The world is increasingly seeing the effects of a changing climate: floods in Europe, fires in the western United States, severe droughts in East Africa. Not only are these natural disasters upending cities and villages, but they are also upending our food systems. The impact of climate change coupled with an ever-growing world population positions food security as a foreboding crisis. Today, one in three people around the world does not have access to adequate food.

Despite the severity of the problem, there are glimmers of hope—people who fight against all odds to ensure that every person has access to the food they need. Local leaders and community-based organizations are at the forefront of these crises, serving as critical links between food–insecure individuals and nutritional resources. The Aspen Global Innovators Group supports two premier fellowships, the New Voices Fellowship and the Healthy Communities Fellowship, which bring expert viewpoints from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and underserved communities in the United States into the global conversation. Solving food security issues requires local, regional, and international action. And our fellows are working across all sectors to provide access to food for those most in need.

Read the full article about food security by Tsion Ghadamu and Katy Stewart at The Aspen Institute.