Food Security

Vitamin Angels bridges nutritional divide

01-Feb-2022 By Danielle Masterson

Following a successful 2021, the nonprofit hopes to continue to expand their reach with the help of donors and partners.

Time to shift from 'food security' to 'nutrition security,' say policy experts

27-Apr-2021 By Will Chu

Policy experts are calling for a shift from 'food security' to 'nutrition security,' to reflect a growing emphasis in food quality that in recent years has prioritised quantity as a solution to address hunger.

Global food supply balance is becoming increasingly unstable as population grows

14-May-2015 By Nathan Gray

As the global population increases and food demand has grown, the globalisation of trade has made the food supply more sensitive to environmental and market fluctuations, leading to higher risks of food crisis.

Better broccoli: Researchers identify method to increase shelf life and beneficial compounds

12-Feb-2014 By Nathan Gray

The combined application of two natural compounds to broccoli could help to increase levels of its suggested anti-cancer compounds while also increasing shelf life, say researchers.

General Mills: We’ll only solve global food security challenge if we embrace open innovation

18-Dec-2012

Can we feed nine billion people by 2050? Only if we embrace the principles of open innovation, says Jeff Bellairs, senior director of the General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN), in this exclusive article for Foodnavigator-USA.com and FoodNavigator.com.

Alleviation of hunger should top CSR agenda

17-Nov-2009 By Guy Montague-Jones

Climate change dominates the CSR agenda but new USDA figures on food insecurity are a sharp reminder that alleviating poverty and hunger should always be the top priority.

Obama nominates USDA nutrition and research undersecretaries

23-Apr-2009 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

President Obama made two appointments within the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday, to run the department’s public nutrition programs, and to oversee US agricultural research and education.

A menu for American food policy

03-Nov-2008

At the time of writing, the US is poised to go to the polls. The next two days are going to be hugely exciting. And when it’s all over, after the victor gets some well-earned rest… he’ll rub his sleepy eyes and ask: ‘What’s for breakfast?'.

Banks’ rescue package points the way for food crisis remedies

20-Oct-2008

Question: When is a crisis not a crisis? Answer: When it’s a food crisis. Compare the two responses to failures in the food system and financial markets.

World Food Day

Spotlight on climate change’s effect on food security, safety

16-Oct-2008 By Jess Halliday

The message blasting out from World Food Day events is ‘adapt now, or the consequences will be grave’. While the world’s poorest will bear the brunt, food safety could be affected everywhere.

Weekly comment

GM: Breaking the stalemate

23-Jun-2008

Food industry voices are joining those of politicians in the GM debate, hailing the controversial technology as the answer to the food supply crisis. But the hearts and minds of consumers must still be won.

Food supply top priority after 9/11

11-Sep-2003

Two years ago to the day terrorist attacks in the United States
struck a nation, leaving the country shocked, angry and vulnerable.
As the country continues to recover, national security remains very
much a top priority, in particular...

Cash injection for food security

25-Jul-2003

The €435 billion US food industry has welcomed a move by the Bush
administration to inject more cash into food security. "Both
Secretary Thompson and FDA Commissioner McClellan emphasised that
the focus of this new food security...

Patents threaten global food security

19-Nov-2001

Anti-poverty groups and activists are cited as saying in a recent
report that global food security is under threat from bio-pirates.