Friday 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…
Read PostFriday 25 February 2022
Many of us think about “hunger” only in terms of people using food shelves, people who are on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) or perhaps children who benefit from school…
Read PostSunday 30 January 2022
Bread for the World and the ELCA have long been partners working together to end hunger, both domestically and around the world. Bread for the World (BFW) is an effective…
Read PostWednesday 22 December 2021
As Lutheran Christians in 2022, we have countless opportunities to begin anew. We affirm that we are made new daily. Martin Luther asks us to remember that by making the…
Read PostFriday 19 November 2021
It is already mid-November, and we are farther into the season we refer to as “holiday” than many of us would wish. We find that especially true when we are…
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