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Let’s Use Food Stamps Money for What it Was Intended
Have you ever heard the expression “you got a nickel holding up a dollar there?” It means focusing on small savings while letting big money go by, and it applies to the situation in California with...
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WWJD with Homelessness?
Along with spandex shorts, Pokémon, SUVs, and those black leather Doc Marten boots, the 1990s gave the masses a simple bracelet with four letters: WWJD. For people of Christian faith, this popular...
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What Does Eating Local Mean to Those Facing Hunger?
Editor’s note: During the holiday season many of us are fortunate to enjoy the company of loved ones and copious amounts of delicious food. But not everyone has enough to eat, no matter what time of...
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Can Street Vendors Help Revitalize Our Communities?
In the midst of the “great recession” and all the preaching about how small business is the heart of the American economy, why not expand our investment beyond traditional brick and mortar businesses?...
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Nearly one in Five Americans Still Struggle With Hunger
The latest food hardship report from the Food Research and Action Center is one more indication that the recession is by no means over for a vast number of Americans. In 2010, the nationwide food...
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House Appropriations Bill Takes Broad aim at Food Assistance Programs
I wouldn’t want to leave the impression that the just-passed funding allocations for the US Department of Agriculture are fine, except for the cut to WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for...
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Fast Food Nation: America’s Homeless Are Battling Obesity
The image of hunger, cultivated by international relief agencies, has traditionally been a picture of an impoverished child with a bloated stomach in some faraway nation that we can barely find on the...
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Tomorrow: The Days After Thanksgiving
For many, at the end of Thanksgiving Day, “tomorrow” doesn’t just mean Friday. It means all 364 days until next Thanksgiving. That day of giving thanks is the day there is no hunger, at least for those...
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Will A Less Costly Turkey Dinner Resolve Food Stamp Cuts?
Good news. When you sit down at the Thanksgiving dinner table next week, with a spread of oven-baked turkey, fluffy white mashed potatoes, and steaming gravy, your wallet will be a little less empty....
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The Perfect Thanksgiving Meal (For People Who Are Homeless)
I was thinking of asking the Food Network what they thought was the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. But they were already five turkey trots ahead of me. Their list of classic dishes, provided by their...
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