Food Insecurity

Hunger Doesn't Take a Summer Vacation

Jeremy Everett | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Hunger, Food Insecurity, Child Poverty, Texas Child Hunger, Texas Food Insecurity, Child Hunger, Texas Child Poverty, Child Food Insecurity, Impact News
Jeremy Everett

For the more than two million Texas children who rely on school meals as their primary source of nutrition, summer means they lose access to these programs and the guarantee of food that will allow them to lead healthy, active lives.

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Urban Gleaners: Reducing Food Waste to Reduce Hunger (Video)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Children Hungry, Urban Gleaners, Food Insecurity, Food Rescuers, Food Pantry, Food for the Poor, Food Waste, Food for the Hungry, Food Bank, Food Security, Reducing Food Waste, Video, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

A simple idea that came out of hearing a story on the radio. For Tracy Oseran, it was something she had to do: help find and distribute food that would otherwise be thrown out.

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A New Alliance for the Future

Rep. Karen Bass | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: G8, Global Summit, New Alliance for Food and Nutrition Security, Nato G8 Summits Chicago, G8 Summit, Impact G8, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Impact News
Rep. Karen Bass

President Obama's New Alliance announcement is an acknowledgment that the global community is capable of achieving an enormous impact even in an economic environment where many nations are being forced to retreat from their promises.

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Dear G8: Be Bold And Inclusive In Tackling Hunger

Samuel A. Worthington | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: G8, Hunger, Food Security, G8 Impact, G8 Summit, Global Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Insecurity, Global Health, Dear G8, Impact News
Samuel A. Worthington

As an amateur climber for 20 years, I learned that to scale daunting cliffs and ice, two core attributes are required -- courage and teamwork. You probably feel like you have been climbing your own mountain after two days of G8 talks at Camp David

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Grandparents Going Hungry

Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Hunger, Snap, Csfp, Retirement, Choices, Food Insecurity, Feeding America, Older Americans Month, Grandparents, Seniors, Fixed Income, Impact News
Vicki B. Escarra

If a society is judged by the way it treats the most vulnerable among them, we may be headed for a failing grade. Just consider these disturbing statistics when it comes to senior hunger.

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Food Security: A Ripe Opportunity For The G8

Bruce Campbell Ph.D. | Posted 05.21.2012

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Bruce Campbell Ph.D.

Not only that we must redouble our efforts to increase our overall food production, but that we must do this with a smaller impact on the climate while promoting sustainable diets and uncovering new methods for efficient distribution and waste prevention.

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Life and Death Side by Side in Mauritania Food Crisis

World Vision | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Food Crisis, Nouakchott, Famine, Africa Famine, Africa, Food Insecurity, Mauritania, World News
World Vision

Mauritania -- with 700,000 people battling food insecurity out of a population of 3.5 million -- faces a food crisis three times worse than the one which struck the West African nation two years ago.

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We Need To Work Harder To Save 2.6 Million Children A Year From Nutrition-Related Deaths

Carole Presern | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Postnatal Care, G8 Summit, Infant Health, G8, Food Insecurity, Malnutrition, Global Health, Global Motherhood, Dear G8, Maternal Health, Prenatal Care, Food Security, Undernutrition, Impact G8, Impact News
Carole Presern

We hope G8 leaders commit to action and investment to improve nutrition for mothers and children during the critical 1,000 days from pregnancy to age 2, when nutrition can have a lifelong impact on a child's future in terms of both health and development.

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Pushing Forward G8's Anti-Corruption Agenda

Shruti Shah | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Corruption, Food Insecurity, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Impactg8, Sub-Saharan Africa, Dear G8, G8 Summit, G8, Impact News
Shruti Shah

As leaders of the G8 convene at Camp David, it is imperative they take corruption into account. Corruption underpins many of the summit's stated objectives -- such as promoting food security in Africa.

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Will The G8 Be A Historic Success Or Just Another Meeting?

Neil Watkins | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Global Hunger, G8 Summit, G8 Hunger, Dear G8, World Hunger, G8, Nutrition, Food Insecurity, Malnutrition, Diet and Nutrition, Food Security, Impact News
Neil Watkins

There is no lack of motivation to address global hunger at this summit, but it is how they are going about it that is causing concern.

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A Mother's Toughest Question: How Will I Feed My Children?

Lane Hartill | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Dear G8, G8, Diet and Nutrition, Camp David, Food Insecurity, Hunger, Nutrition, Food Security, Global Motherhood, Impact News
Lane Hartill

President Obama, to borrow Dr. Martin Luther King's phrase, we are in the "fierce urgency of now." The G8 needs to find the political will to end malnutrition. Pledge to save 15 million children from chronic malnourishment. Don't just say it; do it.

