Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center

03/19/2014

For those at the low end of the hourly wage scale, even meeting basic household needs can be a stretch, and roads out of poverty are scarce.

12/03/2013

Take Action to Support SNAP!! http://conta.cc/1avuRq2

As Farm Bill negotiations resume this week, take action to support SNAP with help from our national partners the Food Research and Action Center and Feeding America:

10/11/2013

Take Action NOW! http://conta.cc/17k4i6s

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is circulating a letter to Farm Bill Conferees in support of full funding for SNAP in the Farm Bill. Call Senator Casey's DC office at (202) 224-6324 or send an  email.

09/17/2013

Stop SNAP/Food Stamp Cuts NOW! http://conta.cc/19aln4u

08/08/2013

http://meadvilletribune.com/local/x125812669/States-food-stamp-users-to-receive-fewer-dollars

Needy Pennsylvanians will get less help buying groceries come November due to the expiration of a federal stimulus spending bump that has inflated fo

08/08/2013

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/880522_Keep-food-stamps-end-the-ag-subsidies.html

Don't you just hate it when tax dollars are used to pay for snack foods and to***co products?So do we. But our complaints have nothing to do with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known colloquially as the food-stamp program which is part of the federal farm bill.No, we are incensed by t...

07/23/2013

Fact: 50 million Americans struggle with hunger every year. All the while, 70 billion pounds of food go to waste. It doesn’t add up. Share this post and together, we can bring more attention to the hunger problem in America. http://bit.ly/13FHJxe

07/18/2013

The PA Hunger Advocate http://conta.cc/14cidyw

07/18/2013

Our country can't ever truly prosper or act as a leader in the global economy when our own kids don't have enough to eat. If we want to get America on its feet again, we need to first stabilize the growing number of vulnerable communities -- and that begins with food security.

07/17/2013

SCRANTON — School's out, but classrooms and homework aren't the only things some Northeastern Pennsylvania students have left ...

07/17/2013

Well said! Read the LTE Ken Regal, Executive Director of Just Harvest and member of PA Hunger Action's Board of Directors, wrote to the Butler Eagle about the split Farm Bill.