United States
Let’s Grow Maine: A plan to end hunger by 2020
The U.S. state of Maine can boost food security and support local farmers by purchasing wholesale vegetables and fruit for distribution to families in need....
Photographer Matt Black on documenting poverty
For the last four years Black has traveled the country, driving nearly 90,000 miles through 46 states, photographing marginalized communities. He calls his project "The Geography of Poverty." Watch the video to learn more....
TED Talk: Why Bees Are Disappearing
Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years. So why did colonies recently start dying en masse? ...
The hidden crisis on college campuses: 36 percent of students don’t have enough to eat
According to a first-of-its-kind survey released Tuesday by researchers at Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, 36 percent of US students at 66 surveyed colleges and universities do not get enough to eat, and a similar number lack a secure place to live....
Hunger relief project plots out plans for urban garden
About 30 “garden angels” gathered for breakfast to start planning this year's growing season for the Fort Wayne Urban Farm's Hunger Relief Project. “Garden angels” are what organizer Ephraim Smiley calls the helpers at the farm's 17 acres of fresh produce plots at Fellowship Missionary Churc...
Food Deserts in America
Did you know 2.3 million Americans do not own a car and live over a mile from a supermarket? Check out this infographic and blog on food deserts from Tulane's School of Social Work to learn more....
Afterschool suppers are a game-changer for reducing childhood hunger
Nearly 1.1 million low-income children benefited from federally-supported afterschool suppers in October 2016. For many low-income children, the suppers offered at afterschool programs through the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program help stave off hunger until they eat a school breakfast the n...
SNAP Decisions: UConn Study Counters Food Stamp Misconceptions
A study by a researcher at the University of Connecticut’s Zwick Center for Food and Resource Policy has found that, contrary to widely held beliefs, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, does not encourage poor eating habits but actually causes a tangible decrease in the proport...
Marymount University Hunger Banquet Raises Funds For St. Lucy Project
World Hunger Education Service Board Director was in the news! She spoke at Marymount University about about national and world hunger....
Op-Ed: International Women’s Day and food security
William Lambers, author of Ending World Hunger, advocates for school meal programs in the developing world...
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