Last week, more than 400 guests helped Just Harvest raise over $33,000 for our efforts to end hunger and poverty in Allegheny County, making this our most successful annual fundraiser […]
Tag Archives | hunger/food insecurity
Grow Pittsburgh wins Just Harvest’s 2014 Seeds of Justice award
Last week Just Harvest gave Grow Pittsburgh an award for its innovative work in the fight against hunger in our region. Here is what Grow Pittsburgh’s executive director, Julie Butcher […]
Just Harvest and Community Kitchen Pittsburgh join forces through summer food program
This summer, Just Harvest and Community Kitchen Pittsburgh are teaming up to fight hunger! Local summer food sites are providing not just food to hungry children but great opportunities for […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Poverty and hunger are closer than you think
This picture was once the common image of American suburbia. More and more, it is no longer the reality. Recent news reports show that the majority of Pittsburgh’s poor are […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Hunger strike in PA – prisons and the power of food
As we’ve been discussing in recent blog posts – and as we strive to address in our mission – the typical cause of hunger in this country is poverty. But […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Broke and Broken? The Psychological Effects of Poverty
As we explored yesterday there is no shortage of judgment for the 47 million Americans living in poverty. All kinds of stereotypes and assumptions abound that serve to blame the […]
Hunger Awareness Month: The Myth of the Culture of Poverty
Today, more than 46 million Americans live in poverty. How does one explain the lack of widespread outrage over this – that in a country as rich as ours one […]
Hunger Awareness Month: Three reasons why Just Harvest does taxes
I often am asked the question, “why is an anti-hunger organization running a free tax-filing program?” Though it may not seem logical at first, it turns out that filing a […]
Hunger Awareness Month: How does the restaurant industry keep people hungry?
Last month, I joined Pittsburgh fast food workers and economic justice activists on a 3am bus headed to the McDonald’s annual shareholder meeting in Chicago. Fast food workers and community […]
Resources to help fight senior hunger
The number of seniors facing hunger has doubled since 2001. One in 12 seniors experiences hunger in our community, but one in six is on the brink of hunger and […]
