Author: Sarah Polaski
Detroit Entrepreneurs Fight Food Insecurity With Lessons Of The Past
A 1968 survey found that poor inner-city Detroiters struggled to access fresh, reasonably priced food. Those battles persist today. So in one underdeveloped neighborhood, Raphael Wright and Sonya Greene are opening a bodega that sells healthy food.
In photos: Finding food on the front line of climate change
Niger is one of the driest climates on earth. Yuk Sugiura’s powerful pictures capture how its people are living amidst a silent hunger crisis
The many faces of global hunger – in pictures
Three award-winning photographers capture what hunger looks like around the world
One in three young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF
Report finds 149 million children four or younger suffer stunting and that malnutrition costs the world $3.5tr yearly.
Knowing more about money can help strengthen food security, too
In Wisconsin, Catholic Charities is help those with limited incomes learn financial literacy which can help with food security.
In Stockton, Early Clues Emerge About Impact of Guaranteed Income
Researchers in California are providing $500 per month to a selected group of low-income recipients and tracking their spending. Eight months into the 18-month program, they’ve found that 40% of tracked money was spent on food.
Our Food Is Killing Too Many of Us
Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, dean of the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Mr. secretary of agriculture from 1995 to 2001, write that the United States must address the food system and make it a base for health care.
Texas Hunger Initiative Launches Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
Newly named collaborative will become the umbrella entity for THI, as well as interdisciplinary research, Global Hunger and Migration Project and Hunger Data Lab
Trump Froze Aid To Guatemala. Now Programs Are Shutting Down
Programs supporting agricultural development and providing extra cash for food are closing.
