Feeding America Applauds Protection Of Low-income Programs; Urges Congress...
CHICAGO, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) unveiled her budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014. The plan protects programs...
View ArticleFeeding America Applauds Protection Of Low-income Programs; Urges Congress...
CHICAGO, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) unveiled her budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014. The plan protects programs...
View ArticleFeeding America Applauds Protection Of Low-Income Programs; Urges Congress...
(Source: Feeding America) Chicago, Illinois March 14, 2013 Yesterday, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) unveiled her budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2014. The plan protects...
View ArticleFeeding America Strongly Opposes Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps
CHICAGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Feeding America strongly opposes legislation being introduced in the Senate that would cut $36 billion in critical food assistance for low-income...
View ArticleRyan Budget Would Slash SNAP Funding By $135 Billion Over Ten Years (Center...
(Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget plan includes cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the...
View ArticleAmerica's Grandparents are Hidden Victims of Hunger Crisis
Seven years ago, Eddie Cantrell was a recent retiree with time on his hands. Looking for a way to pass the days and give back to his local community, he helped start a food bank for seniors in his...
View ArticleFeeding America to host Twitter nutrition chat
Feeding America said today it will be holding a twitter chat on Thursday, March 21 from 12:00-1:00pm CT to highlight nutrition issues. Feeding America is the nation's largest agency fighting hunger...
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In the news release, Feeding America Strongly Opposes Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps, issued 05-Mar-2013 by Feeding America over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that in the second...
View ArticleFeeding America Strongly Opposes Proposed Cuts To Food Stamps
CHICAGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Feeding America strongly opposes legislation being introduced in the Senate that would cut $36 billion in critical food assistance for low-income...
View ArticleNew Analysis Reveals Alarming Disparity in Hunger and Poverty Rates Between...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bread for the World released new today revealing that African-American children suffer more hunger and poverty than do U.S. children as a whole....
View ArticleMid-Ohio Food Bank Launches Operation Feed
From canned goods and sweet treats to bananas and fresh vegetables. Last year The Mid-Ohio Food Bank says it gave out 16 million dollars worth of produce and this year it's...
View ArticleOhio facing an increasing hunger crisis
The Ohio Association of Foodbanks said today it's requesting additional funding from the state to fight hunger. "The threat of hunger is very real for far too many Ohioans, including children going...
View ArticleThe children going hungry in America
Child poverty in the US has reached record levels, with almost 17 million children now affected. A growing number are also going hungry on a daily basis. Food is never far from the thoughts of...
View ArticleHungry in America: Documentary Exposes the Growing Problem of Starvation...
The film, A Place At The Table, sheds light on an issue many Americans are too ashamed to admit: they’re hungry. Produced by Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio and directed by his wife and filmmaker Lori...
View ArticleDramatic increase in hungry seniors at Sacramento food banks
During the past year, about 25 percent more of Sacramento's older adults began using local food banks, such as River City Food bank. At other local food banks, older adults lined up. Why is the number...
View ArticleSHOCK REPORT HIGHLIGHTS DESPERATE LEVELS OF FOOD POVERTY IN ‘SQUEEZED’...
(Source: Kellogg Company) Food poverty in the UK is at a shocking level and is set to get worse, according to new research. It has found that at least 4.7 million Brits could be described as being in...
View ArticleSequester will mean cuts to life-saving food aid
Bread for the World says the sequestration cuts will have a devastating impact on the fight against hunger worldwide. The advocacy group says "2.1 million people will experience reductions of or be...
View ArticleWhy should food stamps pay for junk food?
Kudos to The Post’s Eli Saslow for a vivid story in Sunday’s paper about the burgeoning federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and its impact on struggling Woonsocket, R.I. Because...
View ArticleChairman Ryan Gets 66 Percent of His Budget Cuts from Programs for People...
(Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's new budget plan would get at least 66 percent of its $5 trillion in non-defense budget cuts over ten years...
View ArticleFood banks are thriving, much to the government's embarrassment
Volunteers rallying to distribute food aid to those who can no longer afford to put a meal on the table isn't the big society David Cameron planned The surge in volunteering to help the hungry has...
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