Editor’s Note: In January, WhyHunger staff joined a 10-day delegation coordinated by the Friends of the ATC – a solidarity network that supports the Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (Rural Workers’ Association) Nicaragua, which brought together a diverse group of people from grassroots & social justice organizations, farmworkers from across the U.S., Canada, Germany & students from Latin America to gain firsthand knowledge of
17-04-2019
BELLINGHAM, WA April 12, 2019 – Thursday afternoon, the Washington State House of Representatives cast their votes for SB 5438, “Concerning the H-2A temporary agricultural program” a bill that would fund the establishment of an office specifically tasked with monitoring labor, housing, and health and safety requirements for farms using the H2A visa program, as well as prioritizing outreach to
17-04-2019
Looking around the kitchen, you’ll meet people downsized from Fortune 500 companies, some working two minimum-wage jobs, and some struggling with homelessness. What do they have in common? “We all have to eat” Chef Pearl, Director of The Culinary Promise School, likes to say of the ideology behind her life-changing culinary program. Regardless of background or experience,
16-04-2019
Last week, we officially launched our partnership with Pretty Woman: The Musical at a volunteer event at New York Common Pantry. The partnership aims to raise funds and awareness about hunger and the sustainable solutions that address the problem at its root. WhyHunger staff and executive director Noreen Springstead, along with cast members Lauren
09-04-2019
New York (April 5, 2019) – Today 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—launched a partnership with Pretty Woman: The Musical at a volunteer event at New York Common Pantry. The partnership aims to raise funds and awareness about
05-04-2019
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
Editor’s Note: In January, WhyHunger staff joined a 10-day delegation coordinated by the Friends of the ATC – a solidarity network that supports the Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (Rural Workers’ Association) Nicaragua, which brought together a diverse group of people from grassroots & social justice organizations, farmworkers from across the U.S., Canada, Germany & students from Latin America to gain firsthand knowledge of
17-04-2019
BELLINGHAM, WA April 12, 2019 – Thursday afternoon, the Washington State House of Representatives cast their votes for SB 5438, “Concerning the H-2A temporary agricultural program” a bill that would fund the establishment of an office specifically tasked with monitoring labor, housing, and health and safety requirements for farms using the H2A visa program, as well as prioritizing outreach to
17-04-2019
Looking around the kitchen, you’ll meet people downsized from Fortune 500 companies, some working two minimum-wage jobs, and some struggling with homelessness. What do they have in common? “We all have to eat” Chef Pearl, Director of The Culinary Promise School, likes to say of the ideology behind her life-changing culinary program. Regardless of background or experience,
16-04-2019
Last week, we officially launched our partnership with Pretty Woman: The Musical at a volunteer event at New York Common Pantry. The partnership aims to raise funds and awareness about hunger and the sustainable solutions that address the problem at its root. WhyHunger staff and executive director Noreen Springstead, along with cast members Lauren
09-04-2019
New York (April 5, 2019) – Today 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—launched a partnership with Pretty Woman: The Musical at a volunteer event at New York Common Pantry. The partnership aims to raise funds and awareness about
05-04-2019
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