WhyHunger: Grassroots Action Network Connect blog http://blog.whyhunger.org Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:33:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nourishing the Garden State In the last few months, the staff of WhyHunger’s National Hunger Clearinghouse has been on a tour of emergency food providers (EFPs — such as food banks or soup kitchens) in New Jersey. The visits are part of an exciting new capacity building project we’re piloting, called Nourishing Connections. Nourishing Connections aims to connect EFPs [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/06/nourishing-new-jersey-the-garden-state/ Farm Bill Update: National Call-In Day Cuts to nutrition assistance for struggling families are unacceptable. You can help: Here’s the latest Farm Bill action from our friends at Half in Ten. Urge your member of Congress not to cut nutrition assistance! Funding for supplemental nutrition assistance—a vital support for low-income families and children—is on the chopping block. Next week the House of [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/06/urge-your-member-of-congress-not-to-cut-nutrition-assistance/ Twitter Town Hall: Summer Meals are Here! Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation. Only a fraction of kids who receive free breakfast and lunch during the school year participate in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which fills the gap for hungry kids all over the country and all summer long. Join us for a Twitter Town Hall tomorrow, Thursday, June 13, [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/06/twitter-town-hall-summer-meals-are-here/ A Day in Brooklyn with Grassroots Food Justice Leaders The 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners spent three days in New York City with us this week– always a highlight of our year! They were honored at the WhyHunger-Chapin Awards Dinner on Monday along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Patrick Sullivan of RightsFlow by Google, and had two days in the field in Brooklyn [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/06/a-day-in-brooklyn-with-grassroots-food-justice-leaders/ On Film: Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award Winners! We’re so excited for our WhyHunger Chapin Awards dinner tonight, where we’ll be honoring our five amazing 2012 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners: Adelante Mujeres La Mujer Obrera  Little Village Environmental Justice Organization  Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard SEEDS Meet these inspiring organizations in a short film that will premiere tonight!

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/06/on-film-harry-chapin-self-reliance-award-winners-2/ Strengthening the Food Chain: Farmers and Workers Unite, Find Power in Numbers My report from this March’s Farm Labor Reality Tour was published last week by the fine folks at Grist. Here’s a preview… Bob St. Peter and his wife, Juli Perry, farm four acres in coastal Maine, growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, rabbits, chickens, and sheep to feed their family and their neighbors. They grow food in [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/06/strengthening-the-food-chain-farmers-and-workers-unite-find-power-in-numbers/ What We’re Reading Now: Don’t Cut SNAP We told you two weeks ago that the Food and Farm Bill was finally moving again, and there’s been a lot of activity since then: the Senate and House Agriculture Committees each passed a version of the Bill, and the full Senate began debate on their version last week. Congress has been on break this [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/05/what-we%e2%80%99re-reading-now-don%e2%80%99t-cut-snap/ A Brief History of the Emergency Food System In April, I had the pleasure of attending the California Association of Food Banks conference in Sacramento, CA. A wide selection of engaging workshops ranged from the Bridges Out of Poverty training to elements of successful nutrition education programs. You can dig into the conference materials here. I presented on the intersections of emergency food [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/05/emergency-food-and-community-food-security/ Stories from the National Hunger Hotline: Finding Summer Meals for Students Stephanie, a recent caller to the National Hunger Hotline, is the principal of an elementary school in Maryland. The county her school is in includes a large low-income community. Stephanie shared that many of her students will go without food during the summer, because school lunch is the only meal that many of them regularly [...]

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]]> http://blog.whyhunger.org/2013/05/stories-from-the-national-hunger-hotline-finding-summer-meals-for-students/ Your Burgers May be Square, But Your Food Ain’t Fair Last Saturday, upwards of 300 New Yorkers joined Florida farmworker organization the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for a march through Manhattan to demand that Wendy’s join the CIW’s innovative Fair Food Program. The program is a collaboration between Florida’s tomato growers, major retailers, and farmworkers, ensuring the human rights and dignity of farmworkers through guarantees [...]

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