Contributing authors: Jessica Levy and Elena Seeley, with support from Katherine Albertson, Amy Hauer, and Anna Poe 2025 was a year marked by immense uncertainty. Cuts to nutrition assistance and climate smart agriculture programs in the United States, the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and declining Official Development…
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The Promise of Urban Agroecology to Enhance Food and Nutrition Security in the 21st Century
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Op-Ed | No Beef Here. Brazil Beat Hunger the Right Way
Brazil feeds the world, but its greatest export might be the policies that ended hunger at home.
Rooted in Health: How FreshRx Oklahoma Is Redefining Healthcare through Food and Community
FreshRx wants to transform healthcare outcomes by prescribing healthy food to improve patient outcomes and reduce chronic disease.
What’s Next for Global Food Policy? IFPRI Offers a Roadmap to 2050
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Hunger Is a Choice—Brazil Just Proved It
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A Blueprint for Change: Food Security Leadership Council Charts New Path Forward
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The opportunity for a child to have a healthy breakfast and lunch remained a challenge for far too many Michigan families, so policymakers took action.
Food Justice Is Economic Justice: How a Box of Produce Can Rebuild Our Food System
Dion’s Chicago Dream is redefining food assistance.
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