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Farmers' Markets, CSAs Struggle to Get Food Stamp Customers - City Limits 7.22.10
Farming Local Food: Moving Past the Solution Du Jour - Brooklyn the Borough 7.21.10
Executive Director Joel Berg discusses his book, "All You Can Eat," which offers a plan to eradicate hunger and poverty in America in this video clip. The lecture is hosted in partnership with the Honors College at the University of Central Arkansas. - The Clinton School Speaker Series, released 7.18.10, filmed 11.5.09
As budgets are cut, advocates push for continued free lunch - Gotham Schools, 6.22.10
Community Supported Agriculture Site Started in Crown Heights - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 6.18.10
Hunger Groups Launch Third Mixed-Income Site to Bring Fresh Farm Produce to Central Brooklyn - NY1, 6.16.10
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The Food Paradox: How Obesity Commingles With Hunger in Brooklyn - Brooklyn: The Borough, 6.15.10
With Homelessness Rising, City Looks to Trim Budget - Gotham Gazette, 6.2.10
Educating Downtown Youth on Hunger Epidemics - Downtown Express, 5.27.10
Ending Child Hunger Furthers the Goal of Cutting U.S. Poverty in Half over the Next Decade
By NYCCAH Executive Director Joel Berg, published by the Center for American Progress, 5.24.10
Obama Slams NY Food Stamp Policy - City Limits, 5.17.10
Growing Food Justice - The Jew and the Carrot, 5.13.10
Rachael Ray and Senator Lobby for School Lunch - New York Times, 5.11.10
Doomsday Mayoral Budget Steps Closer to Reality - City Limits, 5.7.10
Fighting for Healthy Food - George Washington Today, 5.6.10
Former Senator George McGovern Joins New York City Coalition Against Hunger to Honor got breakfast?(R) Founder Gary Davis, Speaker Christine Quinn, and WNBC Reporter Melissa Russo - Fox Business News , 5.6.10
Council Holds Hearing for Improvements to Child Nutrition Act - Media , 5.5.10
Ending Child Hunger in Our State - Times Argus, 4.27.10
Opinion - El Diario, 4.5.10
Bronxites takes long rides to stock up at upper West Side food pantry - NY Daily News, 3.28.10
Searching for Food in the Land of Plenty - KPCC Southern California Public Radio, 3.20.10
Young, unemployed and hip, some food stamp users opt for upscale choices at the market - NY Daily News, 3.17.10
The Obesity-Hunger Paradox - NY Times, 3.12.10
Good Food, Good Jobs: Turning Food Deserts into Jobs Oases (PDF)
Thin Gruel for Soup Kitchens - CityLimits, 3.8.10
USDA Criticizing Food Stamp Application Methods - AgWeek, 3.8.10
Editorial: Bronx District No. 1 in Hunger - Riverdale Press, 2.11.10
New York's Hungry Children - NBC New York, 2.2.10
Report Shows Borough's Hunger - Courier Life, 2.2.10
Ejercito Contra el Hambre Invoca a MLK - El Diario, 1.17.10
The Big Apple is Hungry - The Economist, 1.14.10
Letter to the Editor - NY Times, 1.12.10
Filling the Pantries, New York City's Hungry Children - NYC Sentinel, 12/21/09
Fingerprinting for Food Stamps Under Scrutiny - NPR, 12/18/09
Faith, Hope, and Charity - At A Chelsea Soup Kitchen - NBC New York, 12/17/09
Fingerprinting of Food Stamp Applicants Raises Questions - NY Times, 12/17/09
Brooklyn Food Pantries Are Stocked, But Charities Lack Cash - Daily News, 12/17/09
To Feed the Hungry, Keep the Can, Open a Wallet - NY Times, 12/11/09
Using Food Stamps in the Bronx - WNYC Blog, 12/11/09
Queens is Hungry: Soup Kitchens, Food Pantries Stretched to the Max - Queens Courier, 12/3/09
El Mundo Blog - El Mundo, 12/1/09
Brooklyn Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens Cope With Increased Demand - New York Post, 12/1/09
Even a Penny Helps - NY times, 11/30/09
Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades - NY times, 11/29/09
Recession Has Older Americans Heading to Soup Kitchens, Food Pantries for the First Time - Newser, 11/28/09
Cupboard is Bare for Pantries and Families - YourNabe, 11/26/09
