: intended or serving to prevent or alleviate hunger
anti-hunger programs
an anti-hunger organization
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The leader of a Minnesota anti-hunger nonprofit was convicted in U.S. District Court on Wednesday of masterminding a brazen scheme that reaped more than $240 million in pandemic relief funds with a network of bogus food kitchens that billed the government for 91 million meals.
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David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The machines also offer the option of giving to two international charities, the Church World Service anti-hunger charity and WaterAid, a charity dedicated to providing communities with clean water sources.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
This is due, in part, to the large amounts of food industry funding that anti-hunger groups receive.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Spotlighting the poor food choices of SNAP participants would be a distraction from these facts and would risk further stigmatizing a successful anti-hunger program.
—Benjamin Chrisinger, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
One in five Kansas children are food insecure, said Haley Kottler, who focuses on anti-hunger advocacy at Kansas Appleseed.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
But anti-hunger advocates such as Feeding America, a nonprofit network of 200 food banks, were lobbying up to defend nutrition programs even before the election.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
Her concerns are echoed by anti-hunger advocates such as Rhonda Chafin, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee, which serves about 43,000 people every month.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Items with purchase certificates on display in the machines ranged from the sandwiches for the food bank to a new mattress for Canopy to a beehive or a live goat to the anti-hunger Church World Service.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The machines also offer the option of giving to two international charities, the Church World Service anti-hunger charity and WaterAid, a charity dedicated to providing communities with clean water sources.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
This is due, in part, to the large amounts of food industry funding that anti-hunger groups receive.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Spotlighting the poor food choices of SNAP participants would be a distraction from these facts and would risk further stigmatizing a successful anti-hunger program.
—Benjamin Chrisinger, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
One in five Kansas children are food insecure, said Haley Kottler, who focuses on anti-hunger advocacy at Kansas Appleseed.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
But anti-hunger advocates such as Feeding America, a nonprofit network of 200 food banks, were lobbying up to defend nutrition programs even before the election.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
Her concerns are echoed by anti-hunger advocates such as Rhonda Chafin, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee, which serves about 43,000 people every month.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Items with purchase certificates on display in the machines ranged from the sandwiches for the food bank to a new mattress for Canopy to a beehive or a live goat to the anti-hunger Church World Service.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Anti-hunger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-hunger. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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