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News Articles: food insecurity

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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By:
  • 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
A volunteer loads a local resident's vehicle at a drive-up produce giveaway organized by a Des Moines food pantry on Aug. 28, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.

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  • Politics

Biden's goal to end hunger by 2030 and his new food conference, explained

The first White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health since 1969 is happening in late September. Some are worried the administration won't be able to meet the high bar that conference set.

August 29, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Women in burkas sit outside a bakery in Kabul. Impoverished women from hilltop slums around Kabul have been flocking to bakeries in the city, silently waiting to see if someone will purchase bread for them.

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  • Global Health

In Kabul, a new ritual: Hungry women wait for bread outside bakeries

Since the Taliban came to power, food insecurity has risen. Women in blue burqas sit in front of the city's upscale bakeries, silently waiting for charitable passersby to purchase bread for them.

July 17, 2022
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Fazelminallah Qazizai
Food bank

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  • Children's Health

Georgia’s pandemic food stamp benefit ending on May 31

 Georgians who rely on food stamps are set to see a steep decrease in the amount of money they receive each month starting in June. That’s because increased food stamp amounts were tied to Georgia’s COVID emergency. 

May 23, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Salman Khan Rashid, 24, right, and his mother, Sana Rashid, at home. Salman lost his job as a golf coach at a Mumbai sports club during the pandemic. The household, which includes Salman's three sisters, is now surviving on savings. But when he's able, he'll give a little money or food to others facing food insecurity.

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  • Global Health

PHOTOS: They Give To Others Even Though They Barely Have Enough To Feed Their Family

The pandemic has made it hard for millions of people to put food on their table. But some of them still try to be as generous as they can when they see someone else in need.

September 26, 2021
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  • NPR Special Report
V (from left), Suga and Jin of BTS at the launch of the U.N. General Assembly's 76th session on Monday. The popular boy band from South Korea sang (in a video performance viewed online by more than 1 million) and spoke.

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  • Global Health

BTS Spoke At The UNGA. And That's Not The Only Surprise At The U.N. Event

The appearance of the popular boy band from South Korea is one of many unexpected moments at the U.N. General Assembly — everything from a U.N. TikTok to a groundbreaking food summit.

September 21, 2021
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By:
  • Joanne Lu
A child tax credit poster is displayed during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on July 15. Early data shows that after the child tax credit payments went out this summer, the number of households with children who experience food insufficiency dropped.

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  • Health

The New Child Tax Credit Brings A Drop In Households Reporting Hunger

Early data shows that after the child tax credit payments started going out this summer, the number of households with children who experience food insufficiency dropped.

August 13, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
A lesbian couple hold hands during the annual Gay Pride rally, on June 8, 2007. Recent survey data shows that LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are more likely to report higher rates of food and economic insecurity.

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  • National

LGBTQ Adults Are Facing Hunger At Almost Twice The Rate As Others, New Data Shows

LGBTQ Americans in a new Census survey reported higher rates of food and economic insecurity, indicating the community is experiencing a particularly heavy financial toll from the pandemic.

August 12, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
Food distribution in Troup County

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  • Politics

Vilsack Keys In On Food Insecurity And Nutrition In USDA Budget Request

Rep. Sanford Bishop, an Albany Democrat and chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA Subcommittee, raised concerns about food insecurity, which has been exacerbated due to the pandemic.

April 15, 2021
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By:
  • Ariana Figueroa
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