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Hunger is injustice. Together we can end it!

Just Harvest staff and members at the April 15, 2015 Fight for $15 rally in Pittsburgh

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Find our recent Action Alerts below to learn what’s been on the plate recently for Food Justice.

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Let your representatives in government know how you feel. It is our right – and our responsibility – as constituents to speak out for our needs and demand action. Your votes, calls and emails make a difference!

Hunger and poverty are caused by political choices that shape public policy. Ending hunger means improving those choices and policies.

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Recent Actions

Take Action: Strengthen SNAP & Protect Medicaid! (4/14/2025) - Members of Congress are all back in state for the next two weeks. Use this time to tell them to strengthen SNAP & Protect Medicaid — don’t weaken it!
Take Action Today! Protect SNAP & More (3/20/2025) - Take Action Today! Learn more from our recent updates below. Protect SNAP: While your elected officials are home this week on Congressional recess, now is the time to reach out […]
Stand Against Misuse of Power! (3/13/2025) - Take Action: Join us in calling Pennsylvania Senator Fetterman and Senator McCormick to demand that action is taken to challenge the continuing misuse of executive power – and protections are put in place to […]
SNAP Matters! (3/5/2025) - A Budget Reconciliation Bill passed in the House including an estimated $1.5 trillion–or more–in cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and education over a decade. The Senate has passed a separate, different […]
Just Harvest Statement on Budget Resolution Passage (2/26/2025) - A budget resolution passed in the House by a 217 to 215 vote that will extend tax cuts skewed to the wealthiest Americans, increase the federal deficit, and threaten deep […]
Show Support to Protect SNAP! (2/13/2025) - The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is currently under attack. Republicans in Congress are actively forming a list of potential cuts to SNAP and other crucial programs in a Budget […]
Produce for sale at Market Square Farmers Market Take Action: Expand Nutrition Incentives in PA (5/31/2024) - Only 8.4% of Pennsylvania adults are eating the recommended serving of fruit per day. Healthy food is too expensive for the 1 in 9 food insecure Pennsylvanians. Unhealthy diets and […]
senior woman in dairy aisle of grocery store considering items in dairy case Increase the SNAP minimum benefit in PA (3/10/2024) - Reach out to PA state senator and representative to include Gov. Shapiro’s increase to SNAP in the upcoming state budget.
Congress Must Act Before the Affordable Connectivity Program Ends This Spring (1/25/2024) - The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is slated to run out of funding. Join us and urge Congress to pass a permanent extension.
Let's make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent! Let’s Make Expansions to the Child Tax Credit Permanent (1/20/2024) - Urge Senators to: swiftly take up and vote “yes” to expand the Child Tax Credit.

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