Opinions
America is suffering its worst hunger crisis in decades. Here’s how to fix the problem.
Mike Johanns, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 2005 to 2007; Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 2009 to 2017; and Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, administrator of U.S. Agency for International Development from 2010 to 2015, write in this opinion piece that there are key ways the U.S. should addres...
A Biblical Surge of Miscommunication
On Language: In the popular media, including otherwise-intelligent talking heads and world leaders have invented new pretentious, uses for words that have little actual meaning. Chief among these are: "surge," "spike", "epicenter" and "biblical proportions." For example: the head ...
Pandemic Exposes Long-Standing Problems in the Global Food System
June 7, 2020 In a very short time, the response to the COVID-19 virus pandemic has exposed many of the long-standing structural weaknesses and inequalities of the global food system. After years of steady progress in reducing the total number of chronically underfed people, the tide ha...
COVID-19; Global Cooperation in the Fight is a Must
The consensus in the front line fighting CoVid-19; Global cooperation and solidarity is necessary to successfully stop community spread and the ensuing deaths for SARS 2 Coronavirus. This opinion piece is by two seasoned humanitarian workers, Fred Spielberg and Everett Ressler....
Food supply chains do not care if people go hungry
Coronavirus shines a light on the global food chain's dirty little secret....
We Need a Global Stimulus Package to Avoid a COVID-19 Hunger Crisis
Food security and nutrition focused think tank, Food Tank, writes about the need for a global stimulus package to support food security during the COVID-19 crisis....
‘Without Empathy, Nothing Works.’ Chef José Andrés Wants to Feed the World Through the Pandemic
Chef and humanitarian José Andrés continues to feed people through his World Central Kitchen charity...
José Andrés: We Have a Food Crisis Unfolding Out of Sight
Chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés writes that the US should mobilize restaurant workers to help ensure everyone is fed during the coronavirus crisis....
Malnutrition in Humanitarian Crises: The Will to End a Preventable Disease
October 10, 2019 Disasters of any kind can disrupt food sources for proper nutrition, which is vital for growth, development, and good health. Malnutrition is a common but overlooked consequence of the humanitarian crises that so often result from natural and human-made disasters. Mor...
Aid groups need a major shake-up to meet the challenges of a fractured world
Humanitarian assistance is too siloed, inefficient and expensive to achieve lasting impact for billions of people in need...
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