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U.S. Food Aid (Part 9): Critiques of Recent Development Food Aid (RFSAs)
July 24, 2026 Since 2019, U.S. Food for Peace spent between $1.8 and $2 billion in development programs called RFSAs, for Resilience Food Security Activities. RFSAs were more than simple food distribution; they combined food or cash transfers with nutrition educaiton, water supply, hygiene,...
Patrick Webb, Global Nutritionist Takes Lead at Cornell
July 11, 2026 Patrick Webb, the world's leading expert about nutrition science, food aid, famine and resilience this week began a new step in his lengthy career. Webb just joined Cornell University on July 1, 2026, as the inaugural Executive Director of the new Ashley School of Global Developm...
Remembering Pat Kutzner, Founder of Hunger Notes
July 5, 2026 This publication, Hunger Notes, is produced by World Hunger Education Service (an independent, volunteer, non-profit) and both were created a half century ago by the force of will of Patricia (Pat) Kutzner (1930-2015) to fill a gap in public education about international and domesti...
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 emergencies includes the following findings: Relapse-inclusive costing of simplified CMAM protocols: Lessons from Mali (Original Article by Ni...
Kenya’s Arid Lands Face Persistent Hunger Crisis in 2026
June 14, 2026 Kenya continues to face severe hunger and malnutrition in its arid and semi‑arid lands (ASAL), where drought, high food prices, and weakened pastoralist livelihoods have pushed millions into crisis. According to the U.S. Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET), 2.5–2.99 milli...
May 28 = World Hunger Day
May 28, 2026 May 28 was World Hunger day, inspiring many to take action to reduce malnutrition. The overarching theme for this year's global campaign is "The End of Hunger is in Our Hands". The World Hunger Day initiative was founded in 2011 by The Hunger Project, a global non-profit orga...
AI & Food Security Forum, at CSIS
May 5, 2026 The think tank, CSIS, held a forum on April 30, 2026 about "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Food Security," bringing together policymakers, agronomists, geospatial data scientists, representatives of multilateral institutions, private-sector technologists, and implementing NGOs to discu...
India’s Conquest of Famine
April 19, 2026 In the weeks since Paul Ehrlich's passing away, there have been many articles about the change that have occurred since his publication of the Population Bomb, where he warned about trends in risk of famine in India. Indeed, one of the greatest stories in human history of overc...
Lebanon’s 2026 Conflict and Displacement Increase Malnutrition
April 8, 2026: An estimated 1.65 million people in Lebanon are vulnerable to increased food shortages and malnutrition due to the combination of conflict, bombardment, displacement and denied access of food shipments. The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon has caused signif...
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 completing a capstone project called Exhibition. The Exhibition is a group...
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