The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented demand on California’s emergency food system. As the emergency food system found innovative opportunities to respond to community needs, government programs had varying and, often times, unequal impacts across California’s many counties. This report … Read more
Countries At Risk of Worsening Food Insecurity (03/17/2021)
Leland Hunger Fellow Sara Higgins appeared on Catholic Faith Network Live to share her research on how COVID-19, conflict, extreme weather events, and economic crises have increased rates of food insecurity around the world, and what her host organization Catholic … Read more
Cultivating Resilience in Indian Country: An Assessment of COVID-19’s Impact on Tribal Food Systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit many Native American communities and food producers hard. Despite current and longstanding challenges in Indian Country, many Native advocates, organizations, and food businesses have worked to address hunger and promote food sovereignty and entrepreneurship in … Read more
A Virtual Training of Trainers: Adaptations from COVID-19
In this webinar recording from October 29th 2020, Chelsie Kolberg and Bryan Pride from Rise Against Hunger share their experiences of overcoming barriers to program implementation created by COVID-19 through a case study of implementing training videos in a … Read more
Pandemic-EBT in California: Lessons and Opportunities to End Childhood Hunger
An essential question that leaders have been forced to ask since the pandemic’s onset is: How do we feed children and assist their learning when states are forced to close schools, in order to keep children safe? This project adds … Read more
The Impact of COVID-19 Emergency Flexibilities and Waivers on Child Nutrition Programs in Massachusetts
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges and changes to federal child nutrition programs across the state of Massachusetts. While the USDA-instated waivers and flexibilties were a direct response to issues brought about by the pandemic including the disruption of school … Read more
Western Washington Counties of Focus Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
There is a great deal of diversity across Western Washington counties in terms of rurality, demographic makeup, and economic sectors. To understand how the pandemic has been impacting these counties, the report focused on reviewing local community needs and assets … Read more