:00pm. This free event will begin with a short film about farming and community in Puerto Rico followed by a discussion with Jesús Vázquez from the Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico. Please come out
14-03-2019
Story by Colin Lawton, including contextual analysis and translation by Betty Fermin Resilience. Fortitude. Determination. Strength. Care. Love. Some of the terms that come to mind when I think of women now and throughout history. I’ve had the honor of being exposed to some amazing women throughout my life who were exemplary leaders, mothers, sisters, champions and unapologetically themselves
07-03-2019
This story is an update from our original coverage, which can be found here. The collapse of a dam with mining waste in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil took away lives, homes and ways of living. After one month, many families still haven’t been able to locate their loved ones and at least 139 bodies are still under the toxic mud.
01-03-2019
To round out Black History Month, our U.S. Programs Directors, Suzanne Babb & Lorrie Clevenger, took a brief moment to share their thoughts on Black Food Sovereignty, what it means and why it matters so much to food justice and the social and economic landscape of our society to this day. Suzanne is a member of Black Urban Growers, an organization of
28-02-2019