Food Security and Humanitarian Crisis

Produce Prescription Programs Study Shows Promising Benefits

Produce Prescription Programs Study Shows Promising Benefits

In the largest known such study to date, an analysis of participant records by Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy researchers found programs that provide free fruits and vegetables have measurable benefits for health and food security. Around the country, non-profits and local governments are testing the idea of food as medicine through “produce prescription programs”—with promising results, according to researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. 
Feinstein Researchers Publish Article in the Journal of Public Health Policy

Feinstein Researchers Publish Article in the Journal of Public Health Policy

Anastasia Marshak, Teddy Atim, and Dyan Mazurana of the Feinstein International Center, have published their article, “International Humanitarian Law Violations in Northern Uga
Seaweed Farming for Food Security

Seaweed Farming for Food Security

Researchers at the Friedman School see significant income-boosting potential in the sustainable superfood
An Update From Tufts’ Jordan Nutrition Innovation Lab

An Update From Tufts’ Jordan Nutrition Innovation Lab

Tufts’ Jordan Nutrition Innovation Lab Leads Efforts to Support Optimal Infant, Young Child and Maternal Nutrition and Health in Jordan.
Project of Feinstein International Center releases SEADS Handbook

Project of Feinstein International Center releases SEADS Handbook

The Standards for Supporting Crop-Related Livelihoods in Emergencies (SEADS) handbook is new resource that aims to support humanitarians as they design, implement, and evaulate crop projects that are part of humanitarian responses.  The Handbook is now available on the SEADS website.  View SEADS Handbook
A Quarter Century Tackling the World’s Toughest Problems

A Quarter Century Tackling the World’s Toughest Problems

The Feinstein International Center marks 25 years working on hunger and humanitarian aid through a powerful, multidisciplinary combination of research, field work, and education.
Working Toward a More Resilient World

Working Toward a More Resilient World

To improve humanitarian aid and eliminate hunger, we need to join forces, according to the new director of the Feinstein International Center
Recently Rediscovered Documentation of Nazi Starvation Policies

Recently Rediscovered Documentation of Nazi Starvation Policies

Warsaw Ghetto’s defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book recently rediscovered on a library shelf
The War in Ukraine Is Escalating the Global Food Crisis

The War in Ukraine Is Escalating the Global Food Crisis

Now is the time to act. The Feinstein International Center’s Dan Maxwell describes who is suffering, how the war makes it worse, and how governments can help