Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.
Food available in federal assistance programs is not acceptable to various communities with specific religious, cultural, or physical requirements.
Fundamental issues in food assistance programs exclude the disability community and people requiring culturally relevant foods.
Men often fall outside of gendered stereotypes of food assistance programs, failing to reflect nuanced experiences of hunger in the United States.
Food preparation is a common barrier to accessing healthy, nutritious meals for families, making SNAP expansions vital to food security.
The Council co-authors recommendations to advance the goals of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.
"If we embrace science and innovation, we can feed every person on this planet," Ertharin Cousin tells Foreign Policy’s editor in chief, Ravi Agrawal.
Distinguished Fellow Ertharin Cousin speaks at the 2022 Aspen Security Forum on how food security is national security.
BPC and Tufts University bring together multisector stakeholders for a discussion on the opportunities and challenges facing food and nutrition in the U.S.
“We don’t have the luxury of just solving putting food in people’s hands if we want to create sustainable, durable solutions,” said Ertharin Cousin.
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