Commentary and Analysis

Roger Thurow shares a poem evoking the human face of domestic hunger — an issue that is too often forgotten in policy discussions.

Roger Thurow joins the Food Talk podcast to talk about the breakdown of the US’s food chain and why global food security persists amid an abundance of food in the U.S.

Roger Thurow examines the question of how to conquer global hunger and malnutrition while also saving the planet from the strain on our environment, biodiversity, and health.

Council expert Roger Thurow explains how most African countries don’t have the resources to provide aid to their own citizens.

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.

The coronavirus exposed America’s secret of hunger amid abundance. How can residents of the world’s richest country be hungry?

During a pandemic outbreak, washing our hands is integral in stopping the spread. However, in many parts of Africa and elsewhere in the developing world, properly washing hands is a luxury—as is soap.

Roger Thurow, senior fellow for the Center on Global Food and Agriculture, takes a minute to discuss how COVID-19 has affected food security.

We all share in the cost of lower education, reduced labor productivity, and escalating health care costs.

In this series, Agri-Pulse and the Council have partnered to explore how the US agriculture and food sector can advance food security.