Articles and Reports
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America
The Pew Charitable Trusts & The Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Pew Charitable Trusts & The Bloomberg School of Public Health
This report comes from a commission funded by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of public health investigated the change that producing farm animals for meat has undergone in the recent years, from smaller family-maintained farms into larger, industrial farms. The article explores the different causes and effects of this transition. Read the executive summary of the report here, or the full report here.
Household Food Security in the United States in 2013
U.S. Department of Agriculture
This research, conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture, examined the percentage of food secure homes in the nation. It compared the numbers retrieved from the 2013 with the results from years before and attempts to uncover the correlation between food insecure homes and the presence of children in the household. Read the report here.
US Pavilion Seeks to be a Catalyst in Food Security Discussion
The Expo 2015, hosted in Italy, will be completely about food and nutrition. There will be introductions of new ideas that can feed the ever growing population of the planet, such as vertical gardens. The main emphasis is on the idea of food as "a strong diplomatic tool." Read the article here.
Sowing the Seeds of Food Security
New York Times, Fiona MacKay
New York Times, Fiona MacKay
Organizations such as SEED in South Africa take advantage of learning gardens to try to teach students about normal school subjects such as science and geography, but also to teach them about hunger. This article discusses the goals and practices of the organization and talks about other organizations with similar ideas. Read the article here.
The Next UN Secretary-General: An Experienced Woman to Foster Global Food Security
Huffington Post, Dan Glickman (Former Secretary of Agriculture)
Food security and related humanitarian needs present the great unacknowledged challenges of the 21st century. While conflicts in countries like Syria and Ukraine dominate the daily news cycle, and longer-term concerns about climate change and energy security are frequently aired, the problem of hunger and the emergence of new threats to world food supplies receive far less attention than they merit. These problems contribute directly to political instability, forced migration and violence. Without sustained focus at an international level and the commitment of adequate resources to address the problems, there is a real risk that the responses needed to address these issues will come too late to avert the geopolitical instability and widespread human suffering that may result.
Hillary vs. Bernie on Franken Food
Huffington Post, Judy Frankel
Why would voters choose Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton?
Food is a good reason for Democrats and Republicans to abscond from their "politics as usual" party loyalties and vote for Bernie Sanders, the 38-year Independent running against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary. This article deals with both candidates' positions on two issues that relate to the food we eat - GMOs and the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Food is a good reason for Democrats and Republicans to abscond from their "politics as usual" party loyalties and vote for Bernie Sanders, the 38-year Independent running against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary. This article deals with both candidates' positions on two issues that relate to the food we eat - GMOs and the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Eliminating Food Deserts Will Take A Marriage of Private And Public Enterprise
Huffington Post
When Neelam Sharma moved with her family to South Los Angeles from London in 1996, the lack of access to healthy foods was a personal problem: She had two young kids to feed and not a Ralphs or Wegmans supermarket in sight.
Sharma began volunteering at Community Services Unlimited, an organization that provides low-cost healthy foods to the underserved community of South Los Angeles, which sits in a county with the highest rate of food insecurity in the country. She now works as the organization’s executive director, expanding its reach through funding from government and private sector programs.
Sharma began volunteering at Community Services Unlimited, an organization that provides low-cost healthy foods to the underserved community of South Los Angeles, which sits in a county with the highest rate of food insecurity in the country. She now works as the organization’s executive director, expanding its reach through funding from government and private sector programs.