hunger

Residents Work to Solve Hunger; Court Closures; Woodward Shakespeare

Juanita Stevenson — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:50:49 +0000

This week on Valley Edition, we look at how Valley residents are working to develop new, grassroots solutions to the problem of hunger in our community. We also look at how planned court closures will affect the residents of rural Fresno County communities, and learn about this year's Woodward Shakespeare Festival.

Valley Edition for June 26, 2012

Backyard citrus harvest helps feed those in need

Joe Moore — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:37:14 +0000

Across the southern San Joaquin Valley, the commercial citrus harvest is virtually over. But over the past two months, a volunteer group has been working in backyards across Tulare county to collect fruit that would otherwise go to waste, and donate it to those in need. FM89's Joe Moore has this report.

On Valley Edition: Hunger; African American Student Graduation Rate

Juanita Stevenson — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:54:39 +0000

Segment 1: Hunger in the Valley

On Valley Edition: Worst Place to Find a Job; UC Merced; Storytellers Project

Juanita Stevenson — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:28:17 +0000

This week on Valley Edition, we talk about whether the Valley is the worst place in the US to find a job, as US News and World Report claims in a new article. We talk with UC Merced's new chancellor about the efforts at the campus to boost the region's economy. And we close the program with a report about a theater project in Sanger that aims to bring people together over the topic of hunger, in a land of agricultural abundance.

Valley Storytellers Project brings people together over hunger

Joe Moore — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:58:22 +0000

It's lunchtime at the Sanger High School Cafeteria. But instead of hundreds of teenagers, the room on this Saturday is filled with ordinary Valley residents of all ages and ethnicities, some writers, and a handful of theatre professionals from LA's Cornerstone Theatre. And even though many of them just ate, the conversation quickly turns to the issue of the day… hunger.

"Food is such an essential part of, such an essential need that binds us all together.

On Valley Edition: Academics Versus Athletics; Helping Those In Need

Juanita Stevenson — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:26:14 +0000

This week on Valley Edition we talk about the challenges of balancing academics and athletics at NCAA Division I schools, and hear from Fresno State President John Welty and CSUB President Horace Mitchell. We also talk about efforts to help those in need this holiday season.