Voices to End Hunger
The official podcast of the Alliance to End Hunger. Voices to End Hunger spotlights an array of food and nutrition experts in policy and practice - highlighting innovative approaches to combating hunger and malnutrition and featuring discussions on the intersection of advocacy and action. Guests include members of the Alliance to End Hunger, in-house policy experts, and local and global stakeholders working tirelessly to realize a zero-hunger world.
Hosted by Minerva Delgado
Produced by Nathan Magrath
Learn more about the Alliance to End Hunger, membership, and programs at https://alliancetoendhunger.org.
Episodes
12 episodes
A Critical Week for SNAP Food Assistance
Late last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the federal government would cease providing funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – known as SNAP – starting November 1, in response to the ongoing governmen...
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14:55
School Meals from Access to Appeal: Lessons from New York
The school year is in full swing across the country, and approximately 30 million school-aged children are lining up in cafeterias each day to eat a school-provided lunch. These meals are nutritious – offering a balance of fruits, vegetables, l...
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32:31
The Future of Global Agriculture: Perspectives from the International Fund for Agricultural Development
The relationship between food security and agriculture is at once both apparent and complex, especially in matters of climate-related impacts. Around the world, people and families are struggling with high food prices and uncertainty about how ...
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27:02
Global Food Security: A New Report, Global Moments, and Opportunities for Action
The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report was recently published by the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development, and others. The report states that up to...
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42:05
A Tradition of Commitment to America’s Seniors: The Older Americans Act Turns 60
The Older Americans Act recently turned 60. This landmark piece of legislation has been fundamental in our nation’s approach to caring for and promoting the well-being of our nation’s seniors, including through vital nutrition programming. On t...
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39:44
Tackling Child Hunger in the Summer
For many kids, Summer is a time for enjoying the outdoors, relaxing, and recuperating after a long school year. However, for an often-overlooked number of children and their families it is also a stressful time of dealing with the meal gaps tha...
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34:38
Building Hunger Free Communities
Across the country, groups and coalitions have come together dedicated to ending hunger and malnutrition in their cities, towns, counties, regions, and states. These “Hunger Free Communities” approach the root causes of poverty and hunger withi...
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48:20
Feeding Futures: Unlocking the Potential of Global School Meals
School meals serve over 407 million children across at least 148 countries. For many children in the developing world school may be the only place they receive a nutritious meal in a given day. But the impact of school meals goes well beyond in...
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34:55
Myth Busters: Stories of SNAP Food Assistance from Those Who Use It
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is no stranger to attacks, nor are the millions of individuals and families that rely on food assistance and other federal programs. Charges of waste, fraud, and abuse have paved the way to s...
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42:30
Against the Odds – Treating Severe Child Malnutrition
The world is in the midst of the worst food crisis in decades, with 750 million people facing food insecurity, severe hunger, and even famine conditions impacting places across the globe. Nobody is more seriously impacted than children during t...
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43:06
Nourishing Second Chances
April marks “Second Chance Month” across the United States. It is a time to highlight barriers that stand in the way of people who have served their debt to society, and act to ensure previously incarcerated individuals and their families are n...
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24:14
Voices to End Hunger: The Alliance to End Hunger Podcast
On this inaugural episode of Voices to End Hunger, host Minerva Delgado speaks to Alliance to End Hunger president Eric Mitchell. Their discussion covers the current state of hunger in the U.S. and around the world, developments over the first ...
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30:33