Hunger News
We’ve all missed a meal or run late for dinner and thought we knew what it felt like to be hungry. But in the end, we got our food and moved on.
As we find ourselves in September, which marks National Hunger Action Month, we reflect on a Union-Tribune story a week ago by Janine Zuniga, which highlighted the true hunger crisis (“More in county seeking donated food,” Aug. 28). It cited the San Diego Food Bank’s record 2010 food distribution numbers – the most...
A new report, Planting the Seeds for Public Health: How the Farm Bill Can Help Farmers to Produce and Distribute Healthy Foods, released (August 3, 2010) by Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc., shows that federal policies impede farmers’ ability to make fruits and vegetables more widely available and affordable.To read the entire story, click here.
There has been a lot of attention recently about California welfare debit cards being used to withdraw money from automated teller machines at gambling establishments throughout the state. Comments from readers of these published stories indicate there is some misconception about the public assistance programs associated with the welfare debit cards. The result is unproductive and misplaced suspicion. To read entire story, click here.
Alex Williamson, 8, doesn't look very hungry — in fact, he's a little chubby. But Alex, who lives in Carlisle, Pa., is one of 17 million children who live in U.S. households where getting enough food is a challenge.
The Obama administration has pledged to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. A key element of that challenge is to make sure the food hungry children eat is nutritious. They're lofty goals that will be difficult to achieve.
Alex's mom, Connie Williamson, says she tries to...
From the North County Times
The Oceanside Charitable Foundation hosted a forum Wednesday at MiraCosta College to inform people that problems with access to food exist everywhere, even within their own backyard.
"People used to associate hunger with homelessness," said Blake Kern, grant chairwoman for the Oceanside Charitable Foundation. "Now we're talking families, seniors -- anyone, really. "We are helping the community with awareness of what is going on," she...
