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LaGuardia Humanitarian Initiative (LHI) Research Guide: Hunger, Food Insecurity, Food Justice

Resources on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Web resources


portion of world hunger map


Research Tip: Keep in mind that many projects and initiatives are complex and multi-faceted and designed to impact more than one UN Sustainable Goal. Resources about several other sustainable goals may be relevant to Goal 2.

From our databases

Library Books and Ebooks--Food insecurity

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Some subject terms to try in our databases and OneSearch to get you started:

  • food security
  • food insecurity
  • famine
  • malnutrition
  • food supply
  • [add name of country or geographical area] for example: sub-saharan africa, india, etc.
  • [add term for group of people affected] for example: women, infants, elderly, etc.
  • [add term for a related topic] for example: sustainable agriculture, social justice, war, etc.

Link the terms using the the boolean connector AND (for example, famine AND climate change). To learn more about combining terms to build more complex searches, go to the Research Basics tab on this guide.

Search Library resources In our OneSearch:

Food Insecurity and food justice in New York City

Library Books & ebooks--Sustainable agriculture and feeding the planet

Food justice web resources


Why Food Is a Social Justice Issue: episode from the podcast The Doctor's Farmacy by Mark Hyman

Food justice books from the Library

CTL Food Justice Seminar Bibliography

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