Tag: Food insecurity
What is food insecurity?
Caitlin Caspi, University of Connecticut
Among the many striking images from the pandemic is an aerial photo showing cars in seemingly endless rows lined up...
18 million US children are at risk of hunger: How is...
Heather Eicher-Miller, Purdue University; David Himmelgreen, University of South Florida; Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton, and Kecia Johnson, Mississippi State University
Editor’s note: The...
Americans aren’t getting enough to eat during the coronavirus pandemic –...
Kayla de la Haye, University of Southern California
The number of Americans who can’t get enough food is rising from already troubling levels during the...
5 ways MacKenzie Scott’s $5.8 billion commitment to social and economic...
Elizabeth J. Dale, Seattle University
The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on Dec. 15 that she had given almost US$4.2 billion to hundreds of...
A hospital that prescribes free nutritious food to families who need...
Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton
Being food-insecure – unable to get enough nutritious food to meet your needs – can take a toll on...
How climate change is driving emigration from Central America
Miranda Cady Hallett, University of Dayton
Clouds of dust rose behind the wheels of the pickup truck as we hurtled over the back road in...
More solutions needed for campus hunger
Suzanna Martinez, University of California, San Francisco
A new federal report does a good job of explaining what many researchers have been saying for a...
Food scholarships could help more students finish college
Daphne Hernandez, University of Houston
It’s hard, if not impossible, to succeed in college if you’re hungry. Seems like such an easy concept that it’s...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
