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Iowa State University Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg taught a class on food during the Great Depression. She described the ways families tried to stretch their money and food supply, often…

George Zaidan discussed the chemistry of the food we eat and the products we use. This event is from the Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival.

This 1942 U.S. Department of Agriculture film promotes Victory Gardens and provides instructions to help citizens grow their own fruits and vegetables at home during World War II.

North Carolina State University professor Benjamin Chapman discussed how COVID-19 has impacted food safety in the U.S.

Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) participated in a virtual summit on the future of the American economy hosted by The Hill. Representative Hurd discussed his opposition to the HEROES Act,…

Heather Taylor, director of strategic campaigns for Bread for the World, discussed hunger and food insecurity in the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL) participated in a virtual summit on the future of the American economy hosted by The Hill. Representative Davis spoke about his Meals on Wheels for Kids…

Susan Cheever talked about her book Drinking in America: Our Secret History, in which she provides a history of alcohol consumption in America. In her book, she describes the Pilgrims who imbibed…

The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a virtual event with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue followed by a panel discussion on the nation’s food supply chain. Secretary Perdue spoke about…

The Food Industry Association’s Leslie Sarasin talked about strains on the food supply and challenges faced by food retailers during the coronavirus pandemic.

While visiting Hy-Vee supermarkets headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Vice President Pence participated in a roundtable discussion on securing the nation’s food supply.

American Association of Meat Processors Executive Director Chris Young spoke by phone about the impact coronavirus has had on the meat industry.

Representative David Rouzer (R-NC), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, talked about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the nation’s food supply and meat processing industry.

Lucy Coady, director of No Kid Hungry, discussed childhood hunger in the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Focus on Rural America hosted a video conference with former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, National Farmers Union President Rob Larew and others on the impact of the coronavirus…

Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, talked about what her organization was doing to help food insecure Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

A House Oversight and Reform subcommittee held a hearing on child hunger and the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as…

Medical practitioners and experts examined challenges in research and innovation at a day-long forum hosted by Research!America in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ned Sharpless, acting commissioner of the Food…

Texas high school teacher Karyn Cabana gave an illustrated talk about World War II food rationing, including troop field ration innovations that led to modern-day processed food. Ms. Cabana also…

Mc’America: America Runs on Fast Food was the first prize middle school winner in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Ida Chen and Hana Lee, eighth graders at Eastern Middle School in Silver…