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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 01, 2025
Thirteen World Food Prize laureates, including 2024 honoree Geoffrey Hawtin, issued a statement Wednesday calling global hunger the “big issue being overlooked” in U.S. elections.
Some 13.5% of U.S. households had trouble getting enough food in 2023, as food insecurity among Americans jumped once again to just under the highest rate USDA has recorded in its annual surveys.
Tribal leaders warned USDA months ago of a potential food shortage for key food assistance programs.
Now, as some tribes have struggled with backlogs throughout the summer, members of Congress are pushing for transparency and solutions.
While there are provisions to expand SNAP eligibility in the House Agriculture Committee's draft farm bill, anti-hunger say the legislation could lead to limits on food choices and put a focus on improving nutrition over addressing hunger.
The Defense Department and some members of Congress are looking at ways to reduce the skyrocketing rates of food insecurity among active-duty military members.
A new study showing that one in four active-duty members of the military are food insecure is “an eye-opening reminder of the challenges” faced by military families, according to a statement from the Agriculture Department.
Some 12.8% of U.S. households were food insecure in 2022, a jump from 10.2% the year before and the largest annual increase in USDA's hunger measure since 2008.
Some college students no longer qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after pandemic exemptions expired in July, and many Democrats in Congress are pushing to use the next farm bill to address the issue.
As part of his "My cause, my cleats" initiative, a professional football star will support the Project Food Box mission to promote access to fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables to vulnerable communities.
A gauge of global food commodity prices fell again in June, led by declines in the cost of grains and vegetable oils, and is now more than 23% off the March 2022 peak that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
