US funding cuts starve millions
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U.S. aid cuts under the Trump administration forced U.N. and aid agencies to shrink rations and close health centers in Sudan and Afghanistan, worsening hunger and displacement.
On top of disasters in national security, civil rights, the economy, public health, climate, and education...
Now the American food supply is under threat. 😥
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
Now the American food supply is under threat. 😥
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
Former Farming Leaders Warn U.S. Agriculture Could Face ‘Widespread Collapse’
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 AM
On top of disasters in national security, civil rights, the economy, public health, climate, and education...
Now the American food supply is under threat. 😥
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
Now the American food supply is under threat. 😥
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
Global Health NOW: 9 Million Deaths May Follow Aid Cuts: mailchi.mp/baee7e23708a...
Global Health NOW 2.03.26
9 Million Deaths May Follow Aid Cuts
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February 4, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Global Health NOW: 9 Million Deaths May Follow Aid Cuts: mailchi.mp/baee7e23708a...
Reposted by Robert B. Reich, Rosemary A. Joyce
Riffing off Brendan's method of juxtaposition in this awesome report, I'd like to offer another comparison:
Food assistance cuts versus new funding for DHS in the "Big Beautiful Bill"
Republicans cut food assistance by $187 billion while providing $191 billion in funding for DHS
Food assistance cuts versus new funding for DHS in the "Big Beautiful Bill"
Republicans cut food assistance by $187 billion while providing $191 billion in funding for DHS
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Riffing off Brendan's method of juxtaposition in this awesome report, I'd like to offer another comparison:
Food assistance cuts versus new funding for DHS in the "Big Beautiful Bill"
Republicans cut food assistance by $187 billion while providing $191 billion in funding for DHS
Food assistance cuts versus new funding for DHS in the "Big Beautiful Bill"
Republicans cut food assistance by $187 billion while providing $191 billion in funding for DHS
Reposted by Robert W. Wallace
Even the world of the 2000s is a distant dream. Extreme poverty has straight-up *evaporated* outside of Africa. The 21st century has done things that were aspirational UN goals just a few decades ago.
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Even the world of the 2000s is a distant dream. Extreme poverty has straight-up *evaporated* outside of Africa. The 21st century has done things that were aspirational UN goals just a few decades ago.
BRICS+ have the strongest incentive of all: something to prove.
Stepping up on food security would let them show they can provide real global public goods — and reshape how the Global South sees leadership in a moment of geoeconomic fragmentation and competition.
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Stepping up on food security would let them show they can provide real global public goods — and reshape how the Global South sees leadership in a moment of geoeconomic fragmentation and competition.
www.piie.com/publications...
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As US food aid retreats, can BRICS+ and biotechnology fill the world’s food security gap?
Cuts to agricultural development assistance and food aid by the United States and other advanced economies are creating a global vacuum just as climate change and conflict drive global hunger up. Many...
www.piie.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
BRICS+ have the strongest incentive of all: something to prove.
Stepping up on food security would let them show they can provide real global public goods — and reshape how the Global South sees leadership in a moment of geoeconomic fragmentation and competition.
www.piie.com/publications...
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Stepping up on food security would let them show they can provide real global public goods — and reshape how the Global South sees leadership in a moment of geoeconomic fragmentation and competition.
www.piie.com/publications...
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For decades, wealthy countries' food aid was a backbone of emergency response.
That role is shrinking: the US is in retreat, other AEs increasing spending on defense.
Meanwhile, hunger risks are rising with climate shocks, conflict, and population growth.
Who will step in? And how?
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That role is shrinking: the US is in retreat, other AEs increasing spending on defense.
Meanwhile, hunger risks are rising with climate shocks, conflict, and population growth.
Who will step in? And how?
2/5
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
For decades, wealthy countries' food aid was a backbone of emergency response.
That role is shrinking: the US is in retreat, other AEs increasing spending on defense.
Meanwhile, hunger risks are rising with climate shocks, conflict, and population growth.
Who will step in? And how?
2/5
That role is shrinking: the US is in retreat, other AEs increasing spending on defense.
Meanwhile, hunger risks are rising with climate shocks, conflict, and population growth.
Who will step in? And how?
2/5
What happens to global food security if U.S. food aid keeps retreating?
Our new @piie.com brief looks at a transformative possibility: the gap may be filled not by traditional donors — but by BRICS+ countries and biotechnology.
www.piie.com/publications...
1/5
Our new @piie.com brief looks at a transformative possibility: the gap may be filled not by traditional donors — but by BRICS+ countries and biotechnology.
www.piie.com/publications...
1/5
As US food aid retreats, can BRICS+ and biotechnology fill the world’s food security gap?
Cuts to agricultural development assistance and food aid by the United States and other advanced economies are creating a global vacuum just as climate change and conflict drive global hunger up. Many...
www.piie.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
What happens to global food security if U.S. food aid keeps retreating?
Our new @piie.com brief looks at a transformative possibility: the gap may be filled not by traditional donors — but by BRICS+ countries and biotechnology.
www.piie.com/publications...
1/5
Our new @piie.com brief looks at a transformative possibility: the gap may be filled not by traditional donors — but by BRICS+ countries and biotechnology.
www.piie.com/publications...
1/5