![Niger, Tahoua. A skeletal child receives emergency food through a tube at an emergency feeding center in Niger. Malnutrition is a serious problem each year in Niger, the drought and famine brought it to catastrophic proportions. [Date picture taken: 2005/08/08] © Edward Parsons/IRIN](https://www.worldhunger.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/niger_child_cropped_final-1200x448.jpg)
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Agro-Forestry Project Brings Blue-Green Therapy To Barbados
In Barbados, Coco Hill is the only agro-forestry project of its kind on the 166-square mile island and the product of six years of experimentation since Mood purchased the land in 2013. Permaculture, biodynamic, vertical, edge, terrace and integrate...
United States
Philabundance announces ambitious program to give people more than food
Philabundance, the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region’s leading hunger-relief agency, provides food for 350 neighborhood pantries, soup kitchens, and other organizations in a nine-county area serving 90,000 people each week. But, like other major fo...
Global
Obesity, climate change and hunger must be fought as one, health experts declare
Made up of 43 public health experts from 14 countries, the Lancet Commission on Obesity emphasized that the problems of obesity, malnutrition and climate change are inextricably linked by factors such as overconsumption, unchecked marketing and gover...
United States
Hundreds come together to learn better ways to feed those who deal with food insecurity
In Indiana, the second annual Food Pantry Network Summit was organized to help volunteers and workers improve their food pantries....
United States
School bus delivers free meals to hundreds of children during spring break
In Florida, several employees with the Manatee County School District are making sure every child gets fed, even when school is out for spring break....
United States
Why Are So Many Farmers Markets Failing? Because The Market Is Saturated
Nationwide, the number of farmers markets increased from 2,000 in 1994 to more than 8,600 in 2019, which led to a major problem: There are too few farmers to populate the market stalls and too few customers filling their canvas bags with fresh produ...
United States
In Austin, Food And Tech Industries Connect To Address Food Insecurity
The City of Austin has been working hard to address food security in the [East Austin] area, aided by the leadership and advocacy of Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza and Edwin Marty, the city’s food policy manager....
Agriculture & Nutrition
How you can think yourself thin
650 million people in the world are considered obese. It’s more likely that people live in countries where obesity is more of a problem then being underweight....
United States
Growth of food deserts hits home for some Savannah communities
Savannah, Georgia is just one of thousands across the country battling the rapid growth of food deserts as retailers close their doors, leaving residents without viable access to fresh foods and leaving community leaders searching for answers....
United States
Farms aren't tossing perfectly good produce. You are.
Dr. Sarah Taber writes that "Eating ugly food won't save the world."...
Opinion
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The Impact of Global Climate Change on World Hunger by William Chutney
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Sustainable Development Depends on Better Nutrition for All Nations by Dr. Lawrence Haddad & Dr. David Nabarro
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Solving Dietary Issues Through Public Private Partnerships: An Example from the Field by Paul Sommers
Global
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Obesity, climate change and hunger must be fought as one, health experts declare
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The World Food Program Uses Innovation to Disrupt Hunger
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How Climate Change Could Knock Fish Off of Dinner Plates
by Brittany Shoot
Agriculture & Nutrition
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How you can think yourself thin
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The World Food Program Uses Innovation to Disrupt Hunger
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How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities
by Miguel Altieri
Book Reviews
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Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong
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‘How to Feed the World’ offers practical, positive solutions to food insecurity
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26 Films Every Food Activist Must Watch
by Danielle Nierenberg and Katie Work
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