Hungry New Yorkers Get Funding Boost - Epoch Times, 11/25/09
Food pantries: Overcrowded, But Could Have Been Worse - Epoch Times, 11/25/09
Hunger Stats Resonate At Annual Turkey Giveaway - NY1, 11/25/09
Food pantries: Overcrowded, But Could Have Been Worse - Epoch Times, 11/25/09
Staten Island el condado con más hambre - El Diario, 11/25/09
Stimulus Funds Stock Pantries and Soup Kitchens - NY Times, 11/24/09
NYC Might Be Forced to Lift Food Stamp Fingerprint Rule - NBC, 11/24/09
Más hispanos buscan comida donada en NY - El Diario, 11/24/09
Demand For Emergency Food Assistance Increases, Report Finds - NY1, 11/24/09
Hunger Increases, So Does Funding - Gotham Gazette, 11/24/09
More New Yorkers in Need of Food - Epoch Times, 11/23/09
The Poor Get Hungrier - NBC, 11/23/09
Study: NYC Food Emergencies Up Nearly 21% - Associated Press, 11/23/09
New Report: More New Yorkers Relying on Soup Kitchens - WNYC, 11/23/09
Warm Intentions, Meet Cold Reality - NY Times, 11/22/09
Low Income Patrons Boost Greenmarket Mission - NY1, 11/22/09
Food Emergencies in NYC Rise - Gothamist, 11/23/09
Citywide Candidates, Minus Bloomberg, Speak on Poverty in New York City - The Indypendent, 10/29/09
Farm Share Grows Cheap Vegetables for Low-Income Communities - The Grio, 10/13/09
A tale of two cities in NYC as poverty worsens: More than 1.5M live in poverty - New York Daily News, 10/1/09
Nueva York Lider en Pobreza - El Diario La Prensa NY, 9/30/09
Counting New York's Poor - Epoch Times, 9/30/09
Report Cites Bronx as Poorest Urban County - New York 1, 9/30/09
NY Poverty Data Paint Mixed Picture - New York Times, 9/29/09
Americans are Getting Poorer, and It's Going to Get Worse - McKlatchy Newspapers, 9/10/09
Poverty Figures Offer Bleak Forecast for City - New York 1, 9/11/09
Recession's Cost: More in Poverty, Without Health Coverage - Kansas City Star, 9/10/09
Advocate: Food Pantries Not Enough - Columbus Dispatch, 9/3/09
Speaker Quinn, HRA Commissioner Doar Announce Over 500,000 Additional New Yorkers Receiving Food Stamps - Room Eight New York Politics, 8/19/09
Interfaith Prayers Press for Food Justice York City Business Information, 8/06/09
Public Advocate Visits Staten Island Food Pantry - Staten Island Advance, 8/05/09
No Free Lunch: Conflict Over Food Stamps - City Limits, 8/04/09
Cupones de comida dejan su huella (Spanish) - El Diario, 7/23/09
Bloomberg's Homeless Policies Fall Short - Epoch Times, 7/11/09
A prayer to feed the hungry - Queens Chronicle, 7/9/09
Costco in LIC to accept food stamps - Queens Chronicle, 6/4/09
Costco will accept food stamps at East Harlem store - The Seattle Times, 5/29/09
Child nutrition problem hungry for solutions - Daily News, 5/10/09
No Thank You, Uncle Sam: NYC Keeps 'SNAP' Stance - CityLimits, 5/4/09
In Time of Rising Need, City Says: Volunteer - CityLimits, 5/4/09
Food stamp fraud may steal $400M from stimulus funds - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 4/26/09
Social action fellowship bridges theory, practice - New Jersey Jewish News, 4/23/09
YUEI: Food Stamps - The Brian Lehrer Show, 04/20/09
Lean times for West Side soup kitchens, food pantries - Chelsea Now, 4/9/09
Obama’s Budget: New Deal or Makeover? - GRITtv, 4/9/09
Food Banks and the Recession - PBS, "Religion and Ethics," 3/27/09 (Joel Berg, NYCCAH's executive director, at 2:31)
A Tax Plan Charities Should Back - Washington Post, 3/27/09
Give Food Stamps to the Unemployed (Spanish: "Pide cupones de alimentos para los desempleados") - El Diario, 3/8/09
Fighting Hunger - New York Post, 3/1/09
Mike Bloomberg's stamps of approval could help feed more - Daily News, 2/28/09
Soup Man Donates 800 Gallons to NYC Hungry - The Epoch Times, 2/26/09
Nutter backs anti-hunger efforts - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/11/09
Hunger expert says government must lead the fight - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/9/09
