No Kid Hungry Blog

Ending Childhood Hunger in America

Champions in Our Communities

By Margie Fleming Glennon

In America today, nearly 1 out of every 4 kids experiences hunger. According to a recent study in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, nearly half (49.2%) of all kids in this country will be on food stamps at some point during their childhood. These are shocking statistics.

At Share Our Strength we believe it is absolutely possible to end childhood hunger. We also realize it requires action at the local level to realize our goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015.

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March 12, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger

We Can End This

By Margie Fleming Glennon

This week marks the beginning of the WeCanEndThis campaign, an initiative to shift the conversation about hunger in America and create real, tangible solutions. At the center of the effort is a 15-day digital can drive - every person who...

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March 5, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: activism, childhood hunger, get involved, hunger

Race to the Top

By Billy Shore

On February 23 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack presented key elements of the Administration’s strategy to end childhood hunger in a speech at the National Press Club. The centerpiece is a “race to the top” competition to create incentives for states...

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March 2, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger, childhood hunger strategy, government, USDA

The Hunger-Obesity Paradox

By Pat Nicklin

Last week I appeared at the Fun and Fit Symposium, part of the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Joining me on the panel entitled No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy were Audrey Rowe, head of Special Nutrition...

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March 4, 2010 | 1 comment(s) | Tags: change, child nutrition act, childhood hunger, childhood obesity

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

By Anne Sheridan

If US Democracy is an experiment, then U.S. governors are the Petri dish, incubating and growing new ideas to tackle complicated challenges. Innovations tend to originate in states where “winners” can then be nurtured, tested and replicated in other states....

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February 25, 2010 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: childhood hunger, childhood hunger strategy, economy, government