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Africa
Book: How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil has produced an increasing repertoire of books summarizing how humans consume different resources. Over four decades he has visited many topics including food availability and its constraints. His latest 2025 book, "How to Feed the Wo...

Africa
Book Review: Hot, Hungry Planet
Lisa Palmer's book, Hot, Hungry Planet, The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change, presents seven case studies of individuals working in different continents in the race against hunger, noting that "with a growing ...

Books & Media Reviews
Book Review: We Fed an Island - the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
The book, “We Fed An Island - One Meal at a Time” by Chef Jose Andres (2018, Harper Collins Publisher) describes how the NGO, World Central Kitchen (WCK), reacted to the 2017 Hurricane Maria after it hit Puerto Rico, knocking out power and destro...

Africa
Why the Destruction of USAID Increases Hunger and Harms America
March 21, 2025 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency created by Congress in 1961 to lead America’s development and humanitarian assistance, has been decimated by President Trump...

Africa
In Memoriam: The US Famine Early Warning System, Known as FEWS, as well as SERVIR
The program which many experts considered to be the most effective at stopping famines and starvation and arguably the single most valuable aid program of all time, has ended its 40 year run of success, as the White House shut it down, alongside hund...

Global
Prayer Vigil for Foreign Aid Unites Evangelicals for Aid
A prayer vigil for foreign aid was held March 11, among so...

Food Systems
America Farm Workers Face Food Insecurity
Investigative article in Grist covers challenges facing farm workers in the US including high food prices and low compensation. https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/farmworker-hunger-crisis-climate-inflation-grocery-costs/ "The people who...

Books & Media Reviews
Feeding America's Claire Babineaux-Fonteno Cited by Time Magazine
The newly released Time Magazine review (Feb. 20, 2025) of "Women of the Year" features Claire Babineaux-Fonteno for her nation-wide advocacy to en...

Books & Media Reviews
USAID Library of Project Reports and Evaluations
American Taxpayers often have questions about how funds for foreign aid work. In early 2025 there has also been claims -- and false information -- by Congress and social media about an overall lack of transparency about this aid. The primary or ...

Agriculture & Nutrition
Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID
The US Government Agency that Brings Aid - USAID USAID, started in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. Estimates are that some 3 billion people in 150 countries have benefited directly from U.S. food assistance . The Bureau for Human...
Africa

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Book: How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil
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Why the Destruction of USAID Increases Hunger and Harms America
by Lani Marquez
Opinion

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In Memoriam: The US Famine Early Warning System, Known as FEWS, as well as SERVIR by Steven Hansch
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Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID by Margie Ferris Morris
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader
Agriculture & Nutrition

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Book: How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil
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In Memoriam: The US Famine Early Warning System, Known as FEWS, as well as SERVIR
by Steven Hansch -
Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID
by Margie Ferris Morris
On Resilience

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Book: How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil
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Book Review: We Fed an Island – the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair
by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader