With Gratitude In Our Hearts, Let’s Resolve To End Hunger (Patrick J Leahy)
(Source: Patrick J Leahy) 11.23.15 This week we gather with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving and rekindle some of the most important relationships in our lives. All of us in this great and...
View ArticleUSDA Awards $2 Million for Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention...
(Source: ERS - Economic Research Service) Release No. 0327.15 Contact: Office of Communications (202)720-4623 Printable version Email this page USDA Awards $2 Million for Nutrition Education and...
View ArticleUSDA Awards $2 Million for Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention...
(Source: USDA - United States Department of Agriculture) Release No. 0327.15 Contact: Office of Communications (202)720-4623 Printable version Email this page USDA Awards $2 Million for Nutrition...
View ArticleFord delivers Thousands of Thanksgiving Day Meals to Homebound Seniors in...
(Source: Ford Motor Company) Ford Motor Company Fund joins forces with Detroit Area Agency on Aging (DAAA) to supply holiday meals to area seniors for the eighth consecutive year Ford employees and...
View ArticleFive Things To Know About Family Hunger This Thanksgiving
CHICAGO, Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hunger in America isn't seasonal—it's a year-round issue. With the holiday season upon us, it's hard not to reflect on the 48 million people, including...
View ArticleFive Ford Transit Connect Vans Donated to Help Feed Those in Need Starting...
(Source: Ford Motor Company) Ford is donating five Transit Connect cargo vans to organizations dedicated to hunger relief serving the Kansas City, Louisville, Miami, Phoenix and Dallas metropolitan...
View ArticleEl Nino threatens 11 million children in Africa with hunger, disease: U.N.
By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Niño weather...
View ArticleTackling climate change and fighting hunger should go hand-in-hand
The COP 21 climate conference, to be held in Paris in the aftermath of the recent barbarian acts of terrorism, is a fresh opportunity for the international community to come together and show its...
View ArticlePRB Selected to Implement USAID PACE Project
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has been selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement the five-year PACE...
View ArticleMichigan State takes division with 55-16 rout of Penn State
Click photo to enlarge Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook throws a pass during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Penn State, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, in East Lansing, Mich....
View ArticleMichigan’s unmanned aerial systems industry taking flight (MEDC - Michigan...
(Source: MEDC - Michigan Economic Development Corporation) LANSING, Mich. - In response to the fast-growing commercial and defense-related demand for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), the Michigan...
View ArticleUSAID Announces 13 New Awards at the 2015 Powering Agriculture Innovator...
(Source: USAID - US Agency for International Development) WASHINGTON, D.C. - On November 20, 2015, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will host the 2015 Powering Agriculture...
View ArticleProtiviti Looks to Increase Impact as it Launches the Next Phase of its...
Powered by the mantra "Hunger doesn't stop and neither do we," Protiviti re-dedicates its efforts to provide meals for the hungry around the world MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --...
View ArticleTexas A&M Honored For Impact In Addressing World Hunger (Texas A&M University)
(Source: Texas A&M University) From left to right: Dr. Mark Hussey, vice chancellor and dean for agriculture and life sciences; Dr. Elsa Murano, director of the Norman Borlaug Institute for...
View ArticleNew Research Tool Demonstrates How Climate Action Shapes Risk Of Hunger – For...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) ROME/PARIS - A powerful online research tool launched today at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21, offers a window on our global future to the...
View ArticleNine ways to improve nutrition and tackle climate change
How should we deal with the serious threat climate change poses to nutrition and food security? Our panel of experts have their say...
View ArticleClimate-Smart Agriculture Is Key to Ending Hunger
I grew up on a small farm in southeastern China in the 1960s. A scene out of The Good Earth, my family and I raised chickens and pigs and eked out rice and wheat on a small plot about half the size of...
View ArticleAdvancing global food security (Michigan State University)
(Source: Michigan State University) The Global Center for Food Systems Innovation at Michigan State University has selected 10 winners of its most recent innovation challenge grants. The grants, made...
View ArticleMinister Senzeni Zokwana: Sheep handover event during Imbizo (South Africa...
(Source: South Africa Government) Namaqua Afrikaner sheep handover event speech delivered by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Minister S. Zokwana (MP), Mothibistad, Northern Cape...
View ArticleNew partnership to strengthen the private seed and agricultural inputs sector...
(Source: AGRA – Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa) To arrange an interview, or for more information, please contact: Simon Crump at +254 791 398 792 or email : scrump@agra.org Editor's note:...
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