Navigating the “Perfect Storm” of Hunger

Featuring Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO, Feeding America

Tens of millions of Americans face heightened levels of food insecurity as grocery prices keep rising, emergency pandemic benefits expire, and relief measures such as the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, resurface in partisan budget debates. How does America’s largest hunger-relief organization manage this “perfect storm,” and how can businesses help—and not hinder—its efforts? Its leader talks about rethinking and depoliticizing our food systems, the innovative community solutions and partnerships that are already at work, and how she stays focused and hopeful about her mission to end hunger.