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Now that the Senate Agriculture Committee has passed its farm bill, action moves to the Senate floor where all senators will have an opportunity to weigh in. The bill will be on the floor this week...
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What’s For Dinner?
Define hunger. Forgetting your lunch, not having time to eat, dinner plans being pushed back an hour. Is that what you think of when someone says hunger? What about the individuals who fear how they...
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Could You Live On $1.50 Per Meal?
Imagine if you have $31.50 per week for food, that’s $4.50 a day, and $1.50 per meal. Individuals benefitting from the Supplemental Nutrition Food Assistance Program (SNAP) receive $31.50 to purchase...
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Advocate
What is advocacy? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, advocacy is defined as “the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.” However, what does advocacy have to do with you? Every...
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See You Later
As summer comes to a close I have to say my “see you laters” to Yad Ezra. Just because I’m headed back to East Lansing to start my junior year at Michigan State does not mean I won’t be back. I have...
View ArticleA Chicken in Every Pot
During the 1928 Presidential campaign Herbert Hoover promised a chicken in every pot. Yet just months after his victory the stock market crashed and America was plunged into The Great Depression....
View ArticleCan America Feed Itself
Our next post is part of a series by our women’s philanthropy liaison Judy Allen. If you missed her last entry, catch up here. Is it possible for a country having near limitless information, innovation...
View ArticleBlog-Vanish Hunger
By Judy Allen When I was young I was reminded meal after meal to finish what was on my plate! After all, there were children in other countries that longed for my fifth bowl of oatmeal that week or...
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My First Impression
I’m Kayla, the new JOIN intern (Jeanette & Oscar Cook Jewish Occupational Intern Program) at Yad Ezra. This past week, I worked in the warehouse with clients for 4 days, as well as worked to create...
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Meet Carly
Meet Yad Ezra’s newest staff member, Carly Sugar! Carly is our giving Gardens Manager and will be in charge of the Fisher Foundation Giving Gardens project, featuring the Geri (z”l) Lester Greenhouse....
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Fermentation for the Soul
Through Giving Gardens at Yad Ezra, we recently held a workshop on lacto-fermentation, with guest educator Hong Gwi-Seok. Our aim was to give participants the confidence and inspiration to make their...
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Maddie’s Story
Maddie Wyatt, a 10th grade student at Berkley High School, has been volunteering with us as a Giving Gardens Intern this season. We invited her to share a story of an experience she has during her...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Response
COVID-19 affected all of us. We at Yad Ezra felt strongly that our food insecure clients needed to be helped, maybe more than ever, to receive their food and not to have the additional worry of how...
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