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What does climate change have to do with food security?
Well over one third of our 292 Junior Leagues work in their communities to fight food insecurity, addressing inequities in our food system using a wide range of strategies and…
Spotlight: Food Insecurity
It’s a crisis that goes by many different names…pervasive hunger…food access…food deprivation…and food poverty. Maybe the best way to describe it, however, is food insecurity. Food insecurity is a term…
40 Million Households in the U.S. are Food Insecure
Roughly a third of all Junior Leagues have chosen to tackle the same structural challenge in their communities: food insecurity. That figure is less surprising when you consider that more…
Is there a food desert near your community?
Maybe. The fact is, millions of Americans live in what the USDA defines as a food desert: a low-income census tract whose residents have low access to a supermarket or…
Do we really need a national Food Day?
Well, we have one now. October 24 is the first annual Food Day in the United States. Sponsored by an advocacy group called Center for Science in the Public Interest,…
Ready for National Junk Food Day?
It’s real…but it’s also a joke. July 21 is now designated as the day when we are encouraged to eat all the junk food we want—cheeseburgers with bacon, nachos with…
The Good Food Paradox
In a nation criss-crossed by strip malls dotted with fast-food restaurants where one thousand-calorie meals are available in an instant for less than what it costs to buy a gallon…
Helping Kids Walk Away from Fast Food
There’s a lot of talk about childhood obesity. And no one seriously doubts the link between fat-filled fast food grabbed at take-out restaurants and weight problems. But how do you begin to break the cycle that locks kids – particularly disadvantaged children in urban areas – into a fast food diet for life?
We believe education has to begin at home – but schools and communities also play a critical role.
Feed the Children
This guest post is authored by Kelly Runzel, Director of Corporate Partnerships at Feed the Children. We all have experienced those little grumbles in our stomach that have affected our moods. …
Sunday is International Women’s Day
Sunday is International Women’s Day. It’s a great day to reflect on the role that we as women can play in creating a better world for everyone. For the last…