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Articles by Jamie Lutz
High Prices, Empty Shelves
January 27, 2022 U.S. consumers have noticed empty shelves at grocery stores in recent months, reminiscent of the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, food costs have risen dramatically, cutting into household budgets and forcing some families to make difficult choices on how much and which foods to buy. What is causing these changes, and what is the Biden administration doing to address them? Q1: What is causing the recent increases in food prices and empty grocery store shelves?
Food Insecurity among Veterans: Who Is at Risk and How to Respond
November 10, 2021 Recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA-ERS) show that working-age veterans have a 7.4 percent greater risk of experiencing food insecurity than non-veterans. Some subpopulations of veterans are at an even higher risk. New solutions are required to address pervasive hunger among veterans, but policymakers must first take a closer look at the disparities revealed by the latest data.
What the Taliban Takeover Means for Food Security in Afghanistan
September 27, 2021 There is widespread concern within Afghanistan and the international community about how to help Afghan people access food. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced that millions of people could run out of food before the end of the year as winter sets in, adding to the 12.2 million Afghans who are already facing acute hunger and prompting debates on how the international community should respond.
Haitian Migration: Food Insecurity, Fragility, and a Better Way Forward
November 22, 2021 Haiti has been in the news. In July, a presidential assassination was followed by an earthquake and hurricane in August. Then, in September, thousands of Haitians made U.S. national headlines when they arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border. Although this may have come as a surprise to many U.S. citizens, the arrival of Haitians seeking refuge at the border is only a snapshot of a much larger picture that extends back much further in time.
Foreign Purchases of U.S. Agricultural Land: Facts, Figures, and an Assessment of Real Threats
September 8, 2021 Land grabbing—when a government, company, or other entity purchases large swathes of land in another country—can affect local land rights and agricultural production, sometimes putting local food security at risk. While such purchases in low- and middle-income countries have been covered extensively, they also happen here in the United States.
Soil Carbon Sequestration: Myths, Realities, and the Biden Administration’s Proposals
August 26, 2021 Soil carbon sequestration has gained traction within the Biden administration as a way for farmers to reduce or even reverse U.S. agriculture’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To advance this technology, Congress proposed the bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act , which is intended to help farmers participate in voluntary markets that pay them to store carbon in the soil.
Returning to Restaurants with Jessica Sidman
In this first episode of our three-part Washington Series, Washingtonian magazine food editor Jessica Sidman joins Caitlin Welsh to discuss the D.C. restaurant industry and the challenges it has faced amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Ms. Sidman comments on the resilience of D.C. restaurants and how they have adapted to the abrupt changes caused by the pandemic.
Everyone is applauding this woman's Facebook rant about H&M's ridiculous sizes.
It reads: Dear H&M, I was browsing your sale items in your Leeds store and spotted this pair of kick flare jeans. They were only a tenner - bargain! - and a size 16. I’m normally a size 14 on my hips (occasionally 16 if buying trousers) so I thought I'd try them on. It did not go well.
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