The Roadmap for Continued US Leadership to End Global Hunger reviews progress over the last three years toward the goals set out in the original Roadmap, and offers recommendations to ensure continued effectiveness of US global food security programs. Hunger … Read more
Pantry Assessment
The Solid Ground Food Assessment examines Solid Ground Supportive Housing residents’ eating habits and nutritional consumption and provides insights into potential food related improvements. The report includes a supplemental video where Solid Ground residents discuss their needs and experiences around … Read more
Scattered Site Food Assessment
The Solid Ground Food Assessment examines Solid Ground Supportive Housing residents’ eating habits and nutritional consumption and provides insights into potential food related improvements. The report includes a supplemental video where Solid Ground residents discuss their needs and experiences around … Read more
Solid Ground Food Assessment
The Solid Ground Food Assessment examines Solid Ground Supportive Housing residents’ eating habits and nutritional consumption and provides insights into potential food related improvements. The report includes a supplemental video where Solid Ground residents discuss their needs and experiences around … Read more
Presentation on Integrating Women into the Commercial Dairy Value Chain in Tanzania
Throughout the Leland fellowship, one of my responsibilities was to identify constraints that prevent women from becoming fully integrated into agriculture, dairy, and livestock value chains, and to develop strategies for overcoming these constraints. I presented on this work, and … Read more
Realigning Agriculture to Improve Nutrition in Zambia
In April 2012, I attended the World Nutrition Rio2012 conference in Rio, Brazil. This conference brought academics, policymakers, and practitioners together from around the world to discuss and debate the vast public health and nutrition challenges of our time. The … Read more
A Primer on the Restaurant Meals Program in California, Preventing Hunger Among the Elderly, Disabled & Homeless in the Golden State
A Primer on the Restaurant Meals Program in California, Preventing Hunger Among the Elderly, Disabled & Homeless in the Golden State is a report that aims to improve the understanding and implementation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) restaurant meals … Read more
A Portrait of Self Determination: the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network’s Efforts to Start a Food Cooperative in the city of Detroit
A Portrait of Self Determination: the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network’s Efforts to Start a Food Cooperative in the city of Detroit describes the emergence of community-owned food initiatives in Detroit, with a focus on stories about community organizing by … Read more
Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks
Closing the Gap: Enhancing the Client Experience at Food Banks is a toolkit that provides best practices and recommendations to help Food Banks in Arizona ensure their programs and services are inclusive, welcoming and accessible to underserved communities, with a focus … Read more
Healthy Children, Healthy Lives: Barriers to Participation in the At-Risk Afterschool Meals Program in Washington State
Healthy Children, Healthy Lives: Barriers to Participation in the At-Risk Afterschool Meals Program in Washington State presents the obstacles that current and potential non-profit sponsors face in their effort to participate in the afterschool meals program, and offers key programmatic and … Read more
Lower Food Security in Upper Manhattan?: A Survey of Residents of Washington Heights and Inwood
Lower Food Security in Upper Manhattan?: A Survey of Residents of Washington Heights and Inwood presents the findings from 290+ resident surveys conducted in Washington Heights and Inwood about food security. City Harvest is using this community input to guide its … Read more
The Homeless Nutrition Education Toolkit
The Homeless Nutrition Education Toolkit provides homeless service agencies with best practices and lesson plans for nutrition education courses specifically targeted to homeless populations.