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Hunger is a Racial Equity Issue

Chellie Pingree, Donna F. Edwards, and Dr. John B. King Jr. discuss social safety net programs like SNAP and WIC and examine the perceptions, policies, and practices that keep people hungry and poor.

BY Food and Society Program

Video

12.15.2020
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The Radical Origins of Free Breakfast and the Food Justice Movement

Devita Davison and Ericka Huggins spoke with Dr. Norbert L. W. Wilson about the origins of the food justice movement, and how it intersects with fostering racial equality.

BY Food and Society Program

Video

10.29.2020
Food Security

Changemaker in Action: Providing Food Security to the People of Lebanon

When Asma Andraos, a seasoned Political PR & Event Strategist and a Fellow of the inaugural class of the Middle East Leadership Initiative, decided to organize a Christmas dinner drive for the public mass on Martyrs’ Square in downtown Beirut, she had no idea that the 1000 meals served that night to the public would kick-start her work in providing food security to the people of Lebanon.

BY Asma Andraos

Blog Post

06.27.2020
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Leading with Values: How the Food and Tourism Industries will Adapt for the Post-Pandemic World

This global crisis has created a catalyst of change in consumer behaviors and expectations in the food and tourism industries. Join Fellows from the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Global Leadership Network as they discuss the values-based leadership decisions they’ve made that impact their employees and customer safety while employing new strategies to diversify their revenue streams.

BY Aspen Global Leadership Network

Video

06.26.2020
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US Food Security in Challenging Times

Clarence Carter, Director of the Office of Family Assistance, is joined by Cordell Carter, Executive Director of the Socrates Program, to discuss food security during the COVID-19 pandemic.

BY Socrates Program

Video

05.21.2020
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Catching up with Marcus Samuelsson

Award-winning chef, restaurateur, and food activist Marcus Samuelsson catches up with longtime journalist and foodie Corby Kummer. Samuelsson shares the impact the coronavirus is having on his restaurant group, which spans eight countries, and their efforts to support their staff and community in New York City and around the globe.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

04.10.2020
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International Food Security Coordination

The International Forum on Food Security Coordination, hosted by the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program in May 2016 in Rome, explored how to ...

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

09.02.2016
Food Security

How do we address global food security? We asked experts.

The United Nations' new sustainable development goals are ambitious, aiming to end hunger and ensure access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food year-round for people around the world by 2030. But experts say they are feasible. In order to get there, however, the international community is going to have to take coordinated action to have a far-reaching impact.

BY Alison Decker

Blog Post

04.19.2016
Food Security

Advancing Health through Food Security

The report explores current understandings of the relationship among food insecurity, healthcare costs, poverty, relevant health outcomes (including but extending well beyond obesity), and public and private sector opportunities for addressing food insecurity.

Publication

03.01.2016
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