Our Mission WhyHunger is not just another organization with a mission statement tucked away on its website. We are on a mission. Together, we are building a world where everyone has the right to nutritious food. WhyHunger is a leader in building the movement to end hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious, affordable food and by supporting grassroots
20-05-2015
WhyHunger was founded in 1975 by the late musician Harry Chapin and Radio DJ Bill Ayres on the fundamental belief that access to nutritious food is a human right and hunger is a solvable problem in a world of abundance. What began as a simple commitment between two friends to make a difference has grown into a global non-profit, celebrating
20-05-2015
Hunger in the U.S. | World Poverty & Hunger Hunger in the U.S. and around the world is caused by various complex social and economic factors of which much ink has been spilled. We realize that one web page can hardly do justice to all the facts and thoughts on this matter. Our main goal with this page is to
20-05-2015
Seth Saltzman -Chair Senior Vice President, ASCAP David Miller -Vice Chair Regional Vice President Joe's Crab Shack, Ignite Restaurant Group Stephen J. Beninati -Treasurer First Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management Alan C. Handell-Secretary President, NY Prints LLC Andrew Bauer Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Caren Berlin CEO and co-founder, Gold N Fish
20-05-2015
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP) completed for WhyHunger’s digital storytelling website, Community Voices, that showcases grassroots organizations and community leaders through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real view of projects that are working to alleviate food insecurity and increase communities' access to nutritious food. We believe that telling one's
15-05-2015
You're invited! Tickets and sponsorships are now available for the annual WhyHunger Chapin Awards Gala that will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in NYC. Honorees will include multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Grace Potter receiving the ASCAP Harry Chapin Vanguard Award, Co-founder and Ambassador Bill Ayres, receiving the WhyHunger Lifetime Achievement Award, and legendary singer songwriter
13-05-2015
Earlier this year, the National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) – Mali hosted 300 delegates for the International Forum on Agroecology in Nyeleni. WhyHunger was among the supporters and participant organizations. The forum brought together leaders from social movements and organizations that represent small-scale food producers to defend the agroecolgical practices that they rely on for food sovereignty and a
01-05-2015
Farmers are “in” right now. With today’s trend towards local food and sustainable agriculture, farmers are making the news, appearing on lists of most influential people and changemakers. The farmers we hear most about seem to be in or near cities, often new to the field, raising vegetables, selling at farmers markets. We’ve read the articles about rooftop farmers in
24-04-2015
Reposted with permission. This was originally featured in the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Think Forward blog. It’s a petition drive to spread the word and put pressure on the USDA and HHS to accept “sustainability” as a criteria in the next U.S. Dietary Guidelines. If you agree, join WhyHunger in signing it! by Shefali Sharma Americans are much
22-04-2015
Our Mission WhyHunger is not just another organization with a mission statement tucked away on its website. We are on a mission. Together, we are building a world where everyone has the right to nutritious food. WhyHunger is a leader in building the movement to end hunger and poverty by connecting people to nutritious, affordable food and by supporting grassroots
20-05-2015
WhyHunger was founded in 1975 by the late musician Harry Chapin and Radio DJ Bill Ayres on the fundamental belief that access to nutritious food is a human right and hunger is a solvable problem in a world of abundance. What began as a simple commitment between two friends to make a difference has grown into a global non-profit, celebrating
20-05-2015
Hunger in the U.S. | World Poverty & Hunger Hunger in the U.S. and around the world is caused by various complex social and economic factors of which much ink has been spilled. We realize that one web page can hardly do justice to all the facts and thoughts on this matter. Our main goal with this page is to
20-05-2015
Seth Saltzman -Chair Senior Vice President, ASCAP David Miller -Vice Chair Regional Vice President Joe's Crab Shack, Ignite Restaurant Group Stephen J. Beninati -Treasurer First Vice President, Senior Portfolio Manager, Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management Alan C. Handell-Secretary President, NY Prints LLC Andrew Bauer Partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Caren Berlin CEO and co-founder, Gold N Fish
20-05-2015
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP) completed for WhyHunger’s digital storytelling website, Community Voices, that showcases grassroots organizations and community leaders through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real view of projects that are working to alleviate food insecurity and increase communities' access to nutritious food. We believe that telling one's
15-05-2015
You're invited! Tickets and sponsorships are now available for the annual WhyHunger Chapin Awards Gala that will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in NYC. Honorees will include multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Grace Potter receiving the ASCAP Harry Chapin Vanguard Award, Co-founder and Ambassador Bill Ayres, receiving the WhyHunger Lifetime Achievement Award, and legendary singer songwriter
13-05-2015
Earlier this year, the National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) – Mali hosted 300 delegates for the International Forum on Agroecology in Nyeleni. WhyHunger was among the supporters and participant organizations. The forum brought together leaders from social movements and organizations that represent small-scale food producers to defend the agroecolgical practices that they rely on for food sovereignty and a
01-05-2015
Farmers are “in” right now. With today’s trend towards local food and sustainable agriculture, farmers are making the news, appearing on lists of most influential people and changemakers. The farmers we hear most about seem to be in or near cities, often new to the field, raising vegetables, selling at farmers markets. We’ve read the articles about rooftop farmers in
24-04-2015
Reposted with permission. This was originally featured in the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Think Forward blog. It’s a petition drive to spread the word and put pressure on the USDA and HHS to accept “sustainability” as a criteria in the next U.S. Dietary Guidelines. If you agree, join WhyHunger in signing it! by Shefali Sharma Americans are much
22-04-2015