Hunger | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/hunger/RSS feed for HungerenMon, 12 May 2025 20:55:41 +0000American Schools Have Been Feeding Children for More Than 100 Years. Here's How the School Lunch Has Changedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-schools-have-been-feeding-children-for-more-than-100-years-heres-how-the-school-lunch-has-changed-180986583/A new exhibition in Philadelphia explores how nutritional science, technological advances and political debates shaped the foods on schoolchildren's traysMon, 12 May 2025 20:55:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/american-schools-have-been-feeding-children-for-more-than-100-years-heres-how-the-school-lunch-has-changed-180986583/Can Electro-Agriculture Revolutionize the Way We Grow Food?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/can-electro-agriculture-revolutionize-the-way-we-grow-food-180986120/A new technology is pushing the boundaries of farming by using electricity to grow crops without photosynthesisWed, 26 Feb 2025 16:39:54 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/can-electro-agriculture-revolutionize-the-way-we-grow-food-180986120/Is Breadfruit the Climate Change-Proof Food of the Future?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-breadfruit-the-climate-change-proof-food-of-the-future-180980665/New research suggests it will fare better than our current staple crops under warming conditionsTue, 30 Aug 2022 15:11:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/is-breadfruit-the-climate-change-proof-food-of-the-future-180980665/Researchers Transfer a Human Protein Into Plants to Supersize Themhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/researchers-transfer-human-protein-plants-supersize-them-180978443/While a promising route to boosting crop yields, experts say more work needs to be done to understand why the tweak worksTue, 17 Aug 2021 14:12:25 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/researchers-transfer-human-protein-plants-supersize-them-180978443/World Food Program Wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prizehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-food-program-which-fed-millions-during-pandemic-awarded-nobel-peace-prize-180976031/This year's award seeks to highlight the need for global solidarity in a time of crisis, says prize committee chair Berit Reiss-AndersenFri, 09 Oct 2020 18:42:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-food-program-which-fed-millions-during-pandemic-awarded-nobel-peace-prize-180976031/World Hunger Is on the Rise for the Third Year in a Rowhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-hunger-rise-third-year-row-180970281/A new report warns that war and increased natural disasters from climate change are beginning to reverse gains made in recent decadesThu, 13 Sep 2018 19:52:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/world-hunger-rise-third-year-row-180970281/New Report Ranks Easiest and Hardest Places to Be a Kidhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-report-ranks-easiest-and-hardest-places-be-kid-180963662/Save the Children compares 172 countries based on factors like child mortality rates and adolescent birth ratesTue, 13 Jun 2017 17:15:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-report-ranks-easiest-and-hardest-places-be-kid-180963662/Scientists Successfully Grow Potatoes in Mars-Like Soilshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-successfully-grow-potatoes-mars-soils-180962528/Can potatoes grow on the red planet? The International Potato Center is on the caseWed, 15 Mar 2017 15:40:54 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-successfully-grow-potatoes-mars-soils-180962528/With Tens of Thousands Facing Starvation, Famine Is Declared in Parts of South Sudan https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-facing-starvation-declared-parts-of-sudan-180962242/One million more are “on the brink” of famineWed, 22 Feb 2017 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-facing-starvation-declared-parts-of-sudan-180962242/Could This Cooler Help Combat Global Hunger?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-cooler-help-combat-global-hunger-180961170/The Evaptainer keeps perishable food fresh for up to two weeks–no electricity requiredMon, 21 Nov 2016 15:43:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-cooler-help-combat-global-hunger-180961170/