food insecurity

Food insecurity on Long Island has seen a dramatic increase, with recent reports highlighting a concerning trend that impacts thousands of residents. A new study by Feeding America, titled "Map the Meal Gap," reveals a significant rise in the number...

Food Recovery Network teams up with celebrity chefs: “It’s a good way for me to give back and not worry about it”

Food prices rose worldwide following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Together, these two countries produce around 30 percent of all wheat exports, in addition to other grains and related foodstuffs. The Food Outlook report warns that existing differences between richer and poorer countries...

Long Island Cares, a food bank, conducted a study to understand food insecurity on the island. “The State of Food Insecurity on Long Island” took a demographic approach to focus on  how various groups are coping with the prevailing conditions....

It's no secret that the industrialized countries throw out enormous quantities of food while in the developing countries people are starving. In the US alone, 108 billion pounds of food is wasted every year. That equates to 130 billion meals and more...

Renewed blockage of cash In February, President Biden issued an Executive Order to continue to block the cash and reportedly use part of the funds for purposes within the US, instead of the immediate and longer-term humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. The rights...

Humanitarian Aid  Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries and regions - “hunger hotspots”, where conflict, economic shocks, natural hazards, political instability, and limited humanitarian access, are putting millions of lives at risk, UN agencies highlighted on Thursday.  According to...