It’s time to fix welfare!; 25th Anniversary Harvest Celebration Dinner a great success; Barriers to Benefits; Our seven demands to improve the DPW; Hunger funds sought in city budget; Food policy council wraps up farmers market campaign; 2014 summer food plans advanced; Fresh Access won’t stop at success; Getting ready for tax season; A new justharvest.org; In memoriam
Publication Types Archives: Just Harvest News
Just Harvest News, Summer 2013
War on food stamps declared; Just Harvest holds grassroots meeting – mobilization begins on food stamps issues; Taking it to the streets; Maria reports from Detroit: Supersize the minimum wage; Keep payday lending out of PA; Leading the way once again – “A Menu for Food Justice” puts food deserts on the map; Tax season helps more people than ever; In memoriam
Just Harvest News, Summer 2012
Federal cuts target food stamps; Food stamp asset test returns in PA; PA voter ID law passes, spurs outcry; PA budget leaves money on the table; Food stamps and farmers markets; Tax season recap; Summer food news; Just Harvest advocates for stronger WIC program; Empty bowls 2012 – a look back
Just Harvest News, Winter 2011
Low-income Pennsylvanians take the hit under state budget, welfare policy; Asset test reinstatement: a clear and present danger; From the ‘War on Poverty’ to the ‘War on Poor People’; Another bureaucratic makeover for DPW; Food stamp applications: 5,000 and counting…; Summer food success!
Just Harvest News, Spring 2011
Pennsylvania’s poor in the crosshairs; Welfare-to-work targeted; A pound-foolish state budget; To prove bipartisanship, end U.S. hunger; Federal budget, food stamp policy concerns loom; Tax season 2010 yields $4.6M in returns; Food stamps in review; Summer food on the way; Empty bowls 2011 recap; Partnerships towards justice
Just Harvest News, Summer 2010
Stop Congress’ raid on food stamp benefits; Victory: City council passes capital budget reform; Unprecedented food stamp growth continues; A state of emergency: we need to address rising poverty now; Child Nutrition Reauthorization (H.R. 5504) – Passage of the child nutrition bill this year a must; Extension sought for TANF emergency fund; Progress: State commission challenges DPW on special allowance regulations; Legislative visits press anti-poverty policies; “Food, Inc.” documentary attracts 200+; Summer food program faces challenges; Progressive tax credits help low-income families
Just Harvest, Winter 2010
Tax season begins; historic leadership transition at Just Harvest; Victory: IRS regulates paid tax preparers; Child nutrition reauthorization; Give cash assistance a raise; Food stamp victories; Pittsburgh public schools universal free breakfast program gets national attention; City zoning changes to urban food production
Just Harvest News, Fall 2009
Just Harvest organizes visit to Sen. Orie’s office; Preparations underway for tax season; Poverty simulation: learning about poverty firsthand; State Welfare changes plans for winter heating help; Advocates’ prompt outcry slows Welfare’s rush for new limits; Inadequate Welfare staffing leads to unfair denial of food stamp benefits; Harrisburg lawmakers distinguished — by being the last state in the nation to pass a budget; Budget impasse costs WIC families fresh summer produce; The public speaks out against budget crisis; City feeds more children in “open” summer food sites; We teach new teachers about poverty; Middle-class is key; Food stamps make a difference – our program sees results
Just Harvest News, Summer 2009
State budget stalemate leaves poor behind – Just Harvest members call for action; State advocates cheer as PA Welfare Department expands food stamp eligibility; G-Force – a crash course in the G20; Legislation to help hungry children is in the hopper in Congress; Some jobless lose food stamps because of $25 stimulus check; State budget deadlock drags on; Babies and moms due for more healthy foods; Nearly $5 million left on the table by summer food programs in Pennsylvania; Nutritious breakast in school feeds more kids; Local food policy council to tackle production, access; The $400 tax credit for working people might have a hitch
Just Harvest News, Spring 2009
Tax season help reaches record numbers; Welfare’s work programs don’t help clients; Congress begins to address child nutrition; Obama’s stimulus will help Pennsylvania’s poor; Just Harvest members visit state legislators; Anti-hunger activist & author visits Pittsburgh; Farmers markets in full swing; 14th empty bowls smashes records; Bruce Springsteen – working on a dream for Just Harvest; In memoriam