In the US, the richest economy in the world, hunger and poverty persist, and malnutrition in the shape of overweight and obesity take their toll. In many respects, food in this country could prefigure what awaits the whole world, if we are not careful.
Hunger, food assistance and poverty in rich countries ( March 2023)
More articles on the United States on hungerexplained.org
24 November 2014 – Large private Foundations: the lost opportunity of the Gates Foundation – The Gates Foundation has been criticized for the main beneficiaries of its hand-outs. But is this its main weakness? [read]
28 May 2014 – The US Feed the Future program: nutrition interventions, input-based agriculture and private investment facilitation – The 2014 ‘Feed the Future’ progress report highlights principles, objectives and achievements of this programme launched in 2009 by President Obama, soon after his election. [read]
4 April 2014 – Bringing people out of poverty by connecting them to the global economy: USAID’s Global Development Lab – On 3 April, USAID launched its ‘‘Global Development Lab to Help End Extreme Poverty by 2030’’, a multibillion dollar partnership between USAID, multinational corporations, CSO organisations and universities. It is not clear how the interests of the people who are supposed to be graduating out of poverty are being effectively considered in the goals of the partnerships initiated by the Lab. [read]
9 February 2014 – US Farm Bill: farm lobby interests preserved, food aid to poor US citizens cut; limited improvement in the US food aid policy abroad – After a delay of more than two years because of a fight between Democrats and Republicans over cuts to the food stamp programme, President Obama signed the US Farm Bill on Friday 7 February. [read]
21 November 2013 – The New US Farm Bill: more for the favoured, less for the poor? At the time when the European Parliamant approves the new EU Common Agricultural Policy, the US Republicans propose a reform of the Farm Bill that would make it, according to J. Stiglitz, even more insane and unfair. [read]
26 September 2013 – When livestock farmers and grocery manufacturers mobilise against ethanol in the USA – Will the pressure by stock farmers and soft drink corporations against manufacturing ethanol from corn change the US subsidy policy? Will the US limit this production as it seems the EU intends to do? [read]
Earlier articles on the United States are available in French here