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Congratulations to Senator Dole for Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal
At the beginning of this year, Congressional leaders presented the Congressional Gold Medal to former Senator Bob Dole. The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is pleased to add its felicitations to Senator Dole, a lifelong leader in the fight against hunger in the U.S. and around the world. In 1990, FRAC was honored to present Senator Dole with its Distinguished Service Award.
Smithfield Foods joins with anti-hunger group to feed rural NC
Are urban areas or rural areas in the U.S. more likely to have residents unable to afford enough food? If you are like many people, you probably think that hunger occurs at higher rates in urban areas. But you’re wrong. It’s our nation’s rural areas, which paradoxically grow most of the nation’s food, that face deeper struggles with hunger than metropolitan areas.
President, Congress must protect programs that keep hunger at bay
As the president and Congress start to prepare FY 2018 budget proposals, there is a real danger that vital health, housing and nutrition programs will end up on the chopping block.
Thank You to Anti-Hunger Champion Kevin Concannon - Food Research & Action Center
Food Research & Action Center President James Weill delivered remarks in honor of Kevin Concannon, former Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, celebrating his achievements and his response to the Great Recession over the last nine years. I am honored to have been asked to speak here today about our friend, Kevin Concannon. I — and all of us at FRAC and in the advocacy community — have deep respect and affection for Kevin.
Political will is key to ending hunger in America
John F. Kennedy once said that, “The war against hunger is truly mankind’s war of liberation.” Although we often look to distant lands when we think of hunger, in reality this is a war we are still fighting in our own backyard. {mosads}In an election year, it’s important to note that recent polls show that Democrats, Independents, and Republicans across the nation believe that hunger is a serious problem in our country, and that the government needs to do more to address it.
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