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Stay updated with the latest news and insights to fight hunger.Most Recent
Books & Media Reviews
Essentials of Public Health Communication: A Valuable Book and Curricula
Around the world, a key shift during the past few decades in combatting malnutrition has been the adoption of social marketing, communications and "behavior change" to improve diets, caretaker behavior, and recognition of failures in child growth.Â...
In Memoriam
The Tallest Man: William Foege in Memoriam
William (Bill) Foege’s achievements for the health of humanity tower above almost everyone. He passed away this past week. Born in 1936, his many diverse achievements include: * Eradicated smallpox. Working with DA...
Nutrition
A Promising Model to Predict Rates of U.S. Food Insecurity
As covered in a September 20 Hunger Notes article, the USDA announced that they would no longer be collecting the annual data measuring household food insecurity and cancelling the Household Food Security Reports. This means that the 2024 ...
Global
Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk-The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID
This article explains how the long-term climate-related effects of cutting USAID are real in terms of actual dollar costs to countries, as well as other impacts, such as increased irregular migration, climate risks, endangered supply chains, humanita...
Americas
CSIS Reviews Implications of the Final U.S. Hunger Report
A new Jan. 6 report from the think tank, CSIS, reviews the recent U.S. Government study about hunger in America, noting that this until-now annual food security or hunger report will no longer be conducted by the US Government which deemed it politic...
Americas
Death from Malnutrition in the United States
Deaths among Americans caused by malnutrition and hunger have increased 600% according to the Washington Post and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as reported by Andrew van Darn on Jan. 5, 2026, who finds that the increase is...
Africa
Book Classic: The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience and Lessons Learned by John Osgood Field
The anthology edited by John Osgood Field, The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience Lessons Learned" remains one of the premier books about predicting and measuring famine ever published. Field, until his retirement a professor of food ...
Africa
Key U.N. Updates Show Alarming Hunger Trends
Recent UN annual reports and updates about global hunger highlight several important issues and trends as we move into 2026: WFP will prioritize feeding 110 million in 2026 despite larger need: Decli...
Agriculture & Nutrition
Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
A classic publication about food insecurity that is still worth a read today to understand how aid has developed in Latin America is "Bittersweet Harvests for Global Supermark...
Global
Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
"The decision halts funding for initiatives that build resilience in chronically food-insecure regions — known as resilience food security activities or nonemergency food aid — which are designed to reduce chronic hunger and prevent future emerge...
Africa
Articles about Malnutrition Field Programs, "Field Exchange", October 2025
The Emergency Nutrition Exchange, based out of Dublin, Ireland, has published groundbreaking, field-level technical research about attacking malnutrition for the last few decades. The latest edition, Issue 76 (October 2025) showcases community-led,...
Global
Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity
Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity As part of its mission to educate about hunger, WHES has put together an index of publicly available lesson plans on hunger and food insecurity. Whether you are a sc...
Africa
A Crucible of Courage: A Review of Ken Isaacs’ "Running to the Fire"
Ken Isaacs spent more than three decades with Samaritan’s Purse, rising to executive vice-president and helping turn Franklin Graham’s organization into one of the largest Christian relief agencies on earth. In Running to the Fire he rec...
famine
Food Assistance Outlook Brief
FEWS NET released their Food Assistance Outlook Brief for October 2025. The monthly outlook briefs provide country-by-country information on hunger hot spots as well as and global trends. This brief focused on Guatemala and Mozambique. You can al...
Global
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Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk-The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID
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Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
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Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity
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Food Assistance Outlook Brief
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USAID Library of Project Reports and Evaluations Now Available from Third Parties
Agriculture & Nutrition
Book Reviews
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Essentials of Public Health Communication: A Valuable Book and Curricula
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Book Classic: The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience and Lessons Learned by John Osgood Field
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Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
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Articles about Malnutrition Field Programs, “Field Exchange”, October 2025
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A Crucible of Courage: A Review of Ken Isaacs’ “Running to the Fire”
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Environmentally-Induced Displacement and Health/Nutrition — a Roundtable Review
On Resilience
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Food Insecurity Impairs Resilience and Elevates Distress in Young Adults
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Book Review: We Fed an Island – the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair
by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader -
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