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Food as medicine, waste reduction efforts could face headwinds following presidential election – prompting calls for fast action in coming months
Some legislators worry general political discord and uncertainty about the presidential election could aggravate food insecurity in the US and threaten investments in food as medicine as well as other initiatives and pledges made at the historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health held nearly two years ago.