🟩 Food Security & Hunger Relief
A ranked guide to advocacy groups ensuring access to nutritious food and fighting hunger across the U.S.
This guide highlights influential organizations working to improve food security across the United States. These groups focus on equitable food access, anti-hunger programs, sustainable agriculture, food justice, and local resilience.
Their websites offer a wide range of resources for activists, including policy updates, volunteer opportunities, donation campaigns, educational materials, action alerts, and advocacy toolkits.
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
Advocates for evidence-based food and nutrition policies that improve public health and reduce food insecurity, especially among low-income communities.
The largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S., supporting a network of food banks while advocating for strong federal nutrition programs and systemic solutions to end hunger.
Food Research & Action Center (FRAC)
A leading anti-hunger nonprofit advancing federal, state, and local public policies to eradicate poverty-related hunger and undernutrition.
National Farm to School Network
Builds equitable and community-based food systems by connecting children and families to local agriculture through school meals, education, and advocacy.
Champions healthy food and clean water for all by confronting corporate control of food systems and lobbying for environmentally sustainable policies.
Supports grassroots food justice organizations, advancing long-term solutions to hunger rooted in social, racial, and economic justice.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
Advocates for federal policy reforms that promote sustainable farming, support family farms, and strengthen food access in underserved communities.
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
A faith-based nonprofit addressing hunger in the U.S. and Israel through public policy advocacy, coalition-building, and direct engagement with policymakers.
Union of Concerned Scientists – Food & Agriculture Program
Combines scientific analysis with advocacy to reform industrial agriculture and promote food systems that are healthy, sustainable, and fair.
Focuses on integrating human rights, racial equity, and Indigenous leadership into advocacy for food justice and food sovereignty.
Top Issues in Food Security Advocacy
Federal Nutrition Programs: Support and expansion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), school meals, and other programs that provide direct food assistance to individuals and families.
Food Justice and Equity: Addressing structural racism and poverty in food systems to ensure that marginalized communities have equal access to nutritious, affordable food.
Local and Regional Food Systems: Promoting investment in community-based agriculture, farmers markets, and food hubs to strengthen resilience and reduce dependency on corporate supply chains.
Sustainable Agriculture: Encouraging regenerative farming practices that protect the environment, improve food quality, and ensure long-term food availability.
Corporate Accountability: Challenging monopolistic practices in the food industry and holding corporations accountable for labor exploitation, environmental harm, and health impacts.
School and Child Nutrition: Advocating for universal free school meals and improved nutrition standards to reduce child hunger and promote lifelong health.
Right to Food Frameworks: Elevating the idea of food as a human right and pushing for policies that treat food security as a matter of justice, not charity.