Hunger Crisis in US Archives

Asmita Kerkar: Helping fight food insecurity in Minnesota through design psychology

by Charu Thakur | Jan 10, 2024

(January 10, 2023) Bernice Wimmer has been trying everything to fight the hunger crisis in the city of Alexandria in Minnesota, and was looking for support in redesigning her outreach food shelf (a point where families shop for the rescued food) to help improve...

Raj and Aradhana Asava: Mobilising Indian diaspora and other communities in the fight against hunger across the US

by Charu Thakur | Sep 1, 2023

(August 27, 2023) “Over 34 million people, including 9 million children, in the US are food insecure.” A number that Raj Asava was oblivious to before meeting the Mayor of Plano one balmy afternoon in 2015. Having lived in the suburbs of the US for decades, Raj...