September 18, 2017: Welcome to the new Food Justice News list serve. We’ve made a couple of changes and added a lot of you on to the list. If you like getting this info, let us know: if you don’t just ask nicely to be removed from the list.

1. Don't Wait to Voice Your Support! Bill for Easier Access to School Meals is on Governor Brown's Desk
2. NY Times Exposes Nestle’s Marketing of Junk Food to the Poor in Developing Countries
3. Nutrition Scientist: Food Number One Cause of Poor Health in America
4. Housing Costs Main Contributor to Hunger: So What To Do?
5. Food Insecurity Has Not Dipped Significantly
6. Kentucky Farmers Market Becomes Community Health and Nutrition Center

Hunger Action Los Angeles Training Video:

Just a reminder of a few things we’re working on to prepare for the coming federal debate on how America can help its workers, its families, disabled, seniors, veterans and others who need help.

If you haven’t already:

• Please Sign the Petition to protect SNAP in the federal budget
• There are separate petitions for individuals and organizations
• Please RSVP for the training Sept 13 on advocacy for federal anti-poverty programs! Hope to see you there.

• Defending SNAP : Petitions Now, and Training on Protecting Anti Poverty Programs, Wednesday September 13, 6 pm-7:30 pm @ Hunger Action LA
• California Food Policy Advocates Needs Your Input: What Health and Food Issues Should be Priorities for Next Year in the Legislature?

August 14^th 2017

Hunger Action LA sends condolences to the family of Heather Heyer, who stood up to white supremacist terrorism this past weekend in Charlottesville. She exemplifies the leadership that is lacking in our current presidential administration. It’s a reminder that all of us must stand up against “evil”, that there is no moral equivalency in this struggle, and we need each other’s love and support to prevail.

The poor are constantly under attack, both with violence in the community and from law enforcement and from policies created by those who want to aggrandize the already-wealthy and try to ignore poverty out of existence. Join us in a training on how to protect the far-from-perfect safety net from the certain attacks of upcoming months and years.

Please note, I sent this out last week with the incorrect weekday. It will be Sept. 13, which is a Wednesday. 

1. Defending SNAP : Petitions Now, and Training on Protecting Anti Poverty Programs, Wednesday September 13, 6 pm-7:30 pm @ Hunger Action LA
2. California Food Policy Advocates Needs Your Input: What Health and Food Issues Should be Priorities for Next Year in the Legislature?

August 7, 2017: Welcome to the new Food Justice News list serve. We’ve made a couple of changes and added a lot of you on to the list. If you like getting this info, let us know: if you don’t just ask nicely to be removed from the list.

1. Defending SNAP : Petitions Now, and Training on Protecting Anti Poverty Programs, Thursday September 13,  6 pm-7:30 pm @ Hunger Action LA
2. August 17: Californians for SSI Statewide Meeting  Food Policy Council
3. Building the New Good Food for All Agenda, August 17
4. August 19: Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice in District 30, With Senator Holly Mitchell
5. Give 65 Campaign Continues! Help LA Seniors Get Market Match
6. MAZON: This Is Hunger Tour Comes to LA Beginning Aug 16
7. Stop U.S. Funding of War-Caused Famine in Yemen
8. PickPockets of Hunger: Housing Issues –Evictions and Rent Increases in LA Drive Homelessness and Hunger
9. More PickPockets of Hunger – Immigration Issues
10. Big Hunger: Untangling Corporate Interests from Anti-Hunger Advocacy

To All Those Interested in Food and Justice...

A (usually) weekly update on food issues, promoting access to sufficient, affordable, healthy food ---with a focus on campaigns you can become active in!

July 26^th,2017

1. Senate Proceeds on Shell Health Care Repeal: House Delays Budget Vote That Will  Demolish Many AntiPoverty Programs
2. Two Good Measures Proposed in DC: Bail Reform and SSI Improvements
3. Rally Thursday to Support Vendor Attacked by Jackass
4. Join LA Gardens Advocates at City Hall Friday: We Need Lower Water Rates for Gardens
5. Andy Fisher Big Hunger: Two Panel Dates Next Week
6. Governor Signs Anti-Hunger Bill for College Campuses
7. Food Policy Council Building the New Good Food for All Agenda, August 17
8. Californians for SSI August In-Person Meet-Up August 17, 10am - 3pm
9. Support Dine Women at Event This Weekend

To All Those Interested in Food and Justice...

A (usually) weekly update on food issues, promoting access to sufficient, affordable, healthy food—with a focus on campaigns you can become active in!

July 17^th, 2017: 

Taken from the new Food Justice News list serve.

1. State Anti Hunger Legislation: Support the College Hunger Bill
2. New Book “Big Hunger” Explores Connections between Corporations and Anti-Hunger Groups: Authors and Guests in Santa Monica Panel, August 1
3. Give 65 Campaign Continues! Help LA Seniors Get Market Match
4. World Hunger and World Food Prices: Update
5. The Coming Food Fight in Washington DC
6. How Food Programs Fared in the House Ag Budget
7. Trump Administration Vs Nutrition Labeling and Health School Meals

To All Those Interested in Food and Justice...

A (usually) weekly update on food issues, promoting access to sufficient, affordable, healthy food—with a focus on campaigns you can become active in!

June 30^th, 2017

1. Honoring Sister Alice Marie
2. Congress Likely Mulling Big Cuts to SNAP
3. Tell Congress No Cuts to SNAP!

To All Those Interested in Food and Justice...

A (usually) weekly update on food issues, promoting access to sufficient, affordable, healthy food—with a focus on campaigns you can become active in!

June 21, 2017: State and Federal Budgets, and Water

Earlier this week the California budget was submitted to the Governor, with mixed good and disappointing news for those struggling in poverty here. He has not officially signed it yet, but it could happen any time now. But the outcomes in Sacramento will be overshadowed by what’s going on in DC, if current trends hold out. This update includes info on how to begin the fight to preserve food assistance benefits for low income people in the hostile environment prevailing now in the federal government.

And as the rays of the sun’s longest day beam down on L.A. for the summer solstice, we can take solace in the fact that we are at least technically out of the drought, but have two issues on water that need your advocacy: extra safe water for human beings (see item number one) and for cheaper water rates for L.A.’s gardens (see item # 3.)

1. California Budget Continues to Boost Prisons While Modestly Increasing Aid to Low Income Workers
2. House Republicans in DC Working on Budget That May Include Cuts to Food Assistance
3. Los Angeles Adopts Urban Ag Incentive Zone Policy/ Advocacy Day Planned for Water Rates Issues in LA Gardens

To All Those Interested in Food and Justice...

A (usually) weekly update on food issues, promoting access to sufficient, affordable, healthy food—with a focus on campaigns you can become active in!

May 26^th, 2017

Current News and Recent Articles on Hunger 

A week at the very vortex at the center of the universe, as policies related to feeding hungry Americans locally and nationally converged almost literally on the same day. On Monday our state Assemblymembers voted to increase SSI benefits, but not for another four years: then on Tuesday, LA County Board of Supervisors resolved to help thousands of Angelenos enroll in CalFresh (SNAP) while the President released a budget proposal that would practically demolish the program. Here’s what you can do, below (for starters):

1. Urgent Action on State Budget Needed
2. Trump vs Trump Apointee on Agriculture
3. County Passes Resolution to Increase CalFresh Enrollment