food insecurity
Nobel and World Food Prize Winners Call for ‘Moonshot’ Effort to Curb Global Hunger
An open letter calling for efforts to increase food production to avert a world hunger catastrophe has been signed by more than 150 winners of the Nobel and World Food Prizes. The signatories made a plea for political and financial backing to come up…
The Ukraine War’s Role in Exacerbating Global Food Insecurity
The effects of the war in Ukraine have brought much of the world’s attention to energy prices. But food insecurity is also rising and will likely get worse By John P. Ruehl With some of the world’s most fertile land,…
Should Elon Musk try to solve the problem of world hunger with $6 billion? 5 questions answered
Elon Musk hinted on Oct. 31, 2021, perhaps jokingly, that he might be willing to donate US$6 billion of his fortune to pay for hunger relief. But there was a catch: The United Nations would have to prove that it can…
Face 2 Face with Martha Hennessy
On this show we speak over the phone with Martha Hennessy granddaughter of Dorothy Day and Activist again nuclear weapons. Martha is out of prison on a very restricted confinement in a “halfway house” without internet connect and perhaps for another month…
Mismanagement of the COVID-19 Crisis Increases Food Insecurity in India and Brazil
As Indians continue to scramble for survival through a deadly second COVID-19 wave and deal with an inadequate health care system that has failed them at every step, for a majority of the country living in rural areas and in…
How One Rural Community Creatively Solved Keeping Its Residents Well Fed During a Pandemic
The people of Comox Valley broke many molds to keep people fed through COVID-19 and got its government’s attention on food security. By April M. Short Hunger and food insecurity have increased worldwide since COVID-19 took hold. In December 2020,…
Hungry Children in the Empire
By Farooque Chowdhury Many news from the Empire interest many readers, as the Empire itself is interesting. It’s interesting due to its economy, politics and diplomacy, part of its geostrategic and geotactical games, and for its audacity and arrogance, and…
‘Hunger Like They’ve Never Seen It Before’: US Food Banks Struggle as 1 in 6 Families With Children Don’t Have Enough to Eat
“We’re now seeing families who had an emergency fund but it’s gone and they’re at the end of their rope,” said one Texas food bank director. By Brett Wilkins One in six U.S. families with children don’t have enough to…
Community Fridges Are Popping Up Across America for Mutual Aid Amid the Pandemic
Fighting food insecurity, one block at a time. By April M. Short On one side of a refrigerator that stands on a sidewalk in New Orleans, two alligators encircle a woman with dark mocha skin wearing a tattered white slip.…
Resolving displacement critical for regional, international stability – UN refugee chief
As forced displacement tops 79.5 million, Filippo Grandi urges UN Security Council to use its authority seek peace and inclusion for the displaced. By Tim Gaynor Ending conflicts around the world that are driving unprecedented global displacement is not just a…
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