The Farmers Market Coalition announced that Pittsburgh’s Just Harvest won first place in FMC’s first-ever nationwide farmers market poster contest with over 160 entries. Just Harvest’s poster for Fresh Access […]
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Miss the Obamacare deadline? You can still sign up!
Uninsured? If you missed the March 31 deadline to get health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), certain changes in your life since then could allow you to […]
Meet Just Harvest’s fantastic five new staff members
Thanks to a new grant from Catalyst Kitchens and the federal Americorps VISTA program, Just Harvest’s staff is growing! Meet our five new staff, all of whom have been committed […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Hunger strike in PA – prisons and the power of food
As we’ve been discussing in recent blog posts – and as we strive to address in our mission – the typical cause of hunger in this country is poverty. But […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Broke and Broken? The Psychological Effects of Poverty
As we explored yesterday there is no shortage of judgment for the 47 million Americans living in poverty. All kinds of stereotypes and assumptions abound that serve to blame the […]
State audit of the Department of Public Welfare finds errors in caseload management
The PA Auditor General release an audit today of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) finding that the DPW put benefits on 138 ACCESS cards associated with the Social Security […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Recipes for cooking on a food stamps budget
All that talk about pie yesterday got us hungry, so we figured we’d do something a little fun for Friday and talk about…food!
Hunger Awareness Month: PA’s budget can protect education, vital services if we “grow the pie”
Yesterday dozens of activists convened in Pennsylvania’s capitol to send a message to legislators to put human interests above special interests. As the June 30th deadline for a state budget […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Phone bank against budget cuts
Right now, Pennsylvania is facing a $1.3 billion budget shortfall – a huge gap lawmakers are supposed to close by June 30th. Gov. Corbett is seriously considering a cuts-only budget […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Hot Jazz to fight hunger
It’s an evening of summer jazz in one of Pittsburgh’s most beautiful churches. Definitely the one with the best view. All proceeds will benefit Just Harvest.
