SEN. CASEY MEETS WITH MCGOVERN TO DISCUSS HUNGER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 25, 2008 ;     239 words ......nominee and national hunger advocate George McGovern...international anti-hunger and nutrition policy...Addressing the issue of hunger is not only the right...thing to do," said Senator Casey. "It was truly an...advance the issue of hunger in the United States...At today's meeting, ...

History of hunger a feast for readers; Author concludes that 'not eating...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  January 15, 2006 ;     401 words ..."Hunger: An Unnatural History." By Sharman Apt Russell. Basic Books...sometimes in heart-moving appeals for charity. Usually, the hunger is in some faraway land. But hunger can be anywhere, anytime. It can be the result of poverty or...

Food insecurity and hunger: a defining moment.

Food Review;  January 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......the discrepancy over the magnitude of the hunger problem in the United States stems from differences...of the difficulty comes from the fact that hunger occupies an awkward place in our lexicon. Hunger can be used to evoke the powerful and moving...

Hunger: An invisible scourge

The Boston Globe;  January 11, 2007 ;     510 words ......Project Bread, a nonprofit that is active in working to end hunger, recently issued a status report on hunger in Massachusetts. It found that in 35 cities and towns in the Commonwealth, hunger was a serious problem, with many more people going hungry...

The Hartford Courant, Conn., Susan Campbell column: `Hunger' Unknown At...

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  November 26, 2006 ;     635 words ......Susan Campbell Nov. 26--Talking about hunger in the rich state of Connecticut is too...smell the roasting bird. The other kind of hunger, where your stomach meets your backbone...the discussion. It's excised the word hunger from its annual report on, well, hunger...

FAO urges international alliance against hunger on World Food Day.

M2 Presswire;  October 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ......FAO urges international alliance against hunger on World Food Day(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...for an international alliance against hunger on Thursday, World Food Day, as the United...must turn verbal commitments to fight hunger into practical programmes that address...

Project Bread Releases Study - Hunger More than Doubles in State.

PR Newswire;  November 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......udy's Findings and the Alarming Increase in Hunger BOSTON, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recently...conducted study, Project Bread found that hunger has increased from 8 three years ago to...living in Massachusetts. Bottom line -- hunger has more than doubled in Massachusetts...

Should America be measured by its 3.5 million millionaires ... or by its...

The Nation;  December 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ......beyond any reasonable expectation. So has hunger among Americans--up 50% since 1985. What...author Frances Moore Lappe, has studied hunger in the world's poorest countries. Now...is something we can and must do about hunger in America, the wealthiest nation on Earth...

Anti-Hunger Groups Support Bi-Partisan Congressional Legislation

U.S. Newswire;  April 30, 1997 ;     454 words ......sides of the aisle joined forces today against hunger with the introduction of the Hunger Has A Cure Act of 1997. The legislation is aimed...country are suffering from a preventable illness -- hunger," according to Rep. James T. Walsh (R-N.Y...

U. Connecticut event highlights local hunger issues

University Wire;  March 29, 2007 ;     667 words ......It is a common misconception that hunger is more of a global than a local issue...Public Interest Research Group) held a Hunger 101 workshop in the University of Connecticut Student Union to raise hunger awareness. The leaders of the workshop...

Starving, or making a point; Hunger.(The impact that hunger has on...

The Economist (US);  February 11, 2006 ;     511 words ......Britain's parliament WHEN most of us think of hunger, we probably think of our own mid-morning...Apt Russell, in her elegant meditation on hunger, reflects on both, but also on the many ways in which hunger can be a deliberate statement. Mystics...

CDC Releases Study Indicating Hunger Still Prevalent in America.

PR Newswire;  October 20, 2000 ;     664 words ......Identifies Education As a Solution to Hunger SPRINGDALE, Ark., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire...currently 31 million Americans at risk of hunger. In fact, a national study released today...In an ongoing commitment to alleviate hunger, Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) is continuing...

Project Bread Reports Increased Hunger and Food Insecurity in...

U.S. Newswire;  November 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Piran@projectbread.org 2007 Status Report on Hunger in Massachusetts Reports 22 Percent Increase...released today its fifth Status Report on Hunger in Massachusetts, the states annual report card on hunger, indicating increased hunger and food insecurity...

SCHOLAR FORESEES END TO HUNGER

The Boston Globe;  February 15, 1988 ;     558 words ......daily in the shadow of starvation, the end of hunger is in sight for the first time in history...Robert W. Kates, director of Brown's World Hunger Program, during a symposium on "the future of hunger." Today the basic dietary needs of the world...

National Anti-Hunger Organizations Release New 2008 Blueprint to End...

U.S. Newswire;  October 16, 2008 ;     669 words ......or Ellen Vollinger of National Anti-Hunger Organizations, +1-202-986- 2200 x3016...PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Anti- Hunger Organizations (NAHO) today released the 2008 Blueprint to End Hungeron World Food Day to provide the nation...