‘Food-as-medicine’ has been around for decades, but it’s making inroads as physicians and medical institutions make food a formal part of treatment, rather than relying solely on medications. By prescribing nutritional changes or launching programs such as “Shop with Your Doc,” they’re trying to prevent, limit or even reverse disease by changing what patients eat.
Author: WHES Team
The Vertical Farm: Growing crops in the city, without soil or natural light.
Today in the U.S., vertical farms of various designs and sizes exist in Seattle, Detroit, Houston, Brooklyn, Queens, and near Chicago, among other places.
USAID Administrator Gayle Smith’s Exit Memo to President Obama
Read about what outgoing USAID Administrator Gayle Smith wrote to President Obama in her exit memo and find out what her recommendations for USAID are.
Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Rajiv J. Shah was named the new President of the Rockefeller Foundation. Previously he served as the Administrator of USAID. The appointment will make Mr. Shah one of the most powerful forces in charitable giving, overseeing a foundation that donates roughly $200 million each year.
Nonprofit seeks to end hunger with mobile app
Feeding Children Everywhere quietly launched its free “Fed 40” app in early November as a pilot program. Available through the App Store and Google Play, it allows users living in designated low-income areas to request food for up to 40 meals by submitting a simple, four-question form.
UN says dairy a potential ally in Asian nutrition challenges
In a recent report, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said that even as Asia makes clear strides in taming hunger and famine, the rapidly modernizing continent needs to focus more on diversifying diet, with milk having the potential to help.
Is the Hunger Challenge in Asia-Pacific Going Unnoticed?
The FAO recently published a report about the Asia-Pacific region’s troubles in achieving zero hunger by 2030, a Sustainable Development Goal. Hunger has increased in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Philippines. Pumbay explores these countries.
With continued drought, Horn of Africa braces for another hunger season
Countries in the Horn of Africa are likely to see a rise in hunger and further decline of local livelihoods in the coming months, as farming families struggle with the knock-on effects of multiple droughts that hit the region this year, FAO warned today. Growing numbers of refugees in East Africa, meanwhile, are expected to place even more burden on already strained food and nutrition security. Currently, close to 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are in need of food assistance.
Dispelling myths around the Arctic Circle’s famed ‘doomsday’ seed vault
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a hedge against potential disasters that could wipe out varieties of crop seeds, causing hunger. The vault today houses more than half a billion seeds representing 881,473 unique varieties of plants used to feed people. The seeds come from the existing seed banks in 233 countries, and they are insurance against the loss of an irreplaceable crop to something as unexciting as a budget crisis in a poor country (or a rich one) to, yes, a cataclysmic nuclear war.
Here’s what healthy food looks like in 7 different countries
Diets vary around the world but nutrition is a concern for everyone. Check out what healthy diets look like in these seven countries.
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