During times of economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a nonprofit organization is promoting food security with egg-laying chicks that the community can raise in their backyards.
Author: Sarah Polaski
IICA establishes Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has established a Food Security Council for the Americas. The Council will monitor the impact of coronavirus on food security in the region.
Preventing global food crisis caused by COVID-19
The Center for Indonesian Policy Studies advocates for lowering trade barriers to help Indonesia diversify import sources to hedge the trade risks if other countries decide to stop exports.
Bullock announces actions to bolster food security for Montana families during COVID-19 pandemic
Montana Governor Bullock announced plans to expand food assistance for more than 100,000 additional people.
Lessons from the AIDS epidemic on how COVID-19 may Impact Food and Nutrition Security
Given the speed at which COVID-19 is spreading, we must draw on policy and practice experiences from past epidemics—each is unique, but they offer many common lessons. AIDS was another once-in-a-generation pandemic. In this blog post, Stuart Gillespie and Alan Whiteside share their own and others’ experiences from the AIDS pandemic and their relevance for COVID-19.—John McDermott, series co-editor and Director, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)
California’s farm workers pick America’s essential produce – unprotected from coronavirus
California’s roughly 400,000 agricultural workers are deemed essential, but often without proper safety measures or guaranteed benefits
Coronavirus has more Americans turning directly to farms for food
The spike in traffic for businesses that have been delivering to customers for years has prompted others to consider adapting their business models.
How Will Coronavirus Affect Our Food? The Pandemic and Our food Systems, a Dispatch From Mexico
As COVID-19 spreads, it will have both an immediate and long-term impact on Mexico’s food system and the world’s.
‘Without Empathy, Nothing Works.’ Chef José Andrés Wants to Feed the World Through the Pandemic
Chef and humanitarian José Andrés continues to feed people through his World Central Kitchen charity
COVID-19 and Food Security
The Center for Strategic and International Studies provides a roundup of information related to COVID-19 and Food Security.
