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Study Shows Kids’ Test Scores Drop When Their Food Stamps Run Out
School is harder to think when you're hungry.
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How a Free Grocery Store Is Cutting Food Waste — and Hunger
The Free Store redistributes up to 1,500 surplus food items.
In California, Salt Taints Soil, Threatening Food Security
Salt has been the bane of agriculture dating back to when the practice first emerged 10,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.
Trump Considers Slashing US Funding to UN Amid Warnings of Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since World War II
Joel Charny, director of the Norwegian Refugee Council USA, discusses the cuts to UN funding by Trump and its potential effects across the globe.
Kenyans Turn to Wild Fruits and Insects as Drought Looms
Once fertile agricultural land in Kenya is being degraded by encroachment and the effects of climate change.
When Your Healers Become Your Killers
Anti-microbial resistance has implications for both food safety and food security and the economic well-being of millions of farming households.
Communities Are Making Homelessness Less Visible: An Interview With Megan Hustings on Food Sharing
Janine Jackson interviewed Megan Hustings about laws against food-sharing.
A Radical Farm’s Roots Stem From Revived Korean Heritage
Natural farming, practiced for generations in Korea, has a new home in Northern California's public urban farmland.
Activists Weigh Path Forward After Congress Thwarts GMO Food Labels
Although the new federal law directs food companies to disclose whether products contain genetically modified ingredients, labels are not necessary.
Haitian-American Novelist Predicts “Ongoing Disaster” in Impoverished Haiti After Hurricane Matthew
Aid organizations are warning that food and water is scarce.