anti-hunger

Public health advocates and anti-hunger groups say they will push for legislators to pass a nutrition bill during the lame-duck session.

Child nutrition bill, priority for first lady, stalls Jane Black 2010

A child nutrition bill that was a centerpiece of Michelle Obama's healthful eating campaign stalled in the House on Wednesday after anti-hunger groups and more than 100 Democrats protested the use of food stamp dollars to pay for it.

Child nutrition bill, priority for first lady, stalls Jane Black 2010

Her anti-hunger push led the big packaged-foods producer last spring to name her vice president of cause and foundation, a new position she had proposed to oversee philanthropy, volunteerism and cause marketing, which pairs a product or brand with a social mission.

Finding Their Way to the Fast Track Joann S. Lublin 2012

Ms. Reed says she recognized that ConAgra should "connect the dots on the various anti-hunger efforts" while organizing Child Hunger Ends Here, a corporate cause-marketing campaign.

Finding Their Way to the Fast Track Joann S. Lublin 2012

She persuaded Andre Hawaux , president of the $8 billion consumer foods unit, to join an anti-hunger group's advisory council in late 2010.

Finding Their Way to the Fast Track Joann S. Lublin 2012

Because ConAgra has an anti-hunger champion, "we can leverage the issue for business and social impact," the 42-year-old executive notes.

Finding Their Way to the Fast Track Joann S. Lublin 2012

At the time, the Food Research and Action Center, a national anti-hunger organization that lobbies on behalf of food stamps and other programs, estimated that a family of four will receive $59 less per month starting in November 2013 as a result of the $2.2-billion cut, which came on the heels of another $11.9-billion cut to food stamps that was folded into a state-aid bill.

Obama's Big Budget Cut Proposals Target The Poor Arthur Delaney 2011

At the time, the Food Research and Action Center, a national anti-hunger organization that lobbies on behalf of food stamps and other programs, estimated that a family of four will receive $59 less per month starting in November 2013 as a result of the $2.2-billion cut, which came on the heels of another $11.9-billion cut to food stamps that was folded into a state-aid bill.

Obama's Big Budget Cut Proposals Target The Poor Arthur Delaney 2011

At the time, the Food Research and Action Center, a national anti-hunger organization that lobbies on behalf of food stamps and other programs, estimated that a family of four will receive $59 less per month starting in November 2013 as a result of the $2.2-billion cut, which came on the heels of another $11.9-billion cut to food stamps that was folded into a state-aid bill.

Obama's Big Budget Cut Proposals Target The Poor Arthur Delaney 2011

She sold the drive to ConAgra marketers by learning to translate my 'anti-hunger' language into marketing language,'' she recalls.

Finding Their Way to the Fast Track Joann S. Lublin 2012