New Alliance to End Hunger President Eric Mitchell Faces Busy 2024

Posted by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity on January 23, 2024

In this Spotlight Exclusive we speak with Eric Mitchell, president of the Alliance to End Hunger, about rising famine conditions and anti-hunger programs. The Alliance is a coalition of over 100 national organizations and individuals with a primary focus on national and international hunger policy. This year, the potential reauthorization of the Farm Bill is a key priority for the group. Mitchell points to a federal ban on access to SNAP benefits for formerly incarcerated men and women. “When you think about those who are most at risk of hunger, this is a population of our community that is always the most at risk of hunger because they are usually underemployed and/or low-wage workers,” he says. On the global side, the Alliance is working to protect programs like Food for Peace and McGovern/Dole as the food crisis worsens around the world. “One of the things that we have been urging for our stakeholders and government leaders is to make sure that small-holder farmers have the resources they need to be able to withstand these tough challenges, whether it’s more resilient types of programming or more support of capacity building,” says Mitchell.

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