Food Insecurity Crises At Home And Abroad: Why Biden Must Lead On Both

Food security forecasts project that the Covid-19 pandemic will have caused the most severe global food security crisis in recent history both nationally, with potentially upwards of 16 percent of the population becoming food insecure, and globally, with 270 million pushed into acute food insecurity in 2020 alone. "How the Biden administration responds to each will affect food security—and the U.S. reputation as a global leader—for decades to come," writes Caitlin Welsh, director of the Global Food Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. In conversation with JES Vice President Ben Speggen, Welsh will review impacts to domestic and foreign food security in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, update where both stand in 2021, and address why she calls for the Biden administration to not approach these challenges "either/or" but to understand how the U.S.'s "ability to lead globally hinges on our ability to address challenges at home." This event is a free digital program and will be live-streamed on the Jefferson's Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/JeffersonErie/) page and made available on demand on our website (https://www.jeserie.org/).