Members of Congress are prioritizing profits over healthy school meals, and for the first time in history are letting lobbyists tamper with one of the nation’s key child nutrition programs.
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.
Hunger Awareness Month: Get the facts on U.S. childhood hunger
Today, courtesy of Share Our Strength, we have a fantastic infographic on childhood hunger. It tells you everything you need to know about how we’re failing our nation’s low-income children […]
Hunger Awareness Month: For too many kids, summer means hunger
Today is the last day of classes for Pittsburgh Public Schools. For too many of these children and others throughout Allegheny County, summer break just means less food.
Hunger Awareness Month: Fresh Access is back…and bigger!
Farmers market season is now in full gear across the region, and that means Just Harvest’s Fresh Access program is back – enabling shoppers to use their food stamps/EBT, debit, […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Grow Pittsburgh is growing more than gardens
Battling hunger in our communities requires a number of strategies and multiple tools. Grow Pittsburgh is one of the most innovative and successful local organizations to tackle the issue of […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Thinking about global warming and U.S. hunger on World Environment Day
Every year on June 5, over 100 countries celebrate World Environment Day – “the largest day of global action on the planet”. What does the environment and global ciimate change […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Pittsburgh leads the nation in food deserts
One of the most basic causes of hunger is the lack of access to food. The problem of food access springs from the double whammy of financial hardship and physical […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Ken Regal on Just Harvest’s mission to end hunger
In this video – part of an upcoming documentary on food access in Pittsburgh by Center of Life – Just Harvest Executive Director Ken Regal discusses what the mission of […]
Hunger Awareness Month: One man’s story shows who is on food stamps
When Gary came to our office he was clearly trying to hold himself together. The man had a sad story to tell, and as we helped him with his application […]
June is National Hunger Awareness Month
January was Poverty Awareness Month, and today kicks off a 30-day drive tying into the other part of our mission: hunger. Of course, poverty and hunger go hand in hand […]
