Category Archives: Hunger in America

Chocolate Zucchini Bread + How YOU Can Help End Hunger This Weekend!

May 10, 2013

Friday is upon us, my friends, which means the weekend is so close I can almost taste it! With plans for helping host a friend’s baby shower, getting my hairs cut, and soaking up the sun while it lasts, all signs point to it being a good couple days. Plus, my mom is coming to visit next week, so I have that to look forward to! Those who’ve entered my house lately will tell you that I’ve been on a mission to hide fruits and vegetables in as many treats and baked goods as possible. Bananas and broccoli comprise the …

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Sesame Ginger Cabbage with Carrots and Chicken

April 8, 2013

Have you heard about the film, A Place at the Table? It was released last month by Magnolia Pictures, and I had the opportunity to watch it about a week ago; I’ve been chewing on the content ever since. The premise is this: 1 in 6 people in this country are food insecure at some point in the year (I’ve shared this stat here before), and this means that even hardworking, employed individuals are sometimes not earning the income needed to provide sufficient nutritious food for their families. The movie addresses issues of education and how some folks are working …

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Hopelink: A Food Bank Tour

March 11, 2013

At last count, the number of Americans facing food insecurity exceeds 50 million, and tragically, a third of these individuals are children. This essentially means that in a given year, 1 in 6 people in this country will at some point lack access, due to financial limitations or other barriers, to sufficient quantities of wholesome and nutritious food. With the amount of wealth and food waste that surrounds us, it simply doesn’t make sense that such a large segment of the population is struggling to get enough to eat. There’s plenty of food! The problem, I believe, lies in distribution. …

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Take Action Against Hunger

September 6, 2012

Food is not something we typically think of as being scarce in this country, but for nearly 49 million Americans, having enough to eat isn’t always a given. I was shocked when I first learned this statistic – that 1 in 6 persons in our nation is food insecure – and over the past several weeks, I’ve become much more educated about the myriad ways I can get involved to bring about a solution to this very solvable problem. Organizations like Feeding America and Share Our Strength are doing work nationally to raise funds and increase awareness for ground level, …

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