“Change comes one person at a time,” says Kyoka Akers, one of the first Live Real Real Food Fellows. Kyoka, 27, is, in every sense,
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Get on the Bus! WhyHunger Joins the Food and Freedom Rides
Siena Chrisman
By Siena Chrisman with Roy Frias On May 22, 1961, a group of six white Americans and seven black Americans boarded a bus in
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What’s your “awesome” idea to change the way we eat?
Siena Chrisman
The Awesome Foundation has just launched a new micro-grant foundation called Awesome Food and is searching for unique and awesome ways to enlighten our lives
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La Via Campesina Visits Local Activists in New York City on June 15th 2011
Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau
This past June, WhyHunger and partners hosted representatives from La Via Campesina in North America and the Caribbean who were in NYC to discuss their
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Raise your voice!
Brooke Smith
It’s election season- do you know where your local politicians are?! With elections looming this fall, many politicians are more eager than ever to lend
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From Air Jordans to Food Justice
Roy Frias
It was a snowy day in April 2002. I was an eleven-year-old kid from East New York, Brooklyn, and I was running to catch up
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Food Voices: Fishermen in Haiti-Needing Support
Andrianna Natsoulas
WhyHunger is pleased to be partnering with Andrianna Natsoulas, long-time food sovereignty activist and author of the forthcoming book Food Voices: Stories of the Food
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Budget Cuts Put Summer Food at Risk
Patricia Rojas
The current budget woes at the state level in Minnesota leave children hanging in the balance. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free meals
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WhyHunger on the Road: Down on the Gulf Coast in Ocean Springs, MS
Brooke Smith
We're heading South this week to meet up with our Delta Fresh Foods partners in the Mississippi Delta. Along the way we had a chance
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