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Expert debunks intractability of hunger in America
Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, spoke at Middlebury College on Oct. 21, 2010. MIDDLEBURY – Vermont’s lush pastures and iconic black-and-white cows belie a...
View ArticleVermont Public Television looks at hunger in Vermont
PRESS RELEASE For release 12/10/10 Contact: Ann Curran VPT Looks at Hunger in Vermont Dec. 16 Vermont was been ranked the sixth hungriest state in the country in a federal government report last year....
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USDA rep says limited resources pose threat to hungry youth
James Arena-DeRosa, right, regional administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service speaks to a group of Vermont nutrition leaders assembled by Hunger Free Vermont Executive Director Marissa...
View ArticleVermont Foodbank launches “Nothing Can End Hunger” campaign in Vermont
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Foodbank is asking the community to “do nothing” about ending hunger through an innovative initiative that highlights the despair of having nothing to eat with the...
View ArticleUSDA: Vermont among five hungriest states
1 in 7 Vermont Households are Hungry USDA Report shows Vermont in the top 5th of hungriest states in the nation September 8, 2011 (South Burlington, VT)- The United States Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleHunger Free Vermont to hold 3SquaresVT challenge Nov. 13-19
Please Join Hunger Free Vermont and take the 3SquaresVT Challenge this November 13th-19th Learn first hand what it is like to try to make ends meet on a limited food budget! “This has been a great...
View ArticleCVMC and VYCC institute Health Care Share program
NEWS RELEASE September 13, 2012 CONTACT: Paul Feenan, 802-434-3969 ext. 133, paul.feenan@vycc.org Susan Kruthers, 802-371-4197,susan.kruthers@cvmc.org Berlin, VT – The Health Care Share program is a...
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Congress goes on vacation, leaving behind a headache for anti-hunger advocates
Photo courtesy of the Vermont Food BankCongress departed Friday for its August recess after making the worst- case scenario for food stamps recipients twice as bad. Vermont officials, meanwhile, are...
View ArticleArena-DeRosa: Hunger knows no season
Editor’s note: This commentary is by James Arena-DeRosa, USDA regional administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service. Traditionally the holiday season brings to the forefront efforts to help those...
View ArticleReport finds childhood poverty in Vermont increased 25 percent since 2007
A new report says growing income inequality will have a negative impact on the health of Vermont’s children. Childhood poverty in the state has increased 25 percent since 2007, according to an annual...
View ArticleLeahy: Two Vermont organizations will host Emerson National Hunger Fellows
News Release — Sen. Patrick Leahy July 9, 2014 Press Contacts David Carle, Office of Senator Patrick Leahy 202-224-3693 Polly Nichol, Vermont Housing & Conservation Board 802-828-3259...
View ArticleFace of hunger in Vermont revealed by new Feeding America report
News Release — Vermont Foodbank Aug. 18, 2014 Contact: Judy Stermer, Vermont Foodbank 802-477-4108 Largest, Most Comprehensive Analysis of Charitable Food Assistance in America Reports 153,100...
View ArticleJohn Sayles: Hunger math
Editor’s note: This commentary is by John Sayles, who is the executive director of the Vermont Foodbank. Numbers are never the whole story, but Hunger in America 2014 data tells us that 153,100...
View ArticleHunger Awareness Day at the Vermont Statehouse is Friday
News Release — Vermont Foodbank April 9, 2015 Contact: Judy Stermer, Vermont Foodbank c. 802-505-0699 Suggested Tweets: Hunger exists in #VT. Friday, @VermontFoodbank takes to the State House:...
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Vermont Foodbank says public misperceptions create a challenge
The Vermont Foodbank — the state’s primary supplier for community cupboards, soup kitchens and shelters — operates warehouses in Barre, Brattleboro (pictured here), Rutland and Wolcott. Photo by Kevin...
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Expert debunks intractability of hunger in America
Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, spoke at Middlebury College on Oct. 21, 2010. MIDDLEBURY – Vermont’s lush pastures and iconic black-and-white cows belie a...
View ArticleVermont Public Television looks at hunger in Vermont
PRESS RELEASE For release 12/10/10 Contact: Ann Curran VPT Looks at Hunger in Vermont Dec. 16 Vermont was been ranked the sixth hungriest state in the country in a federal government report last year....
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USDA rep says limited resources pose threat to hungry youth
James Arena-DeRosa, right, regional administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service speaks to a group of Vermont nutrition leaders assembled by Hunger Free Vermont Executive Director Marissa...
View ArticleVermont Foodbank launches “Nothing Can End Hunger” campaign in Vermont
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Foodbank is asking the community to “do nothing” about ending hunger through an innovative initiative that highlights the despair of having nothing to eat with the...
View ArticleUSDA: Vermont among five hungriest states
1 in 7 Vermont Households are Hungry USDA Report shows Vermont in the top 5th of hungriest states in the nation September 8, 2011 (South Burlington, VT)- The United States Department of Agriculture...
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