over the past five years, we’ve seen a dramatic shift in focusing not just on feeding individuals but feeding them healthy, sustainable foods, according to alicia powers, ph.d., the managing director of the \u200bhunger solutions institute\u200b at auburn university. <\/p>\n
i sat down with powers to discuss how groups are addressing the \u200beffects\u200b of the covid-19 pandemic on food insecurity, as well as how sustainability can be prioritized in the country\u2019s response. <\/p>\n
she explained that after the 2007-08 recession, it took the united states 10 years to reach\u200b pre-recession numbers. as we are now seeing a \u201ctremendous \u200buptick\u200b\u201d due to the pandemic it will, at minimum, take government programs, good agricultural practices, and the work of charitable organizations to respond to the nation\u2019s current level of need, she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
alicia powers, the managing director of the \u200bhunger solutions institute\u200b at auburn university, shares how groups are addressing the \u200beffects\u200b of the covid-19 pandemic on food insecurity, and how sustainability can be prioritized too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10029,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4896],"tags":[4503,161,230,355,4418,363,81,1426],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-auburn-university","tag-food-access","tag-food-insecurity","tag-hunger","tag-pandemic","tag-public-health","tag-sustainability","tag-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n