Today for poverty awareness month we explore the following questions: Why does poverty exist? Why do people in the wealthiest nation in the world go hungry? What kind of policies […]
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January is Poverty Awareness Month
January is Poverty Awareness Month so we have put together a number of easy ways for you to take action this month to help fight poverty. They’ll include opportunities to […]
Sowing seeds in winter and year-round: How to hold onto that holiday spirit
The holiday season ends next week. Will the “holiday spirit” vanish with it? For the sake of those who’ll need our help no matter the month, I hope not. So […]
A tribute to Nelson Mandela on Human Rights Day
December 10 was Human Rights Day, an annual celebration of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In Pittsburgh, 50 community advocates braved the December cold to call […]
Pittsburgh fast food workers join nationwide protest to raise the minimum wage
Big Macs are yummy. Whoppers are too. And even better, they don’t stretch the wallet. But those low prices are coming at a high cost – $7 billion. That’s the […]
Pictures from our 25th Annual Harvest Celebration Dinner
Our 25th Anniversary Harvest Celebration Dinner was a great success! 400 supporters helped us raise over $28,000! This support will greatly aid our efforts to reduce barriers to public benefits, educate […]
Just Harvest On the Air
Just Harvest is pleased to be a featured guest on the Working Families Radio Network’s ‘The Union Edge’ radio program every third Friday of the month, starting November 19! ‘The Union Edge’ […]
5 Days, 6 Dollars: Taking the Food Stamp Challenge
To raise awareness about current U.S. Farm Bill negotiations and the related Congressional debates over billions of dollars in proposed cuts to SNAP/food stamp funding, Just Harvest staff along with […]
Food Stamp Application #5,000: A Bittersweet Milestone
This past November, Just Harvest observed a bittersweet milestone. We completed our 5,000th food stamp application since our contract with the Department of Public Welfare began in 2007, illustrating the […]
