Food Security and Humanitarian Crisis

Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good
November 23, 2020
To feed more than 10 billion people within our planetary boundaries by 2050, while ending hunger and tackling unhealthy diets, we will have to fundamentally change the food system, requiring co-ordinated and large-scale action by all stakeholders across multiple axes. The virtual pre-event Bold Actions for Food as a Force for Good on November 23-24, 2020 will be a key milestone leading to the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. 
How COVID-19 Affects Farmers and the Food Supply Chain
April 29, 2020
COVID-19 has highlighted weaknesses and inequities in America’s food supply system, as well as the need to fix them.

COVID-19 and Social Networks in Humanitarian Crises
April 1, 2020
COVID-19 compromises social networks. What does this mean for people in humanitarian crises?

A National Strategy for Food and Nutrition Research
February 19, 2020
A new council at the Friedman School is recommending a national nutrition research moonshot.

The Truth About Metals in Foods
December 9, 2019
A recent spate of stories about contaminated food aren’t as worrisome as they seem, said the Friedman School’s Jerold Mande

Researchers Discover Widespread Flaw in Global Childhood Development Data
September 13, 2019
A formula to address the error reveals new insights on children’s growth in the world's poorest countries

Student Selected for Global Food Security Symposium Next Generation Delegation
February 11, 2019
Friedman student Hattie Brown has been selected to be a member of the Next Generation Delegation to the 2019 Global Food Security Symposium.

Student Alana Davidson Focuses on Food Security in Research and Practice
May 20, 2019
When Friedman Student Alana Davidson had the opportunity to do research as an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), she bridged her passions for food and social justice into a study highlighting the Food insecurity prevalence among university students in New Hampshire.

How to Feed the World
September 19, 2018
Feeding nine billion people by 2050 will be a big problem. The solution should be tiny.

Budding Nutrition Businesses Get a Boost
April 19, 2018
Winners in the Friedman School’s first entrepreneurship competition included ideas for healthy foods for Nepali schools and nutrition and farming apps