Friday 18 November 2022
I recently participated in an ELCA World Hunger webinar on “Hunger and Conflict.” The personal stories from people around the world who live among, relate to, and work with people…
Read PostSunday 30 October 2022
The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, held on Sept. 28, unveiled the administration’s national strategy for ending hunger here in the U.S. by 2030. This plan urges…
Read PostFriday 30 September 2022
Bread for the World (BFW) President/CEO Reverend Eugene Cho has just announced a new logo as a way of “refreshing our brand.” A new BFW website is also up and…
Read PostFriday 02 September 2022
You may remember that our Hunger Awareness and Advocacy group at Incarnation in Shoreview plans for an annual field trip. After not being able to be out and about because…
Read PostFriday 29 July 2022
Advocates working to end hunger were excited to learn that the Biden-Harris Administration will host a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September. This is the first…
Read PostFriday 01 July 2022
I recently read an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune (May 29, 2022) that brought together my concern for hunger, my passion for books (I’m a retired librarian), and my…
Read PostFriday 03 June 2022
“Food swamp” is a new term to me. We’ve long heard about “food deserts,” places where fresh, healthy and nutritious food is seldom available and food choices very limited. Grocery…
Read PostThursday 05 May 2022
ELCA World Hunger’s program director of hunger education, Ryan Cummings, has a five-part series of posts related to hunger and conflict. The continuing conflict in Ukraine has made us more…
Read PostSunday 10 April 2022
“Food” or “nutrition”? You might wonder about the difference, but there certainly is one. We speak about people being hungry as we might feel when we’ve gone past a normal…
Read PostMonday 14 March 2022
I am one of those people who still prefer to get their news in print from a daily newspaper with occasional forays into TV news and online newspapers. No matter…
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