Recent research has shown a third of all college students have experienced food and housing insecurity. Teen Vogue interviews 7 activists who are helping their fellow students.
Author: Sarah Polaski
It’s Time to Stop Accepting that Food Insecurity is A Normal Part of College
Surviving on ramen noodles isn’t a rite of passage.
How one woman is making a difference in the Detroit area
Eden Gives partnered up with a local Trader Joe’s and instead of throwing food away that is about to expire, store managers built a process into their store functions that allows them to donate safely to nonprofits like Eden Gives. Buffington picks up from Trader Joe’s and feeds about 400 families. However, Buffington doesn’t just do food delivery; she also provides food sustainability through local gardens and Abundance Farming.
Bay Area developing ambitious new tools to reduce hunger
The battle against hunger is no longer confined to traditional realms like food banks and religious organizations. In the Bay Area, more activists and local governments are trying to find new and more ambitious solutions to the quiet epidemic plaguing one of the country’s richest regions.
Number of hungry children in Africa’s Sahel hits 10-year high – U.N.
An estimated 6 million people did not have enough to eat across the region during the lean season, says the U.N. food agency.
Only Acting Together Can We Stop the Rise in Malnutrition
The number of undernourished people increased for the third consecutive year in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has exceeded 39 million people. In addition, almost one in four adults is obese, while overweight affects 250 million; more than the entire population of Brazil.
One way to reduce food waste: Use it to make soil healthier
Food waste contains valuable nutrients that can make soil healthier and more productive. Our research group at Colorado State University is working with Leprino Foods, a global supplier of dairy products, to explore the potential for transforming lactose – the natural sugar in milk – into a resource that can enhance agricultural sustainability.
Is climate change pushing the world into hunger?
As South-east Asia’s population grows rapidly, decreasing rice yields as well as the increasingly erratic weather brought by a warming world will place ever more stress on a region where millions still do not have enough access to food
‘Farming While Black’: A Guide To Finding Power And Dignity Through Food
Farmer Leah Penniman and her staff at Soul Fire Farm, located about 25 miles northeast of Albany, New York, train black and Latinx farmers in growing techniques and management practices from the African diaspora, so they can play a part in addressing food access, health disparities, and other social issues.
Hunger and Obesity on the Rise in Latin America and the Caribbean for Third Year in a Row
“For the third consecutive year there is bad news” for Latin America and the Caribbean, where the numbers of hungry people have increased to 39.3 million people or 6.1 per cent of the population, says Julio Berdegué, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional representative.
