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Future of America’s Assistance for Global Health – Roundtable

by WHES July 7, 2025

Hunger Notes joins with other sponsors in convening an expert discussion  on July 17, 2025 about the role of American foreign aid in global health, looking ahead 5+ years.  The Consortium of Universities for Global Health, the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations, the World Hunger Education S...

Early Humans and Plant-based Diets

by July 5, 2025

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...

Social Marketing and Childhood Diets — Comments about MAHA

by July 2, 2025

A new report by Dr. Claudia Parvanta, reviews the implications of the current U.S. Administration's May 2025 "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) report for children's diets and nutritional education in the U.S.  Responding to a request from the Social Marketing Quarterly editorial team, the author ...

Famine Early Warning System Restarted

by May 29, 2025

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.

by May 28, 2025

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...

Wall of Fallen American USAID Staff

by S Hansch and P Morris, WHES May 28, 2025

Until early 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) showcased a memorial wall in the lobby of its Washington, D.C. headquarters, in the Ronald Reagan Building.  The Trump Administration had it torn down and removed on April 30, 2025 in the process of removing USAID both from the...

Book Review: Hot, Hungry Planet

by April 8, 2025

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 ...

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Feeding America’s Claire Babineaux-Fonteno Cited by Time Magazine

by https://time.com/7216387/feeding-america-ceo-claire-babineaux-fontenot/ February 21, 2025

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...

USAID Library of Project Reports and Evaluations

by February 18, 2025

American Taxpayers often have questions about how funds for foreign aid work.  In early 2025 there has also been claims -- and false information -- by Congress and social media about an overall lack of transparency about this aid. The primary or lead aid agency for the US Government is the Unite...

Hunger Notes’ New Fact Sheet about Famine

by January 14, 2025

WHES researched this new fact sheet about famine:  https://www.worldhunger.org/famine-fact-sheet-dec-2024/...

  • World Hunger Education
    Service
    P.O. Box 29015
    Washington, D.C. 20017
  • For the past 40 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
    • Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
    • Advance comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the world food problem
    • Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
    • Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.