Childhood Hunger

Childhood Hunger in the News

A look at Share Our Strength news and hunger and poverty headlines. Here are the ten most recent articles.

November 18

Broader Strategy Urged To Combat Hunger In U.S.
Just one day after a federal report revealed that 1 in 7 U.S. families struggled to get enough to eat last year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urged lawmakers to reauthorize school nutrition programs that help feed the nation’s schoolchildren....
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November 17

Meal program aims to keep kids hungry for learning
D.C. schools try to boost participation in free service with classroom breakfasts...
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November 16

Even More Americans Going Hungry
The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track....
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November 14

100-City Food Drive
AT&T, AT&T Pioneers and Share Our Strength Hold 100-City Food Drive to Fight Childhood Hunger This Holiday Season...
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November 13

USDA and Massachusetts Work Together To End Childhood Hunger
Vilsack Says Child Nutrition Reauthorization is Opportunity to Work Towards Goal of Ending Childhood Hunger...
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November 4

A White House Chef Who Wears Two Hats
WASHINGTON: Twice a month, President Obama’s senior policy advisers gather at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to hash out strategies for improving the health of the country’s children. Among the assistant secretaries, chiefs of staff and senior aides sits an...
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November 3

Food Stamps Help Stave Off Hunger in Many U.S. Homes
Over 30-year period, nearly half of American children received nutrition assistance, analysis shows...
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October 27

McAlister's Deli Raises $125,000 To Help Fight Childhood Hunger
McAlister’s Deli raised $125,000 to help in the fight against childhood hunger in America by participating in Share Our Strength’s Great American Dine Out....
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October 21

Report: Students need more veggies, fewer calories
The Institute of Medicine, which advises Congress, has announced recommendations to make lunches and breakfasts provided by schools more nutritious. Sixty percent of U.S. schoolchildren participate in the school lunch program. The proposed guidelines include limits on salt, fat and...
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October 21

FDA seeks better nutrition labeling
The federal government is wading into the supermarket aisle, making its first effort to provide better nutritional information on food products since it developed the black-and-white Nutrition Facts label 15 years ago....
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