General

Support for and issues surrounding the hungry population and the causes/effects of hunger.

See also:

Click here for information from Oregon State University - Extension Family and Community Development on hunger in Oregon: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/fcd/hunger/

Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and...

Findings

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership is a project of EMO's Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns. Download the "Everyone Eats" Food ...

Oregon Food Bank Click here to download "Profiles of Poverty and Hunger in Oregon" published in 2006, includes some good data: Download ...

The Oregon Food Bank Network releases annual statewide statistics "High unemployment and growing foreclosures forced a record number of people in Oregon and Clark County, Wash., ...

Resources

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Of all the People & Organizations involved with Hunger, who knows most? What are the best contacts for people just starting out on this topic?

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People & Organizations

Here are all the People & Organizations working on Hunger:

Birch Community Services

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Childhood Hunger Initiative

Coalition for a Livable Future

Farmers Ending Hunger

First Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Food Research and Action Center

HungerWeb - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Neighborhood House, Inc.

Oregon Faith Roundtable Against Hunger

Oregon Food Bank

Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force

Portland Fruit Tree Project

Portland Multnomah Food Policy Council

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Supporting Foundations and Affinity Groups

Anna May Family Foundation

First Independent Bank

Ford Family Foundation

H.W. Irwin & D.C.H. Irwin Foundation

Harry A. Merlo Foundation, Inc.

J.F.R. Foundation

M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Maybelle Clark MacDonald Fund

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon

Stimson-Miller Foundation

The Boeing Company

The Carpenter Foundation

The Collins Foundation

The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

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