The Senate version of the child nutrition bill has many great features. However, the very same low-income youth that the bill targets are also likely to be members of households that already benefit from or are eligible for SNAP. The net impact of this bill will not be to reduce childhood hunger, but rather to shift the deficit in adequate nutrition from school to home. These bills do not increase funding for much-needed anti-hunger programs, but simply move monies around. . . . → Read More: Senate and House Bills Cut Billions of Dollars in SNAP Benefits
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Calling your senators is easy and quick! STOP CUTS to SNAP / Food Stamps! Sign the online petition: http://j.mp/bbaY9S (individuals) Use the phone: The White . . . → Read More: Action Alert! Stop cuts to Food Stamps (SNAP) As some of you may have heard, Thursday July 15th marked an important step forward in the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act. The committee assigned to the bill within the House of Representatives, the House Education and Labor Committee, voted on and approved the bill (in the House, it is known as HR 5504 or . . . → Read More: Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: An Update Tom Vilsack, Agriculture Secretary, USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on July 1, 2010 on the pending legislation to reform and reauthorize USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs and Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor in Washington DC. Below are excerpts from Secretary Vilsack’s prepared . . . → Read More: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Discusses Importance of Child Nutrition Reauthorization and WIC Programs Last Thursday, the House voted on an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill. The amendment, sponsored by McGovern (D-MA), Emerson (R-MO), Bishop (D-GA), includes a “Sense of Congress” stating that hunger and obesity are impairing military recruitment and must be properly addressed by fully funding Child Nutrition Programs. An encouraging 341 members voted to support the . . . → Read More: Defense Authorization Bill Includes Support for Child Nutrition Programs Across the board, the waistline of America is growing. You can see it in every demographic, including those struggling with poverty. Last month, the results of a national hunger study were released by Feeding America, and we highlighted local statistics on our blog. Around the same time, First Lady Michelle Obama and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack . . . → Read More: Hunger and Obesity – Understanding the Paradox Second Harvest Food Bank is committed to providing foods that nourish to those in need. Fruits and vegetables fresh from the garden can have a profound impact on the health and well-being of our clients. If you are a gardener or produce more fruit than you and your family can eat, please familiarize yourself with our . . . → Read More: Plant A Row for the Hungry provides support to local gardeners working to end hunger On March 7, our Senior Director of Programs and Services Cindy McCown, along with hundreds of other hunger advocates, converged on Washington D.C. for the 2010 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference. Co-sponsored by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) and Feeding America, the conference provided three days of innovative training, networking and advocacy. Cindy found herself . . . → Read More: Report from the 2010 National Anti-Hunger Conference Yelp is definitely a force to be reckoned with these days. Seems like every time I look up a business, their Yelp page is right at the top of the search results, and difficult to ignore. That’s why it puts a huge grin on my face to see our supporters writing about their positive experiences at . . . → Read More: Yelp Love for the Food Bank! U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and First Lady Michelle Obama know fresh produce is invaluable to good health, and are spreading the word. (See the slideshow of their recent shopping adventure in North Philadelphia on The Huffington Post.) The support coming from the top to improve childhood nutrition is most welcome at Second Harvest. For several . . . → Read More: Nutrition is a priority – locally and nationally! |
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