WEB SITES AND RESOURCES ON HUNGER ISSUES

From the NYS 4-H Hunger Project

NEW YORK INFORMATION AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Action Without Borders (search in database for organizations, resources, events, etc)  www.idealist.org

• Food Bank of Central and Western New York  www.foodbankcny.org

• Hunger Action Network of New York State www.hungeractionnys.org

   

• The Nutrition Consortium of New York State  www.hungernys.org

• Our Food – Our Future: Enhancing Community Food Security through Local Action Resource Packet (videotape, workshop guidelines, background materials) is available from The Cornell University Resource Center.  607-255-2080, http://www.cce.cornell.edu/store,  resctr@cornell.edu

NATIONAL INFORMATION AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Second Harvest www.secondharvest.org/

• Food Security in the US www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/foodsecurity/
• USDA Food Recovery and Gleaning Initiative http://www.usda.gov/news/pubs/gleaning/content.htm
• Food Research & Action Center: www.frac.org/

• Archives of weekly electronic FRAC News Digest http://www.frac.org/html/news/newsdigest/digestmenu.htm

• The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities www.cbpp.org/

• Congressional Hunger Center www.hungercenter.org/

• Society of St.Andrew www.endhunger.org

• United Way - Emergency Food & Shelter National Board Program www.efsp.unitedway.org/

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION AND ORGANIZATIONS

• Bread for the World www.bread.org/

• Community Learning Network Hunger Theme www.cln.org/themes/hunger.html

• The Hunger Project www.thp.org

• The Hunger Web www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program

• The Institute for Food & Development Policy (Food First) www.foodfirst.org/
• Oxfam www.oxfam.org.uk
• Save the Children USA www.savethechildren.org

• The United Nations CyberSchoolBus www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html

• World Hunger Year, Inc. National Hunger Clearinghouse database to search for local organizations www.worldhungeryear.org

THINGS TO DO – PROJECTS AND EVENTS

• A Citizen’s Guide to Food Recovery (Informative booklet) www.usda.gov/news/pubs/gleaning/content.htm

• Empty Bowls www.emptybowls.net

• Kids Can Make A Difference www.kidscanmakeadifference.org
• Kids Growing Food – Cornell University Department of Education  http://www.cerp.cornell.edu/aitc/KGF.html
• National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness www.nscahh.org

• Plant a Row for the Hungry www.gwaa.org/par

• Share Our Strength www.strength.org/
• U.S. National Committee for World Food Day www.worldfooddayusa.org
• Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger Education Initiative www.feedingminds.org

• The World Bank Group – Development Education Program www.worldbank.org/depweb/index.htm