What is New?

What's New?

November 2007 - Project Bread released the Status Report on Hunger in Massachusetts (2007).

News Archives

February 2007 - Food Stamp Reauthorization Paper (PDF doc)

November 2006 - Project Bread released the Status Report on Hunger in Massachusetts (2006) announcing hunger more than doubles in low-income communities in the state.

June 2006 - The Hunger Action Network of New York state has just released a new Hunger Map, mapping the Summer Food Service Programs and Farmers’ Markets in New York.

October 2005 - A Farm Bill Nutrition Forum will be held on October 28, 2005 at the Boston Public Library. This forum will allow anti-hunger and agricultural allies to offer suggestions on one or more of the six USDA programs that will be reauthorized as part of the 2007 Farm Bill. The forum provides an opportunity for these allies to recommend improvements to these programs and give their input on the process. Download the letter to learn more.

July 2005 - The Connecticut School Nutrition Bill passed in both the House and Senate, but was vetoed by Governor Jodi Rell. The bill included language on mandated 20 minutes of recess, healthy vending machines a la cart, wellness councils and well as school breakfast.

February 2005 - Federal nutrition programs are threatened with severe cuts by the Administration and Congress. NERAHN has been countering these possible cuts with a coordinated trip to meet with key decision-makers in Washington DC. In February, NERAHN members met with representatives of their own state delegations to discuss the harm of the potential budget cuts and urged the Department of Agriculture to protect nutrition assistance programs. NERAHN advocated for the continuation of food stamps as an entitlement program, and opposed spending cuts to other federal nutrition programs by using concrete examples to demonstrate how these programs help residents of the NERAHN states.

June 2004 – Check out NAHO's Blueprint to End Hunger!

February 23, 2004 – NERAHN Members Hold Strategy Session to Discuss Child Nutrition Reauthorization in Washington, D.C.

July, 2003 – Child Nutrition Reauthorization Update

June, 2003 – Child Nutrition Reauthorization Update

March 13, 2003 –"American Farms Feed American Children" - Briefing by Mark Winne, Executive Director of Hartford Food Systems.

February 25, 2003 – NERAHN hosts Congressional Child Nutrition Reauthorization Briefing on Capitol Hill. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.

June 6, 2002 - Check out NERAHN's proposed improvements for other federal child nutrition programs, school meals, summer meals, the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).