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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
In this opinion piece, Andrew Williams of the Deep South Food Alliance discusses hunger in Alabama’s Black Belt and what can be done to improve economic conditions related to food and agriculture.
In this opinion piece, Stewart Leeth of Smithfield Foods, Inc. discusses the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health and Smithfield’s commitments in these areas.
Food insecurity in America held relatively steady overall in 2021 at 10.2%, but there was some improvement among households with children, the Agriculture Department says.
President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the administration’s chief agricultural negotiator is expected to get committee approval this week as lawmakers start wrapping up their pre-election to-do list.
The U.S. is donating billions of dollars worth of food and other humanitarian assistance to address the global food crisis, but some of the poorest regions in the world still stand on the precipice of famine.
White House officials are sifting through reams of outside comments about the goals of the upcoming White House hunger conference and have yet to announce a specific date or dates, or an agenda.
If the current trend of farmland conversion continues, the United States will lose an area nearly the size of South Carolina in the not-too-distant future.
