This article was written by Mark Winne, an author and long-time advocate for food justice, and a friend and colleague for many years. Mark gave us permission to post the article, originally published on Mark’s blog here. October 17, 2022 When did attending a conference about hungry Americans and the appalling state of our dietary… Read more »
October 20, 2022
The White House Hunger Conference—Dispatch from a Man Who Wasn’t There
This article was written by Mark Winne, an author and long-time advocate for food justice, and a friend and colleague for many years. Mark gave us permission to post the article, originally published on Mark’s blog here. October 17, 2022 When did attending a conference about hungry Americans and the appalling state of our dietary… Read more »
The Presbyterian Church (USA)—through the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance as well as local congregations—has had a decades-long partnership with Growing Hope Globally, an organization that connects U.S. farmers, churches and communities to subsistence farmers around the world in order to help address hunger. The Presbyterian Hunger Program is at work around the world and specifically has been… 
Four percent of the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering is used to address homelessness. The lack of affordable housing is one cause of homelessness as well as a root cause of hunger and poverty in the United States. Congregation-Based Community Organizing has a great track-record of successfully pushing towns, cities and counties to finance… 
The Food Research and Action Center just released this summary of the USDA Economic Research Service report, which highlights the state of hunger in the United States. This comes in the middle of a gathering of hundreds food pantry, food bank, and anti-hunger activists from around the country here at the Closing the Hunger Gap… 
Listening and Doing (James 1:22) By Deborah Agbor-Tabi When I joined St. James Presbyterian Church in Charleston, South Carolina, many things were new and fascinating. St. James is the largest African American congregation in the denomination and has always been involved with the community in areas such as recreation and social events, working with the… 
By Rebecca Barnes, Coordinator of the Presbyterian Hunger Program To those living in famine in Africa and the Middle East, your gift to One Great Hour of Sharing makes a difference. To widows learning how to fight for land titles to stay on their deceased husband’s land so they may continue to care for their… 
Heartland of the country This phrase conjures up images of farmers in red flannel shirts, combines, rich soil, and giant bundles of wheat. While this can still be found, the reality is often less Norman Rockwell. Decrepit barns, empty silos, abandoned mills and boarded-up Main Streets are common. Presbyterian Today’s Donna Jackson writes about how… 
The following simulation games are helpful for understanding hunger better. They give us a glimpse into what it may feel like when life-giving food is unfairly distributed. They can be used by youth, young adults, and adults. The Coffee Break simulation can be done in 15-30 minutes; the other three are done over a mealtime…. 
One bill provides crop insurance to protect farmers hit by pests, drought, or flood. One bill supports communities as they develop their local and regional food systems. One bill provides research, credit, and support programs for farmers and ranchers. One bill enacts either strong or weak creation care policies. Agriculture is one of the foremost… 
The really good news: Seventy-four percent of respondents (including 58 percent of Republicans) said they back boosting the minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 an hour to $9 over the course of two years, according to a poll this year. Another poll shows that 48% of Americans favor raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour….