By Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, WhyHunger’s Outreach and Partnerships Manager for the Global Movements Program. This post accompanies WhyHunger's new Food Security Learning Center topic Family and Small-Scale Fisheries. After the financial crisis of 2008, farmland around the world – but particularly in the developing world, where it was cheaper and easier to buy – was seen as a new investment and
02-12-2014
This Thanksgiving you can do more than just be thankful and enjoy a shared meal -- you can give back, too. We invite you to #GiveThanksgiving this year by donating to Hungerthon, WhyHunger's annual fundraising campaign, to help fight for everyone’s right to healthy food and an end to hunger in America. Set an extra place at your table by donating today. Best wishes for
27-11-2014
In its 29th year, Hungerthon is an annual Thanksgiving radio tradition started in 1975 by WhyHunger, with the support of our media partners, to raise awareness about hunger and poverty and to invest in long-term solutions that help people in need in communities across America. This holiday season, we invite you to set an extra place at the table and Give Thanksgiving.
25-11-2014
Photo courtesy of NAMA. Fisheries provide food and livelihoods to 800 million people worldwide. Unfortunately, they are being overfished due to industrial-scale fishing fleets, water is becoming severely polluted due to aquaculture and agriculture, and marine resources are being appropriated from small-scale fisheries by powerful food and fish industry giants in a move known as “ocean-grabbing.” A just fishery is
21-11-2014
By Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, WhyHunger’s Outreach and Partnerships Manager for the Global Movements Program. This post accompanies WhyHunger's new Food Security Learning Center topic Family and Small-Scale Fisheries. After the financial crisis of 2008, farmland around the world – but particularly in the developing world, where it was cheaper and easier to buy – was seen as a new investment and
02-12-2014
This Thanksgiving you can do more than just be thankful and enjoy a shared meal -- you can give back, too. We invite you to #GiveThanksgiving this year by donating to Hungerthon, WhyHunger's annual fundraising campaign, to help fight for everyone’s right to healthy food and an end to hunger in America. Set an extra place at your table by donating today. Best wishes for
27-11-2014
In its 29th year, Hungerthon is an annual Thanksgiving radio tradition started in 1975 by WhyHunger, with the support of our media partners, to raise awareness about hunger and poverty and to invest in long-term solutions that help people in need in communities across America. This holiday season, we invite you to set an extra place at the table and Give Thanksgiving.
25-11-2014
Photo courtesy of NAMA. Fisheries provide food and livelihoods to 800 million people worldwide. Unfortunately, they are being overfished due to industrial-scale fishing fleets, water is becoming severely polluted due to aquaculture and agriculture, and marine resources are being appropriated from small-scale fisheries by powerful food and fish industry giants in a move known as “ocean-grabbing.” A just fishery is
21-11-2014