Just Harvest addresses the root causes of hunger in Allegheny County with a focus on economic justice through public policy, increasing food access, and building community power. Yet 1 in 7 of our neighbors here in Allegheny County, including 1 in 5 children, face food insecurity and hunger. Along with our partner organizations, Just Harvest addresses the root causes of hunger, in Allegheny County and beyond, by:
-- advocating to make government more responsive to the needs of the vulnerable through public policies that strengthen basic living standards, enhance child nutrition, and improve supports for working families, as well as through fair taxes and budgets;
-- helping people access critical social safety net programs to lift them out of poverty and put food on the table;
-- strengthening community-based solutions to healthy food access in underserved communities; and
-- empowering people in poverty to take political action and be part of government decision-making.
