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Helping the food insecure

Erin Cleavenger, The Dominion Post — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:29:48 +0000

Representatives from more than a dozen local nonprofit organizations that serve people in need of food gathered Thursday morning for a discussion on how they can work together to better […]

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Guest essay: CTC can help end child hunger

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 04:04:00 +0000

by Josephine Reece According to Hunger Free WV, one in nine West Virginians go hungry every day, and one in seven children in our state are dealing with food insecurity. […]

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Feb. 18 letters to the editor

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:03:00 +0000

Proposed bills from a W.Va. resident As usual, the West Virginia legislative session started, and I didn’t have my agenda of bills ready. Here’s an early draft for next year. […]

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How to solve food insecurity: Stop trashing edible food

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:04:00 +0000

New York and California recently passed laws to keep edible foods out of landfills — and hopefully into the hands of hungry people. California’s law went into effect in January […]

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Guest essay: Voices of Hunger: Right to food is a human right

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 04:02:00 +0000

by Madison Staten Voices of Hunger is a collective of people working to break the cycles of poverty that exacerbate household food insecurity, which is a precondition for the full […]

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Morgantown Council to consider resolution declaring food a human right

Ben Conley/ The Dominion Post — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 00:50:00 +0000

MORGANTOWN — “We’re one of the wealthiest countries in the world,” Joshua Lohnes told members of Morgantown City Council. “And yet, many of our neighbors don’t have access to healthy, […]

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Supply chain issues hit home

Chris Schulz, The Dominion Post — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 01:22:00 +0000

Headlines across the nation herald a great calamity: ships and trucks backed up at ports, fuel pumps running dry, shelves empty of toys. All fingers point to one culprit: the […]

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Guest essay: For far too many kids, summer also means hunger

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 03:04:00 +0000

Congress can make a difference by Caitlin Cook When the school year ends and summer begins, kids across the nation look forward to enjoying no more tests and no more […]

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