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Hunger in the News

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June 15, 2025

Agriculture & Nutrition

WHES Co-sponsors Roundtable About Aid Toolbox

On June 19, 2025, a roundtable of two dozen experts about how international aid is designed and given will be held, co-organized by the World Hunger Education Service (WHES), the USAID Alumni Association, the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke U...

June 15, 2025

Agriculture & Nutrition

World Expo in Osaka Japan Targets Zero Hunger

An exhibit focusing on world hunger has been on display for the past two weeks, ending today, June 15, 2025, at the World Expo in Japan.  World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is currently taking place in Japan under the theme “Designing F...

June 2, 2025

Africa

Hunger Notes Co-sponsors Basic Education Roundtable

World Hunger Education Service (WHES) is co-hosting a roundtable of experts on June 12, 2025, a Thursday, to discuss American experiences and capabilities for supporting basic education overseas, including recommendations for how U.S. official foreig...

June 1, 2025

Africa

Demise of McGovern-Dole School Feeding

This month, May 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cancelled most of its existing foreign assistance programs, including those involving overseas school fee...

May 29, 2025

Agriculture & Nutrition

Famine Early Warning System Restarted

Correction & Update:  Hunger Notes reported on March 19 about the cancellation of the important, 40-year-old Famine Early Warning System program, cre...

May 28, 2025

Africa

World Hunger Day

May 28 is World Hunger Day, a global initiative to raise awareness about global hunger and inspire action to address food insecurity and malnutrition.  World Hunger Day has been celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty since 2011, and...

May 28, 2025

Agriculture & Nutrition

2nd Annual International Food Aid Showcase, June 10 in Washington, D.C.

George Washington University (GW), in Washington, D.C. will host a gathering of NGO and food experts on June 10, 2025, to share lessons about overseas food aid and look ahead.  It is co-sponsored by Counterpart International (an international NGO), ...

May 28, 2025

Americas

Wall of Fallen American USAID Staff

by S Hansch and P Morris, WHES

Until early 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) showcased a memorial wall in the lobby of its Washington, D.C. headquarters, in the Ronald Reagan Building.  The Trump Administration had it torn down and removed on April 30, 2...

May 24, 2025

United States

Roundtable on June 5 about American Foreign Assistance and Faith-Based Organizations

by WHES

World Hunger Education Service (the nonprofit overseeing this Hunger Notes site), joins with Fordham University, HIAS, Lipscomb University, and George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health in organizing and convening a virt...

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...

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