Tough choices for America's hungry - CNN, 2/2/09
Oil prices have come down steadily but the global food crisis continues to worsen. What's driving the crisis at home and abroad? - The Nation Presents: GRIT TV with Laura Flanders, 1/27/09
Feeding the hungry halfway - Metro, 1/26/09
Volunteers Commemorate MLK Day with Service - CBS 2 News, 1/19/09
NY’ers Answer Obama’s Call on MLK Day - The Epoch Times, 1/20/09
NY’ers Embrace Volunteerism, Put King to Good Use - The Daily News, 1/20/09
Obama Presidency Seen in King's Footsteps - The Journal News, 1/19/09
Hunger in the Land of Plenty - The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, 1/16/09
Progressives Should Stop Carping and Start Fighting - The Huffington Post, 1/16/09
When a Wealth of Food Options Dwindles to Two: Eat or Go Hungry - The New York Times, 1/10/09
Dr King's Other Dream: Ending Poverty - Huffington Post, 1/8/09
Cities Break Out the Piggy Bank - Next American City, 1/1/09
The Hunger Problem in New York City - CUNY TV's City Talk, 12/31/08
More in Need, Less Food at MANNA - Citizen-Times.com, 12/18/08
Hunger in the USA - On Point with Tom Ashbrook, 12/15/08
From Wall Street to Taxi Stand: The Recession Trickles Down - Gotham Gazette, 12/15/08
Restaurant's All-You-Can-Eat Deal That Costs More If You Can't - Mail Online, 12/10/08
Eastern NYC Restaurant Charges Patrons For Unfinished Food - CBS 2, 12/6/08
In Hard Times, Soup Kitchen Struggles to Meet the Need - Our Town, 12/5/08
Hunger Pains: A Perfect Storm of Dwindling Funds and More Mouths to Feed Hits Manhattan Food Banks - Our Town, 12/4/08
No Bailout for the Hungry - 5 Towns Jewish Times, 12/4/08
Pols Tout Rescue Plan for City Food Banks - Queens Chronicle, 12/4/08
U.S. Must Invest in Ending Hunger - Daily News, 12/4/08
Our Hungry Homes - Staten Island Advance, 12/3/08
Recession-Hit Rich Jostle for Bargains - The National, 12/1/08
New President Needs New Anti-Hunger Plan - Kennebec Journal, 12/1/08
Joel Berg, Executive Director of New York City Coalition Against Hunger and Author of All You Can Eat: How Hungry is America? (Seven Stories Press), Rings the Opening Bell - NASDAQ MarketSite, 11/28/08
No Hay Comida Para Tanta Gente - El Diario, 11/26/08
Answers About Hunger in New York - The New York Times, City Room, 11/26/08
Hunger Pains - WNYC, 11/26/08
Hungry Flock To Turkey Giveaway - New York City News Service, 11/26/08
Food pantries: Fewer Supplies and More Clients - Staten Island Advance, 11/26/08
Study: NYC Food Emergencies Up By a Third - Newsday, 11/25/08
Losing Battle to Feed Hunger in New York City - Daily News, 11/25/08
Giving Thanks: Report Highlights City Hunger Problem - NY1, 11/25/08
Cupboards are Bare at Brooklyn Pantry: Coney Mission & Others Across City Feel Pinch as Demand Grows - Daily News, 11/25/08
Hunger Crisis Grows; Food Pantries Can’t Keep Up with Demand - Talk Bronx, 11/23/08
Interfaith Voices Against Hunger: A Call to Action - The Ecologies of Learning Project Newsletter, Nov. 2008
Why Doesn't Costco Accept Food Stamps? - The New York Times, City Room, 11/19/08
Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Feeds the Hungry - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 11/18/08
In-Class Breakfast Program is Helping Kids Fuel Up for School - News 2 Charleston, 11/17/08
It’s a Hit: Breakfast in the Classroom - The New York Times, 11/16/08
Food Stamps Soar in the Hungry City - Daily News, 11/16/08
Food Pantries Fear Cuts - Metro, 10/29/08
No Rescue for the Hungry - The Washington Post, 9/28/08
Community Organizing: What's the Joke? - New York Nonprofit Press Blog, 9/4/08
Anti-Poverty Advocates Respond to Nation’s Latest Report - Epoch Times, 8/30/08
37 Million Living the American Nightmare - Globalhood: Development Across Disciplines, 8/27/08
Slight Drop in NYC Poverty Rate - WNYC, 8/27/08
Poverty Rate Declines in New York - New York Times, 8/26/08
Less Poverty but More Inequality in New York - New York Times City Room, 8/26/08
