Food Security — Volume 20, Issue 1 & 2

Food Equity in the Age of COVID-19: A Conversation with Professor Emily Broad Leib

The way in which we regulate the food system is disjointed and leads to unequal burdens placed on women, people of color, the elderly, food workers, and community-level food producers. Through the implementation of a National Food Strategy, we could help get input from different stakeholders and have the way we regulate drive towards optimal goals.

Food Security, Public Health, State/Local IssuesHHPRMarch 19, 2021food security, food system reform, food, policy, health policy, harvard, lawComment

The Intersection of Food and Medicine: An Interview with Dr. Lisa Haushofer

The nutraceutical and health foods markets are among the fastest growing and most promising markets worldwide. Thus, it is important that the intersection of food and medicine is studied because dietary supplements play an important role in our nutritional culture and in people’s approaches to nutrition.

Public Health, Food Security, Global HealthHHPRMarch 9, 2021food, medicine, history of medicine, public healthComment

COVID-19: A Turning Point for Urban Food Security

Beyond its toll on human health, one of the direst effects of COVID-19 is on food security. Addressing food security during the pandemic and after will require a comprehensive agenda that improves food security among the urban poor.