WHY Publications

Building The Bridge: Linking Food Banking and Community Food Security, 2005.
Includes profiles of innovative food banks that are creatively integrating community food security approaches into their anti-hunger work.

Clearinghouse Connection
This monthly newsletter provides information on upcoming conferences, policy initiatives, and funding opportunities.

Filling Our Bowls: A Grassroots Guide to Fundraising , 2007.
An addendum to Serving Up Justice. This guide speaks to all levels of fundraising savvy and covers a wide range of funding options from in kind donations to corporate, government, and foundation grants .

Finding Solutions to Hunger: Kids Can Make A Difference , 2005.
The Guide contains 25 lessons that provide valuable background and creative suggestions to help students answer the difficult questions dealing with hunger and poverty.

Fueling Disaster: A Community Food Security Perspective on Agrofuels, December 2007.
Industrial agrofuels are already exacting heavy costs on food security and rural communities around the world. The anticipated increase in agrofuel production could lead to catastrophic impacts on community food security. This report addresses these impacts and identifies responses that would buffer communities from increased hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation.

Going Beyond Emergency Food: A Guide for Providers , 2005.
This pamphlet contains models and inspiration to anti-hunger organizations so they can provide the education and skills needed to address hunger and poverty in their communities.

Going Beyond Emergency Food: A Job-Training Guide for Non-Profits, 2007.
This publication provides an in depth look at four model organizations that are going beyond emergency services by offering a variety of new and innovative job training programs.

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: A Decade of Community Food Projects March 2007
A report celebrating 10 years of Community Food Projects, with various case studies of CFP grantees.

Myths and Dangers
A Look at the Messages and Realities of a Food System based on Industrial Agriculture [PPT]

Serving Up Justice: How to Design an Emergency Feeding Program & Build Community Food Security , 2006
A resource guide for those looking to establish or improve a food pantry, soup kitchen, or other emergency feeding programs.

Tasty, Healthy Recipies, August 2007.
This booklet of recipes will help you make the best use of common food items to create wholesome meals.

WHY’s Advocacy Toolkit, 2007.
An Advocacy toolkit, covering the basics from lobbying to community organizing.

WHY Speaks
WHY's responses to topical issues and events with our underlying goal of ending hunger and poverty by building self-reliance.