Why is hunger, almost eliminated in the 70’s, now widespread in America?
Dr. J. Larry Brown, formerly on the faculty of the Harvard School of Public Health,
served as chairman of the Physician Task Force on Hunger in America. He currently runs the
Center on Hunger and Poverty at Brandeis. He asks,
“Why doesn’t America end hunger like other nations have?”
Dr. J provides some real answers to this and other tough questions. Thought provoking stuff.
READ MORE - Dr. J. Larry Brown, Nieman Foundation Harvard University

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Got 5 to 15,000 sq. feet of warehouse space anywhere near Murfreesboro, TN ? Feed America First, distributes food to 160 agencies in 58 counties in rural Tennessee, northern Alabama and Mississippi, and is losing it’s lease. Director Tom Henry is in need of a warehouse.
“Our approach is that hunger is a community issue and that hunger will be eliminated when we don’t let our neighbors go hungry,” Henry said.
READ MORE - MICHELLE WILLARD The Murfreesboro Post ,Murfreesboro, TN

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UPDATE June 25 The President’s second veto is overridden.
The Senate votes 80-14 to approve the measure over Bush’s second veto and
the House of Representatives votes 317-109 for passage. The Bill is law.
June 11 - President Vetos Incomplete Farm Bill
The Farm Bill will be voted on again and then sent back for another Presidential veto due to a
clerical error that omitted 34 pages from the document vetoed by President Bush.

35 million Americans need help. Kids, the elderly, working families. (Read the article)

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SEE UPDATE ABOVE

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Stamp Out Hunger Day. Saturday May 10. The National Association Of Letter Carriers.
Letter carriers will pick up bags of food donated by generous people all across America.
CLICK for more info. Hunger is growing. Hunger in America.
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“People are hurting,” said Janie Singleton, executive director of the High Plains Food Bank in Amarillo, which distributes food in 26 counties in the Panhandle. “The price of most basic foods has gone up considerably, so it’s hard for many families, especially for those with young children, to make ends meet. “These are people who work but don’t make enough money - anxiously waiting for Congress to approve the farm bill - through the farm bill, the USDA gives food banks some products such as rice, pinto beans, peanut butter, canned vegetables, corn flakes, juices and fruits.”
- Enrique Rangel The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Mural “EL CHUCO Y QUE” by Carlos Callejo

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Hunger is growing all around us. How can Minnesotans help?
- StarTribune Minneapolis, MN

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National not for profit organization Share Our Strength,
freshens and focuses it’s website and branding to reflect
it’s commitment to ending childhood hunger in America.
Nice work. Check it out.

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Six states are struggling to recover from the recent storms.
Already strapped hunger relief organizations are in need.
Think about helping with a few bucks or find out if you can help in other ways
AMERICAN RED CROSS
AMERICA’S SECOND HARVEST
(Largest National Food Aid Org)
THE FOODBANK FOR NEW YORK CITY(New York Sends food down south to help)
Hungrr’s Drive for the Foodbank for NYC
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There are over 13 million hungry kids in the US today.
35 million Americans who need help. Kids, the elderly, working families.
Take a few minutes to send your senators and representatives an email. Remind them to include an increase in food aid in the current Farm Bill. The nation’s non profit foodbanks need increases to avoid more shortages and to help a growing number of Americans. (Read the article)

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CLICK TO DONATE to the Foodbank for NYC.The food bank can provide 20 meals for just 5 bucks.
Help New Yorkers who turn to the Food Bank for food assistance.
Kids, the elderly, women, working people who can’t provide enough for themselves and their kids.

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The Farm Bill is a food bill. Increases in food aid are needed as hunger in America grows.
The Farm Bill is now before the Senate.
CLICK TO READ - BILL BOLLING, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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A conference on hunger in the City of Seven Hills. Hunger hits home unexpectedly.
CLICK TO READ - Allen Howard, The Cincinnati Enquirer

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UPDATE 10/15/07 iphone sold for charity.
CLICK TO SEE THE LISTING ON EBAY

100% of proceeds went to the
FOODBANK OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

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“Right now there are more than two million people at risk of hunger in our city. Help us make up this shortfall for New Yorkers who need it now. In the last couple years, the city’s soup kitchens and food pantries have lost approximately 12 million pounds of food due to cutbacks and flat-funding of TEFAP, the federal emergency food assistance program. This problem will not go away soon.” - The Foodbank for NYC
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“In Alameda County as a whole, participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Stamp program is up 19.2 percent over a year ago. Officials attribute the rise to better outreach, along with increased need. “We’re definitely seeing more people, a lot of working people,” said Liz Gomez, outreach coordinator for the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
“Our clients are having a harder time making their rents.”
- Marc Albert The Alameda Sun , Alameda, Ca. READ MORE

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An editorial from The Boston Globe that’s worth the quick read -
“THE GREATER Boston Food Bank is about to double its capacity, building a new 110,000-square-foot home across the street from its current quarters - This is a long way of saying that people living in Massachusetts cities and towns are still plagued by hunger. - Hunger shames the people it hurts, so there isn’t a hungry people’s political party pressing for change. Instead there’s the silence of elderly men and women who are too proud to apply for food stamps; of working adults whose salaries stop short of covering enough groceries; of schoolchildren whose learning problems are hunger-related; and of hunger in the suburbs - READ MORE (Boston Globe free registration required)
The Boston Globe - Boston , Mass ,USA

The Greater Boston Food Bank Website
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“- residents are flocking to nonprofit agencies and government offices looking for groceries and other emergency help. - the collapsing construction and real estate markets are driving once stable households into crisis - One nonprofit director said she saw more people in one month than she had in her 18 years of service. - “People are coming to the kitchen needing food, and we don’t have it for them,” said Sarah Owen, the executive director of Community Cooperative Ministries. Equally as troubling is a spike in grocery prices. ‘The problem is I’m spending twice as much a week on the Meals on Wheels food and the soup kitchen food,’ Owen said. READ MORE - Jennifer Booth Reed

The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA

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