• Food

Will COVID-19 Lead to A Global “Hunger Games”?

• conservation
• crabmeat
• food
• food insecurity
• Indonesia
• science
• supply chain
• Walton Family Foundation

Global leaders are warning that breaks in the global supply chain for food imports to the U.S. could have devastating impacts in developing countries.

Why This Matters:  Thanks to the President ordering meat plants to re-open, we are focused on food supply chains here at home, but there many people around the world supplying us necessary food items (like fresh fruits and vegetables and seafood that can’t be grown here now) as well.

• Health

Coronavirus: The Impact on Our Food System

• #COVID19
• agribusiness
• coronavirus
• farmers
• food insecurity
• food waste

Of all the stressful considerations we have to make during coronavirus, thinking through how we ensure our food system stays functioning is daunting. Shutdowns and demand changes have farmers fearful, lack of safety precautions is endangering agricultural workers who have been deemed “essential,” and a lack of workers may ensure that food is left rotting […]

• People

Interview of the Week, Carol Shattuck, CEO of Food Rescue US

• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• food insecurity
• food waste
• FoodRescueUS

Food Rescue US is committed to reducing food waste and food insecurity at 25 sites across America by using technology to engage volunteers to transfer excess fresh food from grocers, restaurants, and other sources, to social service agencies that feed people who are food insecure. ODP:   Do you think this current crisis is an opportunity […]

• Food

Climate Change Could Drive Omega-3 Shortages

• fisheries
• food insecurity

The developing human brain needs a molecule called docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA which is an omega-3 fatty acid. However, as Scientific American recently reported, a new study “predicts that by 2100, increasing water temperatures brought on by a warming planet could result in 96 percent of the world’s population not having access to an omega-3 […]

• People

Interview of the Week: Kimberly Williams-Paisley

• food insecurity
• hunger

When actress and activist Kimberly Williams-Paisley and her husband Brad saw a problem of food insecurity in their hometown of Nashville they decided to do something about it. Together with their sons, they created the concept of The Store, which will be a free grocery store allowing those in need to shop with dignity like […]