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April 23, 2025

Africa

Book: How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil

by steve hansch https://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780593834510/vaclav-smil/how-to-feed-the-world?blnBKM=1

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...

April 8, 2025

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 ...

April 8, 2025

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...

March 21, 2025

Africa

Why the Destruction of USAID Increases Hunger and Harms America

by Lani Marquez

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...

March 19, 2025

Africa

In Memoriam: The US Famine Early Warning System, Known as FEWS, as well as SERVIR

by Steven Hansch

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...

March 13, 2025

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Prayer Vigil for Foreign Aid Unites Evangelicals for Aid

A prayer vigil for foreign aid was held March 11, among so...

February 25, 2025

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...

February 21, 2025
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Feeding America's Claire Babineaux-Fonteno Cited by Time Magazine

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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...

February 18, 2025

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 ...

February 14, 2025

Agriculture & Nutrition

Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID

by Margie Ferris Morris

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...

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