Women and Children First

Doug Davis believes it’s his role as an educator to expose kids to healthy foods they might not see at home. In turn, First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign champions adding thousands of new salad bars to school cafeterias.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) lifts more families with children out of poverty than any other assistance program except the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). About half of all Americans will receive SNAP benefits at some point before age 20.

Gustavo developed normally until he was one year old and contracted malaria. Read more to learn about an all-too-common problem in developing countries through the eyes of Gustavo’s mom, Constantia.

Renee DeWindt turned the school food services in Benzie County, MI into a profit-generating enterprise while serving higher quality foods. Read more to find out how she turned school food services around.

WWII officials initiated the first major U.S. nutrition program after many would-be soldiers were rejected for military service because of malnutrition. Retired generals and senior Armed Forces officials, still facing the challenge of malnutrition, urged policymakers to support robust improvements in child nutrition programs in 2010.

The most critical period in human development is the 1,000 days between pregnancy and age two. Healthy development, particularly brain development, depends on getting enough nutritious food during this window.

Mark Coe went from the photography development business to managing Lutz Farm in Michigan. Keep reading to find out why Coe’s especially excited about his new market of schools through the farm-to-school program.

The Witnesses to Hunger volunteers of Philadelphia were born into cycles of poverty they aim to end. Find out how the Witnesses to Hunger are teaching people through their intimate experiences of hunger.