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Wilson to speak on Oct. 28 CFARE panel – The Prevalence of Food Insecurity Across the U.S.

October 27, 2022

Join this Council on Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics webinar to hear from distinguished panelists about how public policy can help tackle food and nutrition insecurity in the U.S.

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Reflections on the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

October 3, 2022

Duke World Food Policy Center graduate research assistant Denise Rebeil attended the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition & Health. Rebeil is a Master of Public Policy student at the Sanford School of Public Policy.

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Zuckerman to give Keynote at 2022 Urban Food Systems Symposium in Kansas City, KS on September 28, 2022

September 26, 2022

Duke World Food Policy Center’s Jen Zuckerman and Durham’s Communities in Partnership Board Chair Candace Rashada-Mujahid will give a keynote talk on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at the 2022 Urban Food Systems Symposium in Kansas City, KS. The title of their talk is Rooted in Relationship.

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Duke responds to UN Special Rapporteur call for input on the impact of COVID-19 on the right to food

August 26, 2022

In its resolution 76/166 dated 16 December 2021, the UN General Assembly requested that the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food submit to its next session in 2022 a report examining the emerging issues concerning the realization of the right to food, in particular in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on food security and nutrition. In the lead up to the report, Michael Fakhri-UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food organized consultations with stakeholders to inform his subsequent report. In April, 2022, the Duke World Food Policy Center and Alison Cohen of the National Right to Food Community of Practices provided a civil society response to the UN Special Rapporteur’s survey on the right to food.

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Zuckerman helps Indiana Grown for Schools examine equity in the food system

May 18, 2022

The WFPC’s Jennifer Zuckerman presented “Examining Whiteness in the Food System” as part of the Indiana Grown for Schools/Indiana Department of Health 2022 Webinar Series on 18, 2022.

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New Research Study Analysis: Systemic Change Urgently Needed in the U.S. Emergency Food System

May 11, 2022

WhyHunger.org – Hunger relief organizations and the U.S. emergency feeding system will continuously face ongoing challenges unless systemic issues in the food system are addressed, according to a new analysis by WhyHunger—a leader in the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world—and the Duke Sanford World Food Policy Center at Duke University.

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Masters Project: Policies & Practices to Increase Adoption of the Community Eligibility Provision for School Meals in NC

April 24, 2022

Master of Public Policy student Kelly Jasiura explored what it would take to get more North Carolina school districts to adopt a provision that allows school to offer universal free meals to all students, regardless of their ability to pay.

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Summer Research Assistant for the Duke World Food Policy Center (WFPC)

March 29, 2022

Summer Research Assistant for the Duke World Food Policy Center (WFPC) to work on projects such as the future of online groceries, inequitable funding to different types of land grant institutions, and other topics as relevant.

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WFPC Co-Organizes Duke Third Annual Campus Food Security Symposium

March 18, 2022

The WFPC’s Elizabeth Towel co-organized Duke’s Third Annual Campus Food Security Symposium, held on Friday, March 18, 2022.

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Zuckerman talks Food Justice for Food at Duke’s Campus Food Security Symposium

March 8, 2022

The Duke World Food Policy Center’s Director of Strategic Initiatives – Jen Zuckerman – spoke at the Third Campus Food Security Symposium at Duke University, organized by the Campus Pantry Collaborative on March 18, 2022.

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