From Bare Soup Kitchens to Nutsy Government Cuts - Daily News, 8/22/08
No Need for Kids to Go Hungry This Summer - North Shore Weekly, 8/14/08
City Supermarkets Are Dying Commodity - Daily News, 8/13/08
State Leaders Discuss Social Mobility Issues in Chicago [mp3] - Moving Up USA, 8/8/08
Balance the Budget and Augment the Safety Net - City Limits, 8/4/08
One in Five Public Service Announcement [mp3] - Bloomberg Radio
Rolls of NY food stamp recipients on the rise - Associated Press, 7/23/08
Over One Million Served: More New Yorkers Seek Emergency Food - Runnin' Scared, Village Voice News Blog, 7/17/08
Hunger Jumps as City Copes with Hard Times - Metro, 7/16/08
More Seek Help at Soup Kitchens and Food Pantries - The New York Times, City Room, 7/15/08
Food Pantries in NYC See Spike - Newsday, 7/15/08
Food or Fuel. Does There Have to Be a Trade-Off? - GRITtv with Laura Flanders, 7/10/08
Sen. John Edwards Makes Appearance at Harlem Food Pantry - The Epoch Times, 7/9/08
Hunger and the City - The Huffington Post, 7/8/08
Free Summer Meals for NYC Students - ABC News 7, 7/1/08
Power to the Pockets - Black Star News, 6/27/08
New Initiative Brings Fresh Produce to L.I.C. - Queens Chronicle, 6/26/08
Many Families Are Eligible for Food Stamps and Don't Even Know It - Daily News, 6/18/08
With Rising Food Costs, Councilman Seeks Ethanol Waiver for NY - Daily Voice, 6/10/08
What the Next President Could Do: End Child Hunger - Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity, 6/10/08
Emergency Food Programs Feed Brooklyn's Hungry - The Brooklyn Rail, 6/9/08
A Poverty of Ideas on the Food Crisis - Metro, 6/2/08
National Volunteer Week Gets Local - Queens Courier, 5/22/08
One Country's Table Scraps, Another Country's Meal - The New York Times, 5/18/08
Local Lawmaker Urges Congress To Pass Farm Bill - Queens Chronicle, 5/08/08
City Ordered to Deliver Food Stamps More Quickly - City Limits, 4/28/08
Breakfast: Home or at School? - Metro New York, 4/10/08
Quest for Healthy Eating Hits Dead End in NY - Metro New York, 4/7/08
Creating Healthy Bodegas - Gotham Gazette, 3/3/08
Funding Cuts Hit Bronx Food Centers Hard - The Bronx Beat, 2/23/08
New Yorkers Get a Day On at Serve-A-Thon - The Ticker, 2/4/08
Serve-A-Thon Fills Big Need - Park Slope Courier, 1/25/08
Hundreds Volunteer at MLK Serve-A-Thon - NY1, 1/20/08
Pioneering Website Makes It Easy for New Yorkers to Volunteer to Fight Hunger - Greenwich Village Gazette, 1/10/08
Online Data Helps Battle Ongoing Hunger - The Queens Courier, 1/9/08
Help Just a Click Away For City's Hungry & Homeless - Gothamist, 1/3/08
Volunteer for Effort on Food Stamps - Staten Island Advance, 1/2/08
Hunger Coalition Launches Volunteer Matching Website - NY1, 1/1/08
Criminalizando a los que Pasan Hambre (Treating the Hungry Like Criminals) - El Diario, 11/28/08
Annual Hunger Survey 2007 - Various media, including over 35 foreign media covered the Coalition Against Hunger's Annual Hunger Survey findings, 11/21-11/22/07
Progress Made In Food Stamp Fight - Queens Tribune, 5/18/06
“Gotta Dance!” Mayor Declines to Baseline Programs - New York Nonprofit Press, 5/5/06
Albor Ruiz: Mike Needs Wakeup Call on Hunger - Daily News, 4/23/06
A City Hall Feeling Its Way in a Renewed Battle on Poverty ($) - The New York Times, 4/29/06
Mayor Seeks to Lower a Barrier on Food Stamps ($) - The New York Times, 4/17/06
Mapping an End to Hunger in New York City: Coalition Against Hunger Uses Google Maps to Help Local Soup Kitchens - Tech Soup, 3/24/06
Albor Ruiz: Put an End to Hunger in Our City - Daily News, 2/19/06
Have You Heard: We've Got New, Sweeping Welfare Changes - Nieman Watchdog, 2/8/06
Albor Ruiz: City Needs to Stamp Out Hunger - Daily News, 1/19/06
Fresh Food is Rarity in Poor Nabes - Daily News, 1/17/06
Errol Lewis: New Yorkers Hunger for Food Stamps - Daily News, 1/17/06
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