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Honoring The Commitment To Put An End To Food Insecurity

Ben Leo | Posted 05.10.2012

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Ben Leo

At the 2009 L'Aquila G8 Summit, the G8 countries and five other donors responded to the global food crisis and pledged $22 billion in support of agriculture and food security initiatives. Despite the initial enthusiasm and diligence, however, donors have not taken the Rome Principles to heart.

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Put Nutrition And Hunger On G8 Table At Camp David

Samuel A. Worthington | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Malnutrition, G8, Hunger, Food Security, Camp David, Food Insecurity, Global Hunger, Dear G8, World Hunger, Nutrition, Impact News
Samuel A. Worthington

The G8 summit is expected to produce a new "food security initiative" which is likely to have a strong focus on the private sector's contribution to increasing food production and, we fear, not enough on nutrition.

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Hunger in America

Christina Weiss Lurie | Posted 05.04.2012

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Christina Weiss Lurie

I should have been prepared for the notion that hunger was prevalent here in the United States, but I wasn't. I was shocked to hear that a First World country had such an ignominious reality prevalent across all 50 states.

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Laura Rowley

One In Seven Seniors Faces Threat Of Hunger: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 05.04.2012

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One in seven seniors in America -- some 8.3 million people -- faced the threat of hunger in 2010, a 78 percent spike since 2001, according to a study ...

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A Dangerous Attack on School Breakfast

Billy Shore | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Hunger, Youth Hunger, Student Hunger, Nutrition, School Lunch, School Breakfasts, Food Insecurity, Impact News
Billy Shore

New York City is dead last among 26 large urban areas in school breakfast participation, even though 74% of the city's public school students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Enter the city Health Department, which wants to halt plans to serve more morning meals at school.

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Hungry Kids Can't Keep an Empire State of Mind

Gordon Campbell | Posted 04.10.2012

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Gordon Campbell

As Governor Cuomo reminded us in his State of the State address, the numbers of children going hungry have never been higher in New York.

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Food Security

Jesse Seaver | Posted 05.20.2012

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Jesse Seaver

When we're hungry, we expect to eat. In fact, we expect to be able to eat whatever we want. Eating when we are hungry -- or, as many of us like to say, when we are "starving" -- is easily taken for granted.

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Global Food Security: The Biggest Challenge for Our World

Richard Attias | Posted 05.14.2012

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Richard Attias

As climate change affects weather patterns across the globe, and political tensions flare up, food security will become one of the most pressing issues for the world's leaders to deal with.

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Of Presidents and Paupers and Food

Liz Neumark | Posted 05.06.2012

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Liz Neumark

There are hundreds of pantries throughout NYC that serve thousands day after day after day with limited resources. Everyone is dying to know what we served the president, but it is these truly critical meals that never make the news.

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It's One Of Those Recoveries Where People Can't Afford Food

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.29.2012

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Here in the United States, growing numbers of people can't afford that most basic of necessities: food. More Americans said they struggled to buy f...

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Public-private Partnership in California Tackles Obesity, Hunger Epidemics

Araceli Ruano | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Michelle Obama, Hunger, Obesity, The California Endowment, California Freshworks Fund, Healthy Eating, Healthy Food, Food Insecurity, Michelle Obama Food, Food, California Food Deserts, Food Deserts, Impact News
Araceli Ruano

California's Freshworks Fund serves as a model for an innovative public-private partnership loan fund with the potential to increase access to healthy and affordable food throughout the state.

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Still Hungry in America

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.11.2012

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Marian Wright Edelman

Last year more Americans relied on food stamps to eat than at any time since the program began in 1939 -- 46 million. Yet once again some voices are starting to wonder whether we really need robust anti-hunger programs in America.

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Amanda Terkel

The Reality Behind Rhetoric About Food Stamps

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Poverty, Food Stamps, Food Banks, Second Harvest, US Poverty, Mitt Romney, Florida Primary, Video, Unemployed, Second Harvest Food Bank, Mitt Romney 2012, Food Insecurity, Second Harvest North Florida, Florida, Food Bank, Snap, Poverty in America, Politics News

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Rhetoric about jobs is everywhere during this campaign season. To emphasize how much they want to create jobs and how valuable s...

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Activists Outraged As Celebs Dine On Gold (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.14.2012

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We revealed the decadent menu for this year's Golden Globe awards, and the news that the show's attendees will literally be eating gold has anti-hunge...

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