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May 30, 2026 Reports this week indicate an increase in food insecurity among lower-income houses with children in the United States. On May 27, 2026, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York w...
May 27, 2026 by Nadira Kabir Rethinking Summer Break: School Meals, Hunger, and American Families Earlier this month, I saw a news segment about public schools in Loudoun County, Virginia — a large suburban school district near Washington, D.C. — exploring the possibi...
May 24, 2026 BACKGROUND: The primary way that the United States government, working with nonprofits, has fought hunger and malnutrition around the world has been through the U.S. Food for Peace program (originally Public Law...
World Hunger Education Service was invited to meet with a group of 5th graders at Yu Ying Public Charter School in Northeast Washington, DC to talk with them about hunger in the world. Fifth graders at Yu Ying are tasked with com...
Farm bankruptcies in the United States increased during the last year, with Chapter 12 filings rising 46% to 315, up from 216 in 2024. Regional Hotspots: The Midwest and Southeast accounted for over two-thirds of all filings, with states like Arkansas, Montana, and Pennsylvania seeing especially...
Former federal worker Nadira Kabir reflects on her experience navigating access to the SNAP program (U.S. domestic food assistance) after unemployment and pregnancy. "SNAP exists because hunger doesn’t wait for ...
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 report will be the last under the current format. ...
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 political and inducing fear. Caitlin Welsh, the author...
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 seen "across the board. Every state, every educat...
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 school teacher, a homeschooling parent, a daycare wo...
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