Amid rising food insecurity and cuts to federal nutrition programs, leaders at Climate Week NYC explore how food can be a tool for health, equity, and community resilience.
Explore five urgent stories this week, from Climate Week NYC to collapsing coastal ecosystems and ballooning food prices.
This week, Eleven Madison Park brings back meat, USDA curbs union rights, wildfires rage in Europe, and U.S. agencies delete climate data.
Common metrics like LILA and RFEI fall short in capturing the full scope of food insecurity, according to a new analysis from the Auguste Escoffier School.
The African Vegetable Biodiversity Rescue Plan aims to address hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and the climate crisis by rescuing and preserving Africa’s vegetable biodiversity.
A healthy diet is out of reach for nearly half of the world’s population even while food manufacturers and global seed giants continue to report record profits.
Advocates say that urgent reform is needed to address the global hunger and climate crises. Two campaigns launched at COP27 outline important interventions.
Youth from low-income families face significant barriers to career development but soft skill training in the garden can help.
Oxfam’s new brief reveals how wealth inequalities, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, increased food insecurity for society’s most vulnerable.
Dr. Paul Farmer, an award-winning infectious disease doctor, anthropologist, co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH), and author of 12 books died at age 62 on February 21, 2022. Farmer was a global health champion and he dedicated his career to…
In South Carolina, FoodShare SC aims to tackle food insecurity and increase produce consumption for communities who face limited access to affordable and fresh, nutritious foods.
The Taliban takeover threatens livestock farmers in Afghanistan, leaving them vulnerable to climate and economic shocks in an increasingly unstable country.
Philanthropy spends billions on issue areas that are implicitly connected to food systems, yet food issues are seldom explicitly addressed in funding strategies.
In the face of global refugee and local poverty crises, a Turkish chef is using social gastronomy to empower, protect, and educate vulnerable women.
As COVID-19 aggravates food insecurity, U.N. releases new study documenting Indigenous peoples’ experiences.
Dreaming Out Loud receives ReFED grant to recover 500,000 pounds of food in Washington D.C.’s Wards 7 and 8
Native-led Partnership with Native Americans is supporting rural reservations in the fight against food insecurity during the pandemic.
With the economy in freefall, Lebanese families are resorting to Facebook bartering platforms to exchange goods and services for food.
The coronavirus pandemic has sparked not only a health crisis but also an economic crisis, which together pose a serious threat to food security, particularly in poorer countries.
More people in the United Kingdom are struggling to access food. Nourish Scotland’s online workshops help emergency food volunteers promote the dignity of those in need.
