Oxfam profiles five women who are fighting hunger
Author: Sarah Polaski
Hunger and Obesity on the Rise in Latin America, UN Food Body Warns
“Nowadays, it is easy to find homes with one malnourished child and an overweight mother, or a chronically malnourished and overweight child or one with a vitamin and mineral deficiency”
For a Tribe With a Tradition of Sharing, Food Sovereignty Is Complicated Economics
South Dakota’s Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate tribal members would rather share their food than sell it. But that gets in the way of building a local cash economy.
Why so many veterans go hungry — and VA’s new plan to fix it
A first-of-its-kind program of the Department of Veterans Affairs will screen all vets who visit its health-care facilities for hunger, asking them whether they’ve struggled to afford food in the past three months. Many veterans are reluctant to reach out for help and those with disabilities, mental illness, or who are homeless are particularly vulnerable.
Hurricane Irma Devastated Already Vulnerable Agriculture in Haiti
Hurricane Irma brought severe damage to the Caribbean in early September, destroying buildings, homes, roads, and threatening livelihoods before moving north towards the Florida Keys.
How Climate Change Is Making Hunger Worse Around The World
The annual Global Food Security Index is now tracking a country’s natural resource supply, and its resiliency in the event of a major natural disaster. The conclusion: climate change is making it harder to feed people.
Where People Are Actually Going Hungry in Los Angeles
Los Angeles County, California looked at data from 2002 to 2015, collected as part of an ongoing regional health survey, and found that food insecurity in the region increased, with nearly 1/3 of lower income households affected.
The Faces of Venezuelan Hunger
Bloomberg news photographed some of those hit hardest by Venezuela’s ongoing crisis
Rwandan university graduates drive agricultural modernization and food security efforts
Rwanda’s Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources will deploy the young professionals as extension workers under a volunteer program which aims to boost production and food security.
Venezuelan families scavenge for food to survive hunger
Venezuela’s prolonged and acute economic crisis – characterized by food shortages and hyperinflation – has seen infant mortality rise to almost 35 percent and maternal mortality to 65 percent in just the last year and anemia is rampant.
