Eating the week before Thanksgiving on a food stamp budget is an effort “to deepen our understanding about America,” says Rabbi Lenny Gordon. More →

November 16, 2012

More and more churches and faith-based groups are creating small farms to feed the urban poor, especially children, in places like the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. More →

October 5, 2012

“Drought does not need to mean famine,” according to Niger’s president, who adds that the country is tired of needing help and not being able to feed its own people. “We need to escape from emergency aid. We need to help our population produce and provide for itself.” More →

June 29, 2012

World Vision’s Vice President for Advocacy and Government Relations says the leaders attending this weekend’s G8 summit in Washington should invest in agricultural and nutrition programs to lift people out of poverty because “it’s the right thing to do, it’s the moral thing to do, and it’s the smart thing to do.” More →

May 17, 2012

An interfaith coalition is launching a prayer and fasting campaign to protect federal funding for programs that help the poor. More →

March 28, 2011

Watch Candy Hill, senior vice president of Catholic Charities USA, discuss the growing problem of hunger in America. More →

November 25, 2009