Thursday, April 9, 2015

Tom Vilsack and Cesar Chavez, bearing witness across half a century

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            Last week USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack led a ceremony to name a courtyard at USDA for Cesar Chavez. Vilsack explained that i...
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

And so it begins: first steps in 2016 presidential campaign

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On Tuesday, the New England Council and The New Hampshire Institute of Politics hosted a breakfast for local business leaders in Manches...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

The moment of truth for Chefs Cycle for No Kid Hungry

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            There comes a moment in the planning of every major quest when the questions shifts from whether it will happen to how well ...

Yet Again, the Power of Bearing Witness

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Our colleague Andy McMahon recently found and shared this clip of President Lyndon Johnson 50 years ago this month speaking of hunger in t...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

When celebrity, creativity, and collaboration combine to create community wealth

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            Celebrity and creativity are not the same thing. Sometimes they do not even overlap. Not all celebrities are creative and...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

A War on Poverty May Require More Political Courage Than War on Terror

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            Today’s NY Times editorializes that President Obama’s request to Congress for formal authorization to conduct war is “i...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Good news, bad news in latest childhood hunger scorecard

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            There’s good news and bad news in the annual school breakfast scorecard issued by the Food Research and Action Committee. Th...