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Understand the causes and impacts of world hunger. (Photo by Chau Doan for the World Bank)
Educating the World on Ending Hunger for over 50 Years
Sharing knowledge to deepen understanding of global and domestic hunger. (Photo by Kashish Das Shrestha for USAID)
Global Hunger is Solvable
It is possible to make a nutritious diet affordable and available to everyone in the world. (Photo by Kashish Das Shrestha for USAID)
Nutrition Shapes Lifelong Health
Adequate nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life impacts their ability to grow, learn, and thrive. (Photo by ILRI/Jean Bizimana)
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Hunger in the News
Stay updated with the latest news and insights to fight hunger.Most Recent
Global
Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk-The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID
This article explains how the long-term climate-related effects of cutting USAID are real in terms of actual dollar costs to countries, as well as other impacts, such as increased irregular migration, climate risks, endangered supply chains, humanita...
Americas
CSIS Reviews Implications of the Final U.S. Hunger Report
A new Jan. 6 report from the think tank, CSIS, reviews the recent U.S. Government study about hunger in America, noting that this until-now annual food security or hunger report will no longer be conducted by the US Government which deemed it politic...
Americas
Death from Malnutrition in the United States
Deaths among Americans caused by malnutrition and hunger have increased 600% according to the Washington Post and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as reported by Andrew van Darn on Jan. 5, 2026, who finds that the increase is...
Africa
Book Classic: The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience and Lessons Learned by John Osgood Field
The anthology edited by John Osgood Field, The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience Lessons Learned" remains one of the premier books about predicting and measuring famine ever published. Field, until his retirement a professor of food ...
Africa
Key U.N. Updates Show Alarming Hunger Trends
Recent UN annual reports and updates about global hunger highlight several important issues and trends as we move into 2026: WFP will prioritize feeding 110 million in 2026 despite larger need: Decli...
Agriculture & Nutrition
Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
A classic publication about food insecurity that is still worth a read today to understand how aid has developed in Latin America is "Bittersweet Harvests for Global Supermark...
Global
Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
"The decision halts funding for initiatives that build resilience in chronically food-insecure regions — known as resilience food security activities or nonemergency food aid — which are designed to reduce chronic hunger and prevent future emerge...
Africa
Articles about Malnutrition Field Programs, "Field Exchange", October 2025
The Emergency Nutrition Exchange, based out of Dublin, Ireland, has published groundbreaking, field-level technical research about attacking malnutrition for the last few decades. The latest edition, Issue 76 (October 2025) showcases community-led,...
Global
Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity
Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity As part of its mission to educate about hunger, WHES has put together an index of publicly available lesson plans on hunger and food insecurity. Whether you are a sc...
Africa
A Crucible of Courage: A Review of Ken Isaacs’ "Running to the Fire"
Ken Isaacs spent more than three decades with Samaritan’s Purse, rising to executive vice-president and helping turn Franklin Graham’s organization into one of the largest Christian relief agencies on earth. In Running to the Fire he rec...
famine
Food Assistance Outlook Brief
FEWS NET released their Food Assistance Outlook Brief for October 2025. The monthly outlook briefs provide country-by-country information on hunger hot spots as well as and global trends. This brief focused on Guatemala and Mozambique. You can al...
Opinions
In Case You Missed It: "Without investment in innovation, volatility will send farmers like me backward"
In an opinion editorial for the Des Moines Register second-year corn and soybean farmer Sarah Tweeten explores the pressures US farmers currently face including price drops, cost increases for equipment and inputs like ...
Global
USAID Library of Project Reports and Evaluations Now Available from Third Parties
By: WHES Board (*Note this post was updated from its original Feb 18, 2025 version to add the two new pages with DEC resources.) American Taxpayers often have questions about how funds for foreign aid work. In early 2...
Asia
The Use of Food as a Weapon: Reflections Working with Khmer Refugees
Field Experience on the Thai–Cambodian Border, 1979 The year was 1979. In October, I braved the streets of Bangkok, Thailand at five o’clock in the morning to get on a volunteer bus bound for the T...
Global
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Less Foreign Aid, More Climate Risk-The Massive Costs of Gutting USAID
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Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
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Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity
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Food Assistance Outlook Brief
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USAID Library of Project Reports and Evaluations Now Available from Third Parties
Agriculture & Nutrition
Book Reviews
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Book Classic: The Challenge of Famine, Recent Experience and Lessons Learned by John Osgood Field
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Classic Publication from 1995: Bittersweet Harvests, by Ann Thrupp
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Articles about Malnutrition Field Programs, “Field Exchange”, October 2025
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A Crucible of Courage: A Review of Ken Isaacs’ “Running to the Fire”
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Environmentally-Induced Displacement and Health/Nutrition — a Roundtable Review
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On Resilience
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Food Insecurity Impairs Resilience and Elevates Distress in Young Adults
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Book Review: We Fed an Island – the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair
by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader -
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For the past 50 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
- Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
- Advance comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the world food problem
- Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
- Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.
