By: Emily Cleath The truth about perpetual poverty in this country is buried beneath fear and lies. A shocking one in seven Americans are receiving food stamps, now known as Supplemental Nutrition […]
Bread for the World Team Sends Message to Congress
By Joyce Rothermel As the work for food security at home and abroad continues, this year Bread for the World has two main objectives. The first is the reauthorization of the Global […]
Work Requirements Don’t Work
By Ann Sanders From the White House to the halls of Congress, to Harrisburg and state capitals across the country, many elected officials are promoting work requirements as a way to “move […]
Proposed House Bill Cuts to Snap are Immoral
By Joyce Rothermel The current Farm Bill expires on September 30, 2018. On April 18, 2018 the House Agriculture Committee passed H.R.2, Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, out of committee along […]
SW PA Bread Team Lobbies Congressional Members for Improvements in the Domestic and International Food Programs
(Photo Caption: Connor Lamb (Photo by Joyce Rothermel) By Joyce Rothermel Those who gathered for the annual SW PA Bread Team Workshop on April 15 heard from presenters Margaret Tran, regional organizer […]
SW PA Bread for the World Workshop, Sunday, April 15
Picture provided by Joyce Rothermel. By Joyce Rothermel The threats to domestic and international food programs have never been more real. The proposed Trump budget for 2019 would devastate the US food […]
It’s Not A Crime To Be Hungry
June 22, 2017 By Michael Calhoun In a time of technological marvels and scientific breakthroughs that promise to radically alter the world as we know it, it’s surprising that we still consider […]
Bad Budgets = Bad Results
This is a set of articles in which leaders of local service organizations describe the possible impacts of proposed federal budget cuts on the services they provide and the issues that concern […]
Seeking Food Security For All in PA
April 1, 2017 By Joyce Rothermel Since 1983, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has funded a program to assist families who lack the resources to obtain the food they need: the State Food […]
Your Racism Is Plant-Based
March 18, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Veganism is a microculture that has garnered a significant amount of attention in recent years. Vegetarians account for roughly three percent of the U.S. adult population, […]
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