Nutrition
Early Humans and Plant-based Diets
The latest edition of Science journal (by the American Association for the Advancement of Science) reports that wooden tools from a 300,000-year-old site in Gantangqing (southwest) China demonstrate the importance of plant foods in early hominin (human) diets in a subtropical environment. The jour...
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, FEWS NET has been re-established. You can access it here. The May 2025 prediction report is a...
World Hunger Day
May 28 is World Hunger Day, a global initiative to raise awareness about global hunger and inspire action to address food insecurity and malnutrition. World Hunger Day has been celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty since 2011, and this year targets the importance of "sowing resil...
Why the Destruction of USAID Increases Hunger and Harms America
March 21, 2025 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency created by Congress in 1961 to lead America’s development and humanitarian assistance, has been decimated by President Trump’s January 21 Executive Order freezing U.S. foreign assistance. Why should America...
USAID nutritionist leaves legacy of saving lives
September 1, 2012 Frances Davidson recently retired from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) after dedicating 24 years to efforts for improving the nutritional well-being of people in developing nations. She served as acting Director of USAID Office of Nutrition and Dire...
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