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News Articles: food insecurity

Laila Aseel, 24, holds her 1-year-old daughter, Aram. Aseel came to the hospital from an internally displaced persons camp, where she was living with her husband and four children after fleeing fighting in the north. She says she is unable to feed her kids more than one meal a day; when she arrived at the hospital, her daughter was near death from malnutrition.

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  • Global Health

Report from Yemen: The fate of the children

Peace talks and diplomatic progress have raised hopes of an end to the war. But has there been any progress in addressing the country's devastating degree of hunger?

September 15, 2023
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  • Fatma Tanis
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

Small-scale farmers in Africa will be the beneficiaries of huge humanitarian prize

The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Gabriel Spitzer
Leanna Pierre and Kristin Elliot prepare ingredients for a red beans and rice dish.

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  • Agents for Change

'Great American Recipe' finalist Leanna Pierre is using her platform to educate on food insecurity

A Georgia native and finalist on this season of GPB’s The Great American Recipe is using her platform to educate on the issue of food insecurity and summer hunger. In the Atlanta Community Food Bank's Learning Kitchen, Leanna Pierre taught viewers how to recreate two of her favorite recipes and asked them to get involved in improving their communities.

August 05, 2023
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By:
  • Allexa Ceballos
Anti-tank obstacles on a wheat field at a farm in southern Ukraine's Mykolaiv region. The country's grain exports were curtailed this week when Russia pulled out of a deal that allowed grain-laden ships to sail out of Ukrainian ports.

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  • Global Health

Russia's nixing of Ukraine grain deal deepens worries about global food supply

Since the war began, there's been concern about getting Ukrainian grain to countries in need. A deal was struck in 2022 to keep exports flowing — but Russia put an end to it on Monday.

July 19, 2023
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  • Andrew Connelly
Troup County food distribution

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  • News

Tens of thousands of Georgians at risk of losing food assistance under state’s new work rules

Food assistance advocates contend that a Georgia agency’s refusal to apply for a federal work exemption puts thousands of Georgians in danger of losing much-needed monthly payments for groceries.

July 17, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Sheena Hartry hands out lunch bags to kids at a neighborhood in south Macon during the second to last week of the Bibb County School District's mobile summer lunch program.

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  • Children's Health

Feeding thousands of kids a day during the summer takes a lot of work. For many, it's crucial

Federally funded summer meal programs, like the one run by the Bibb County School District in Macon, fill the gap during for families experiencing food insecurity.

July 11, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Fulton County families make the first bags after the County Clerk office held a ribbon cutting for their new food pantry June 12, 2023.

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  • News

'We see it all the time': Fulton County Clerk addresses food insecurity

Community leaders joined Fulton County officials to open a new food pantry as prices rise and more people need help feeding their families.

June 12, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Christina visited the Atlanta Zoo with her grandchildren Moriyah and Cayden. (Sherri Feliccia/ISDD)

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  • News

Project GRANDD helps grandparents raise their grandchildren

Grandparents who raise grandchildren with disabilities can find aid and resources from Project GRAND, the largest kinship family services provider in metro Atlanta. 

April 27, 2023
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  • Bob Pepalis
In this 2021 file photo, NBA star Steph Curry talks to kids in Oakland, Calif., about nutrition and exercise.

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  • Politics

Biden turns to Steph Curry, DoorDash and others to advance nutrition and hunger goals

The White House is working with private companies like DoorDash and Instacart to try to make healthy food more accessible. It also named Olympic athletes to a council focused on nutrition.

March 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Additional benefits during the pandemic helped SNAP recipients reduce hunger and buy more expensive, healthy food.

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  • Health

Pandemic food assistance that held back hunger comes to an end

Millions of people who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP will see a cut of $90 a month or more. Some recipients say it will make it harder to buy healthy food.

March 01, 2023
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
Two of our favorite hidden gems feature goats who take no guff and an ice sculptor from Kenya who defied skeptics.

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  • Global Health

Editors' pick: 8 great global stories from 2022 you might have missed

You'll read about a Kenyan ice sculptor, the risks to women from food insecurity, a poignant street encounter — and goats locking horns with sheep in a changing climate.

December 23, 2022
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  • Marc Silver
Jericho Road Ministry in Macon, Ga., hosts a Thanksgiving food drive on Nov. 22, 2022 with food donated from the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank. About 96,000 people are considered food insecure in food bank's 24-county region.

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  • Food

Georgia food pantry works to meet high demand for Thanksgiving staples

Rising food prices haven’t swayed most consumers, but low-income families still look to food pantries for help

November 24, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Volunteers rescue food from restaurants and take it to shelters to feed those in need.

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  • Agents for Change

Reclaiming food this Thanksgiving season — by not throwing it away

Several nonprofits are working to rescue nutritious food to distribute as the need grows in Georgia.

November 24, 2022
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By:
  • Leah Fleming

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  • Global Health

Food insecurity is driving women in Africa into sex work, increasing HIV risk

A study found that giving direct food support to women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa cut their risk of contracting HIV by 64%, because it alleviated the pressure to engage in high-risk sex.

November 11, 2022
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  • Seyma Bayram
Jefferson County School District Food Service Department staff arrange some of the hundreds of free lunches that was given to students on March 3, 2021 in Fayette, Miss. As one of the most food insecure counties in the United States, many families and their children come to depend on the free meals as their only means of daily sustenance.

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  • Family

Food access increased for children in 2021, but decreased for adults living alone

Children had more access to food in 2021 compared to the previous year. But for other groups such as the elderly and women living alone, food insecurity was on the rise, according to the U.S.

September 08, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
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