food security

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently presented four major food nutrition and security goals of the Biden Administration as well as the USDA for the next four years. "I think first and foremost we obviously have to modernize our nutrition security and food security system, and our assistance program ...

Since Governor Jay Inslee implemented his Stay Home, Stay Healthy order in March, 30% of all Washington households have experienced food insecurity, and of those households, 59% had children living in the home. That according to the first Washington State Food Security Survey ...

As the coronavirus pandemic broke out and spread across the U.S., more and more consumers were interested in the source of their food, as well as those providing it, that according to a recent Washington State University study. “Respondents generally became more concerned about food being a national security issue and people, our respondents, generally had a higher degree of empathy for H-2A worke

Washington State University announced Wednesday a $3 million gift establishing a faculty position to focus on bolstering food security. The funds from the Rosalie & Harold Rea Brown Foundation will be used to create an Endowed Chair in Plant Pathology. T ...

USDA's annual international food security assessment primarily focuses on ten-year projections for the developing regions of the world.  USDA Economic Researcher Karen Tomey says, for instance, Asia's food insecure population is expected to decline from well over 16% this year to under 5% by the year 2028.  ...

Many across the Northwest forget about the region’s only active nuclear power plant, the Columbia Generation Station in the Tri-Cities.  If there is a problem, and radiation leaks, what does that mean for the millions of surround acres of farmland?   I...

A group of companies in the global food chain announced a partnership with IBM intended to give consumers more confidence in the global food system.  The group includes companies like Walmart, Nestle, Tyson Foods, and many others.  They’ll work with IBM to find areas in the global supply food chain that can benefit from the IBM program Blockchain.   Accord...

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack is meeting with agriculture ministers and officials from 45 countries in Paris this week as part of an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OCED, summit.   Vilsack hopes to push for agriculture that feeds more people in a more sustainable way.  ...