Hunger Notes is a publication of World Hunger Education Service. Sharing unbiased knowledge on #poverty, #hunger, & #foodsecurity for over 40 years.
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Save the date & join this digital event designed to spark a productive debate on scalable solutions to end global #malnutrition by 2030. #DevexFOCUS on #ScalingNutrition · Register here: pages.devex.com/scaling-nutr… 👇
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An international team of more than 100 scientists has been venturing out to collect wild relatives of domestic crops across the globe — to help preserve genetic diversity.
The massive effort has secured seed samples of 371 wild relatives of key crops.
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A 1968 survey found that poor inner-city Detroiters struggled to access fresh, reasonably priced food.
Those battles persist today.
So in one underdeveloped neighborhood, Raphael Wright and Sonya Greene are opening a bodega that sells healthy food. n.pr/32RYqpc
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Jobs Available! We are looking for qualified candidates for multiple positions in the #KansasCity area. Visit our Career Opportunities Expo on Nov. 6 to learn more about our agency: workforusdakc.com/
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According to @HungerNotes, 27% of Africans live with food insecurity. This #WorldFoodDay, we invite you to listen as we discuss what Claude Jibidar of @WFP is doing to combat this issue.
Here is a piece our partner, @CBSNews, wrote about the episode: cbsn.ws/2IWyEIB.
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Join us for our “How to Reduce Food Waste in Your Household” webinar on Sept. 24 @ 2 pm EST. Learn how much food is wasted in the U.S. & how we can take steps to reduce it. Register here: bit.ly/2kCd3vP #foodwaste
ALT “How to Reduce Food Waste in Your Household” webinar hosted by USDA.
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We’ve finished loading 100,000 pounds of food, plus water and other supplies for Grand Bahama & Abaco onto our Chef Relief boat! It will now speed back from Florida to arrive in Freeport by morning. Thank you @FLPD411 @FLFR411 for the help! 🙏 #ChefsForBahamas
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The 2018 prevalence of #FoodInsecurity declined to the 2007 pre-recession level of 11.1 percent for the first time. go.usa.gov/xV8xC
ALT Household Food Security in the U.S. in 2018
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Quick Report from @chefjasoncollis on the Florida Coast as we load up the 220-foot boat with cooking equipment and supplies for #ChefsForBahamas. It will take us about 8 hours to reach Freeport on Grand Bahama where we plan to begin distributing meals as soon as tomorrow.
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#DidYouKnow WFP delivered its first school meal in 1963 in the country of Togo?
Since then, WFP became the largest provider of school feeding in the world, delivering tens of millions of meals to children in some of the most vulnerable places on the planet 🌍💫📚🥘 #BackToSchool
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70% of rural people in #Sudan rely on rain-fed agriculture and livestock rearing. But extreme weather events are becoming more common.
How timely action is helping farmers to protect their livelihoods and food security 👇
#ZeroHunger #SDG13 fao.org/fao-stories/article/…
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Land is a critical resource – we rely on it for food, water, health and wellbeing – but it is already under growing human pressure. #ClimateChange is adding to these pressures. #SRCCL #IPCC #GlobalGoals
Read more ➡️ ipcc.ch/report/srccl
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Chef José Andrés, who has become beloved for his efforts to feed people amid the humanitarian crises in Venezuela and Puerto Rico, will be given the 2019 Julia Child Award. nbcnews.to/2R9fhP3
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Can we feed 10 billion people without destroying the planet? 🥗 Find the answer & join our LIVESTREAM at the interactive worldwide launch of the complete "World Resources Report: Creating a #SustFoodFuture". Learn more: ow.ly/ybKk50v23V0 and join the conversation!
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Students at a Brooklyn middle school built a hydroponic farm inside a classroom. Their harvest provides weekly produce for the cafeteria.
They also sell some of it –– at discounted rates –– to community members through a weekly food box service.
n.pr/2JmOYTD
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"Now we grow all that we need."
How Adut and other people are reversing malnutrition in their community in #SouthSudan 👉bit.ly/2KRL7Pd
#ZeroHunger
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Aid groups need a major shake-up to meet the challenges of a fractured world #RemakeAid #LeaveNoOneBehind theguardian.com/global-devel…
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Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel laureate, Member of the #ICGEB Scientific Council on the Nobel Campaign for GMOs - live streaming at 2.30 pm, #Italy facebook.com/ICGEBOfficial/ @WFP @NEBiolabs @HungerNotes @WHO @UNIDO @APAARI @tsconoscenza
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Meet a School Lunch Hero plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.go…
#SchoolLunchHeroDay #Nutrition #SchoolLunches