Capacity Building Program: Community Learning Project for Food Justice WhyHunger’s peer mentoring program builds relationships and capacity, develops resources, and supports community-based learning for food justice. 02/09/2011

Capacity Building Tools: Community Gardens A collection of links, examples and resources for policy and legal assistance to help you start and run your community garden. 08/14/2012

Capacity Building Tools: School Gardens A collection of links and resources for policy and legal assistance to help you start and run your school garden. 08/14/2012

Cooking Up Community: Nutrition Education in Emergency Food Programs This guide gathers resources and information about innovative nutrition education programming by organizations around the country. These models can serve as examples and inspiration to create new programming or as sources for collaboration and ideas. 07/10/2012

Food Policy Council Members An overall guide to finding the right members for a food policy council 05/02/2012

Funding a Food Policy Council: How to Get Started Suggestions and examples on how to fund a food policy council. 05/02/2012

Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards (HCSRA) Since 1985, the Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards have recognized and championed innovative US-based grassroots organizations working to transform their communities through healthy food access and social and economic justice. 02/11/2013

Newsletter: Clearinghouse Connection (02-2013) The Clearinghouse Connection facilitates the exchange of information, resources and ideas among emergency food providers. In this issue: HCSRA winners, Sweet Charity and Beyond, Gardening and Mental Health, SNAP and Public Health, SFSP resources. 02/15/2013

Program Guide: 4 Different Approaches for using the Farm to School Model "Feeding Our Future: A Farm to School Program Guide" highlights four groups with diverse approaches who are using the innovative model of Farm to School to improve children’s health and help bring business to local farmers. 01/04/2011

Program Guide: Youth and Urban Agriculture "Growing Leaders, Growing Change: Youth and Urban Agriculture" profiles 4 youth-centered urban agriculture projects that promote community food security, sustainability, and serve as gateways to employment opportunities for youth. 10/18/2011

Resource Directory: Training and Technical Assistance Programs A detailed listing of national and regional organizations that provide training and technical assistance to community food projects. 08/22/2011

Resource Directory: WhyHunger's Capacity Building Resources and Publications An index of available online resources and publications for grassroots capacity building. 02/16/2011

Resource Guide: Going Beyond Emergency Food "Going Beyond Emergency Food: A Guide for Providers" helps organizations move beyond emergency services so that they can provide the education and skills needed to help them increase community food security and reduce poverty in their area. 01/04/2011

Resource Guide: How to Design an Emergency Feeding Program "Serving Up Justice: How to Design an Emergency Feeding Program" is a resource guide for those looking to establish or improve a food pantry, soup kitchen, or other emergency feeding programs. 01/04/2011

Resource Guide: Linking Food Banking and Community Food Security "Building The Bridge: Linking Food Banking and Community Food Security" aims to foster greater understanding among food banks of the community food security approach and a greater understanding among the community food security movement. 01/04/2011

Resource Guide: Organize in Your Community around the Food and Farm Bill In communities all across the country, people are coming together to learn and teach one another about the Food and Farm Bill, how it impacts them, and what to do about it. You can too! 12/09/2011

Resource Guide: How to Create and Conduct a Community Food Assessments A how to guide outlining the basic steps to creating and conducting food assessments in your community. 07/29/2011

Resource Guide: National Hunger Hotline Outreach Materials The National Hunger Hotline works to help those in need find local food resources. Call the hotline between 9am to 6pm, Monday through Friday, to speak with a live advocate. Outreach for Summer Feeding Service Program sites around the country. 04/18/2013

Sesame Workshop Toolkits for Parents From Elmo to Grover, Sesame Workshop developed a solid toolkit to help talk to kids about the reality of hunger including videos, songs and interactive games. Check out the full toolkit for downloadable resources for parents and childcare providers. 01/03/2013

What a Food Policy Council Can Do Food policy councils across the nation are making recommendations and changes to positively impact the food system. This section provides specific examples of what FPCs can do from updating zoning laws to establishing food literacy campaigns. 05/02/2012

WhyHunger Announces the 2012 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards Announced Five Organizations Receive National Award for Impact on Food Movement & Fight Against Hunger 01/17/2012