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About Hunger Free Vermont Hunger Free Vermont, formerly the Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, is an education and advocacy organization with the mission to end the injustice of hunger and malnutrition for all Vermonters. Incorporated in 1993, we are a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving our mission by providing nutrition education and expanding access to nutrition programs that nourish Vermont’s children, families, and whole communities. Learn more on our About Us page.
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Glossary of Terms Food Insecurity is a term defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that indicates that the availibility of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acquire such food, is limited or uncertain for a household. USDA monitors the extent and severity of food insecurity in US households through an annual, nationally representative survey.
Food Hardship is a term defined by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). A respondent is defined to have experienced food hardship if he or she answers yes to the following question: “Have there been times in the past twelve months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?” This question is asked as part of a survey conducted by Gallup through the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index project, and provided to FRAC to be analyzed.
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Possible Interview Topics
- Why the Farm Bill matters in Vermont
- Nutrition Education in Action: profile a Learning Kitchen class in your county
- Efforts to incorporate local foods in Vermont school meal programs - challenges and success stories
- How school meals improve learning
- Why afterschool meals make sense for today's working families
- Head off obesity early - the benefits of healthy meals in early childhood education
- 2 out of 3 Seniors missing out on food benefits
- Why more Vermont kids go hungry during the summer
Media Releases and Recent Media Coverage April 2012 Coverage: April 27, 2012, vermontbiz.com Hunger Free Vermont named finalist in Toyota's Cars for Good program Coverage: April 27, 2012, News & Citizen Johnson Community Meals to Continue Coverage: April 12, 2012, Vermont Maturity Magazine Eat Well, Live Well: A New Program for Vt. Seniors Coverage: April 12, 2012, Burlington Free Press My Turn: To succeed, everyone must eat Coverage: April 5, 2012, Williston Observer School Lunches Looking to Upgrade Coverage: April 5, 2012, Addison County Independent Preventing Hunger: Local Schools Feed More Kids in Need The number of children across Vermont and Addison County who are enrolled in the free and reduced-price school meal program has exploded in recent years — more than doubling in some local schools....continue reading. Op-ed submitted on behalf of Tamsen Goldfield, Volunteer for "Eat Well, Age Well" I Count on 3SquaresVT and Want to Protect the Program from Cuts
March 2012 Op-ed submitted on behalf of Eileen Elliot, Co-Chair of Hunger Free Vermont's Hunger Council of Chittenden County To Succeed, Everyone Must Eat Coverage: March 20, 2012, CCTV Live @ 5:25 Hunger Free Vermont School Meals: Ending Childhood Hunger in Vermont Steve Marinelli, Vice-President of the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and Food Service Director for Milton Town Schools, and Anore Horton, Child Nutrition Advocacy Manager, Hunger Free Vermont speak about School Meals and their role in preventing childhood hunger. Coverage: March 1, 2012, The Charlotte Citizen Dance and Shake to Feed Your State Can you dance to feed your state? Lake Champlain Waldorf School senior Jenny Rehkugler of Charlotte thinks so. She planned a Dance-a-thon for students in grades six through 12 on Friday evening, March 9 from 6 p.m.-midnight in the Shelburne Town Hall to benefit Hunger Free Vermont,...continue reading.
February 2012 Coverage: February 23, 2012, VTDigger.com Hunger Free Vermont School Meals: Ending Childhood Hunger in Vermont More than 95,000 Vermonters currently receive 3SquaresVT (formerly Food Stamps) benefits ranking Vermont 5th in the nation for reaching those in need. However, only 30% of Vermont ’s eligible seniors, age 60 and over, get these important food benefits to help them stay healthy and independent...continue reading. Media Release: February 23, 2012 2 out of 3 Seniors Mission Out on Food Benefits: New Simplified Application Seeks to Increase Participation Media Release: February 15, 2012 Hunger Council of Windham County Explores How to Expand Vital Summer Meal Programming Media Release: February 9, 2012 Hunger Council of Chittenden County Explores How to Expand Vital Summer Meal Programming Media Release: February 8, 2012 Hunger Council of Washington County Explores Expansion of Meals to Reduce Hunger During the Summer
January 2012 Media Release: January 18, 2012 Hunger Awareness Day: Anti-Hunger Advocates Promote Bill to Give More Children School Lunch Coverage: January 17, 2012, CCTV Live @ 5:25 Hunger Free Vermont: It's Tax Season! Time to Save Money and Eat Well Grant Peterson, Senior Stakeholder Relationship Tax Consultant at the IRS, joins Angela Smith-Deng discussing the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Programs in Vermont.
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