The First White House Summit On US Hunger -- In Over A Half-Century... September 28, 2022

The last one, during the waning days of the Nixon administration, supplemented the Kennedy-Johnson 1964 food stamp programs. . . and added funding to Johnson's school nutritional assistance -- for families of limited means.

This is both a timely and overdue conference, to be sure, as one in eight children struggle with sporadic food scarcity still, in the United States. And without steady, proper nutrition, a complete education may well be beyond the reach of most children. That is. . . just shameful, in the richest nation on Earth.

Listen to NPR, on it all:

. . .President Joe Biden will headline the White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health on Sept. 28, unveiling his plan to make good on a pledge to end hunger and diet-related diseases by 2030.

The conference. . . will feature panels and working group sessions involving hundreds of advocates, educators, health care professionals, lawmakers, cabinet officials and everyday Americans.

Doug Emhoff -- the husband of Vice President Harris -- will also speak at the conference, the White House says. Other featured speakers include Chef Jose Andres, known for his work feeding people after disasters, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

It will be the first conference on hunger, nutrition and health since 1969. That Nixon-era conference led to the creation of the big programs underpinning U.S. hunger response, like food stamps and child nutrition assistance. . . .

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