Earlier this month we joined dozens of affordable housing advocates to speak out in support of Pittsburgh City Councilman Dan Lavelle’s proposed Housing Opportunity Fund. Here’s why.
Archive | Commentary
This following posts are commentaries authored by Just Harvest staff and the occasional guest blogger about hunger and poverty in public policy, culture and the media, and politics.
Why Work for Welfare Doesn’t Work
The idea that only some Americans in poverty deserve help stems from assumptions about poverty and work that don’t match up with reality.
Top 7 myths about the food stamps time limit
The food stamps work requirement is seen as an employment incentive for people in poverty. Here’s why it’s completely misguided.
Pennsylvania legislators must protect our commonwealth
We can’t pay for the government we really need if state lawmakers are unwilling to even pay for the government we have.
8,000 at risk of losing food stamps
Starting next year thousands of PA residents will lose their SNAP benefits. Why this is happening and how to help those facing food stamp work requirements.
Upcoming work on food stamps and ABAWDs
Beginning in 2016, able-bodied adults in Pennsylvania will have to be working to receive food stamps. Our new staff researcher shares her plans to help those affected by that policy […]
Fresh Access farmers markets shopper Jennae Dungan
Although farmers markets have long been a popular source of healthy food, people receiving food stamps have mostly been excluded from these markets due to a lack of access.
Our statement on PA’S frozen budget
It is now well past the June 30 deadline for a 2015-16 PA budget and negotiations between Gov. Wolf and state Republican legislators are said to be frozen.
Why Pittsburgh needs paid sick leave
Pittsburgh City Council has now passed a bill to guarantee paid sick leave for the 50,000 Pittsburgh workers who don’t have it, and makes clear why. How it will affect […]
Quiroz Farm: From Mexico to Beechview Farmers Market
Two brothers from Oaxaca are now a part of the fresh food experience at this Citiparks farmers market every Thursday.
