Food Systems
AI & Food Security Forum at CSIS
May 5, 2026 The think tank, CSIS, held a forum on April 30, 2026 about "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Food Security," bringing together policymakers, agronomists, geospatial data scientists, representatives of multilateral ...
“Coming Food Crisis” Predicted in Financial Times Essay
April 18, 2026 In a major Weekend Essay, Adam Hanieh, writing in the Financial Times British newspaper on April 17 2025, warns that the current Middle East conflict will cause a world food crisis. Hunger and even famine are foreseeable consequences of the war on Iran. The wo...
Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
A classic publication about food insecurity that is still worth a read today to understand how aid has developed in Latin America is "Bittersweet Harvests for Global Supermarkets: Challenges in Latin America's Agricultural Ex...
Video Interview about Food Aid with Eline de Looijer
In the new video by WHES, Food aid expert Eline de Looijer explains to Hunger Notes about the basics of international humanitarian food aid. https://www.worldhunger.org/what-is-food-aid/...
World Expo in Osaka Japan Targets Zero Hunger
An exhibit focusing on world hunger has been on display for the past two weeks, ending today, June 15, 2025, at the World Expo in Japan. World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is currently taking place in Japan under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”. The exhibition ...
Famine Early Warning System Restarted
Correction & Update: Hunger Notes reported on March 19 about the cancellation of the important, 40-year-old Famine Early Warning System program, created and funded by USAID. While true at the time...
2nd Annual International Food Aid Showcase, June 10 in Washington, D.C.
George Washington University (GW), in Washington, D.C. will host a gathering of NGO and food experts on June 10, 2025, to share lessons about overseas food aid and look ahead. It is co-sponsored by Counterpart International (an international NGO), the Alliance to End Hunger, and GW's Global Food I...
Book Review: Hot, Hungry Planet
Lisa Palmer's book, Hot, Hungry Planet, The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change, presents seven case studies of individuals working in different continents in the race against hunger, noting that "with a growing population, the demand for rice and other cereals ...
America Farm Workers Face Food Insecurity
Investigative article in Grist covers challenges facing farm workers in the US including high food prices and low compensation. https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/farmworker-hunger-crisis-climate-inflation-grocery-costs/ "The people who feed America are going hungry: Clim...
Feeding America’s Claire Babineaux-Fonteno Cited by Time Magazine
The newly released Time Magazine review (Feb. 20, 2025) of "Women of the Year" features Claire Babineaux-Fonteno for her nation-wide advocacy to end hunger. (https://time.com/7216387/feeding-am...
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