Battling hunger in our communities requires a number of strategies and multiple tools. Grow Pittsburgh is one of the most innovative and successful local organizations to tackle the issue of food access, basing their efforts on the old proverb: “….teach a man to fish….”
Hunger Awareness Month: Thinking about global warming and U.S. hunger on World Environment Day
Every year on June 5, over 100 countries celebrate World Environment Day – “the largest day of global action on the planet”. What does the environment and global ciimate change have to do with local hunger? Everything.
Hunger Awareness Month: Pittsburgh leads the nation in food deserts
One of the most basic causes of hunger is the lack of access to food. The problem of food access springs from the double whammy of financial hardship and physical barriers to getting healthy food.