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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.

• Hunger in Vermont
• Hunger Statistics by County in Vermont
• Food Research and Action Center's, Hunger in America
• Food Research and Action Center website
• Center for American Progress's The Economic Consequences of Cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
• Summary of Key Changes in New Nutrition Standards for School Meals 
• Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement, a book by Janet Poppendieck
• Food for All: Fixing School Food in America, a book by Janet Poppendieck

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.

(see extended glossary here)

• 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.