Student Resources
U.S. Food Aid (Part 6): A Timeline of U.S. Food Aid
July 20, 2026 This is the sixth posting in an effort to inform the public and USDA about Food For Peace lessons and directions. Below is a timeline of selected milestones in the history of U.S. food aid sent overseas. World Hunger Education Service compiled this from a range of sources wi...
On Resilience: What is Resilience in Anti-Hunger Aid?
July 1, 2026 This ongoing column in Hunger Notes was created to explore the fascination aid agencies have with the term "resilience," which to some degree has replaced other broad, aspirational buzzwords like "development", "sustainability," and "empowerment." Like those other terms, resili...
Water Insecurity and Malnutrition: An Overlooked Connection
June 24, 2026 by Kirsten Roe Often, when people think of hunger or food insecurity, they may think about food availability (e.g., sufficient food), access (e.g., able to afford food or access it in the market), and nutriti...
Strengthening Nutrition Action in “Field Exchange”
June 16, 2026 The latest (April 2026) edition of the "Field Exchange" journal, by the Irish Emergency Nutrition Network, about combatting malnutrition in e...
Salud (Health) Everywhere, a Valuable Educational Site
June 9, 2026 Hunger Notes recommends students and practitioners to refer to and read the website "Salud Everywhere", which is an expanding source about nutrition, humanitarian aid and health. See: ...
Yu Ying Public Charter School Students Investigate Hunger
World Hunger Education Service was invited to meet with a group of 5th graders at Yu Ying Public Charter School in Northeast Washington, DC to talk with them about hunger in the world. Fifth graders at Yu Ying are tasked with com...
New Global Survey of Food Resilience, by the Economist
Economist Impact's inaugural Resilient Food Systems Index (RFSI), supported by Cargill, benchmarks food system resilience across 60 countries using 71 indicators organized into four pillars: a...
Threat of Child Malnutrition in Iran Amid U.S.–Iran Conflict
February 28, 2026 The U.S.–Iran war that began today, 28 February 2026, threatens to sharply worsen malnutrition among children under five in low-income urban neighborhoods of strike zones (Tehran, Isfahan, Kermanshah) and in rural border provinces (e.g., Sistan-Baluchestan...
Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future
As people get wealthier, historically, they eat more meat even though it is inefficient. the new book, "Meat" by Bruce Friedrich, examines the implications of the world's dietary choice. He lays out how six calories going into a chicken result in 1 calorie in chicken meat. He calls this "fanta...
“Essentials of Public Health Communication”: Valuable Curricula
February 22, 2026 A round the world, a key shift during the past few decades in combatting malnutrition has been the adoption of social marketing, communications and "behavior change" to improve diets, caretaker behavior, and recognition of failures in child growth. The technical book, ...
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