Food for Thought: So you began your event with an Indigenous land acknowledgment. Now what?
Red Cliff Indian Reservation in Wisconsin during their annual pow wow. Credit: Erlend Bjørtvedt By Kaitlyn Scanlon, Alliance Intern from Oregon State University ’26 Land acknowledgements have seemingly blossomed in …
Food for Thought: Tech giants battle over climate solutions – Bill Gates disses tree planting
Bill Gates believes he’s rising above the trees but is he? Source: Justin Tallis/Getty Images By Elise Nam, Alliance Intern from Barnard College ‘24 Surprisingly, there’s a hot debate about …
Food for Thought: Innovative solutions for ending both hunger and food waste
People sifting through food that had just been discarded by a Fred Meyer store after a power failure in Portland, Ore. Credit: @JuniperLSimonis By Saul Myhre, Alliance Intern from the …
Food for Thought: Loneliness epidemic is endangering Americans’ health but there are solutions
Americans’ health hangs in the balance due to rising loneliness dangers. But US Sen. Chris Murphy and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy have just the prescription needed. Credit: Surgeon General’s …
Food for Thought: Positive voting trends among women and young people counteracted by threatened voters
By Alliance President Terry Gips As this excellent NY Times OpEd points out, there are some profound emerging voting trends that have countervailing impacts. Young people are voting increasingly Democratic …