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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
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.
In this joint opinion piece, philanthropists and professional athletes Curtis Granderson and Kelvin Beachum highlight their respective charitable endeavors while advocating for Congress to enact a farm bill that strengthens SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.
Lawmakers are going to be leaving a lot of money on the table – nearly $1.8 billion – if they can’t agree on putting Inflation Reduction Act conservation funding into a new farm bill.
One year after the first White House hunger conference in 50 years, there are wins as well as areas of needed focus to meet the goals laid out by government and private entities.
Anti-hunger advocates say rising food costs combined with the expiration of an emergency increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits could erase some gains in food security realized during the pandemic.
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