Articles Tagged with ''food security''

Switching highly specialized supply chains to an oversubscribed market is raising new challenges as well as questions about how the nation feeds the hungry during crises.

Pierre Ferrari is the president and CEO of Heifer International, and in this opinion piece he shares his thoughts on global food security.

Food-insecure households in the United States, defined as those who “had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources,” declined to prerecession levels last year, USDA's Economic Research Service reported Wednesday.

There is hope for ensuring the world has enough clean, fresh water in the near future, despite an ever-increasing world population that requires more water and food, a new report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs says. But the task is enormous.

October 16 is World Food Day, a time to promote worldwide awareness and action on behalf of those who suffer from hunger – and acknowledge the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.

Does food security affect national security? Experts at a global food security summit debated the question last week at Virginia's George Mason University.

Ending hunger and chronic malnutrition remains within our grasp.

An American Food Security Strategy is an imperative factor in reducing the multiple threats impacting our National wellbeing.

Today the world is more interconnected and interdependent than ever. And yet one in nine people around the world go hungry every day.