While hunger rates remain high in Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf has issued an executive order to re-commit to the fight against hunger. Emily Cleath, communications coordinator for Just Harvest, a […]
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With food, two groups help immigrants to assimilate
Along with other assimilation issues, immigrants and refugees arriving in a new country sometimes don’t know where to find healthy foods, or they don’t have good sources for foods they recognize from […]
Fresh Corners boosts healthy store options in Penn Hills
Penn Hills is one of six Allegheny County communities to participate in the Fresh Corners pilot program, which will bring fresh produce closer to people who don’t have quick access […]
The people and places fighting childhood hunger in Pittsburgh
A quick drive through Pittsburgh’s East End would be enough to convince any bystander that our city is undergoing an economic boom. But despite the rapid takeover by luxury condos, […]
No One Left Behind: Technology can be used to cut health care disparities
Concerned that food stamp users lacked the opportunity to buy fresh vegetables, the anti-hunger group Just Harvest decided two years ago to take credit card machines to local farmers markets […]
Census data show improved poverty rate in Pennsylvania
Poverty rates improved modestly across most of the Pittsburgh region in 2014, according to new census data, as many households appeared to benefit from an ongoing, modest economic recovery. The […]
Just Harvest statement on PA’S frozen budget
It is well past the June 30 deadline for a 2015-16 Pennsylvania budget and negotiations between Governor Wolf and state Republican legislators are said to be at a stalemate….
How to Make Pittsburgh’s Farmers Markets Better
Market managers, farmers and customers all can play a role in helping markets to live up to their potential.
How’s Work?: His Job Is to Help Repair the World
Zack Block worked as a tax attorney in Pittsburgh for nearly nine years before making a drastic shift in his career path. “I liked the people I worked with, but […]
Going it alone: Low-income single moms struggle to find help, escape judgment
Rochelle Jackson had three kids and was pregnant with a son. She was also scared. Her boyfriend, the father of her children, had grown increasingly abusive during her pregnancy. It […]
