Opinions
Building a ‘good’ anthropocene from the bottom up
Over the last few years, I’ve gotten to know a determined cast of characters in academia aiming to identify paths to a goo...
Why did the Obamas fail to take on corporate agriculture?
Eight years ago this month, I published in these pages an open letter to the next president titled, “Farmer in Chief.” “It may surprise you to learn,” it began, “that among the issues that will occupy much of your tim...
My plan for helping America’s poor
The true measure of any society is how we take care of our children. With all of our country’s resources, no child should ever have to grow up in poverty. Yet every single night, all across America, kids go to sl...
Letter: Is there a food shortage in the world? And other questions.
September 19, 2016 Dear Hunger Notes, My name is A. C.. I am a 7th grader at Pella Middle school. We are doing a service project and I choose to do World Hunger. I want to do the best job I can. I still have a few questions. 1. Is there a food shortage in the world? 2. How is famine...
Health coverage, income, and poverty all improved decisively in 2015
For the first time since 1999, all three key indicators of well-being in the annual Census data moved decisively in the right direction in 2015. The poverty rate dropped from 14.8 percent to 13.5 percent, tying the largest improvement since 1968. The typical household’s income rose by 5.2 per...
In a fight between environmentalists and farmers, the bees lose. And that stings.
Bees have it rough. It’s not enough that they have to deal with bloodsucking varroa mites, a host of diseases and pathogens, disappearing habitat and a variety of agricultural chemicals designed to kill insects. They have also become pawns in the ag wars, the subject of dueling bee-death narrative...
August Hunger Notes: Candidates say little about poverty and hunger, Growing organic agriculture, Can farmers accept the prairie? and more
August 15, 2016 By Lane Vanderslice See Binyamin Appelbaum's The millions of Americans Donald Trump and Hi...
After 1996 welfare law, a weaker safety net and more children in deep poverty
Towards a transformed and more resilient agriculture sector in Africa
This article looks at the challenges that make it difficult to increase food productivity, create decent employment, and end inequalities in our food systems, and what it will take to transform agriculture in Africa....
Congress passed the Global Food Security Act. Here’s why that’s historic.
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