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As Covid-19 Hits War-Torn Nation, UNICEF Warns Millions of Yemeni Children at Risk of Starvation

At Least 9 Million US Households With Children Are 'Not At All Confident' They'll Be Able to Afford Food Next Month, Census Survey Finds

Julia Conley, staff writer

"E ven if they *do* end up getting food, you have to understand the mental and physical toll of living with that kind of fear, and how that affects relationships, work, health, and everything else."

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As Pandemic Rattles Global Food System, Report Deems Mass Malnutrition World's Top Killer

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A customer wearing a face mask amid concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic walks past empty shelves at a supermarket in Bangkok on March 16, 2020.

"The need for more equitable, resilient, and sustainable food and health...

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Warning of 'Hammer Blow' From Pandemic, UN Food Agencies Say Coronavirus Could Double Global Levels of Acute Hunger

Julia Conley, staff writer

Soacha's Mayor Juan Carlos Saldarriaga, delivers food to the community during the mandatory quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Soacha, Colombia on April 15, 2020. Colombia extended its national lock down until April 26 to control spread of COVID-19. (Photo: Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress via Getty Images)

A new report states 265 million people could face food insecurity by the end of...

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Farmworker Juan Antonio wears a face mask in a field in Riverhead, New York

USDA's $19 Billion in COVID-19 Relief for Farmers and Food Banks Sparks Questions About Who Will Benefit

A volunteer with Forgotten Harvest loads food into a vehicle at a mobile pantry April 14, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan.

As Food Banks Face Shortages and Fresh Produce Rots, Pandemic Spurs Calls for Sustainable Supply Chain

Wealthy Countries Must Step Up to Prevent Famine in Developing World, UN Says

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Amplifying Food Supply Chain Concerns, 230+ Coronavirus Cases Close Down Top US Pork Producer

'Government Needs to Step In': Food Banks Across US Report Unprecedented Demand—and Shortages—as Coronavirus Pandemic Ravages

Largely Driven by Climate Crisis, 9 Out of 10 Least-Reported Humanitarian Crises of 2019 Were in Africa

New Study Shows Why Trump Plan to Gut Food Stamps 'Will Literally Result in More People Dying'

Warnings That Millions More Could Go Hungry as Trump Pushes $4.5 Billion in Food Benefit Cuts

New Research Warns Severe Climate-Related Droughts Could Threaten 60% of Global Wheat Crop by 2100

New Report Details 10 'Critical Transitions' to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Feed the World

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70 US Mayors Issue Scathing Letter Demanding Trump USDA Call Off Effort to Strip Food Stamps From 3 Million People

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UN Report Calls for Transforming Land Practices to Battle Hunger and 'Suffocating Blanket of Climate Emergency'

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VP Pence Repeatedly Cites Child Nutrition as a Top Reason for Re-Opening Schools

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United Nations Warns of Famine, Urges Debt Relief and Calls for New Debt Process to Confront Coronavirus

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Pierre Tristam

Food Drops Are Not Enough. Expand Food Stamps Programs Now.

Belle Chesler

This Empire Has No Clothes: In the Classroom That Zoom Built

Adam Parsons

Will Covid-19 Spur a Peoples’ Bailout for the World’s Poorest?

Greg Kaufmann

Trump’s Hunger Games

Million Belay, Timothy A. Wise

The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa

Vandana Shiva

We Need Biodiversity-Based Agriculture to Solve the Climate Crisis

Medea Benjamin

Should We Feed Hungry Children, or the War Machine?

Karen Dolan

Our Kids Shouldn't Go to School Hungry

Steven Singer

America’s New School Lunch Policy: Punishing Hungry Students for Their Parents’ Poverty

Timothy Wise

World Hunger Is on the Rise