Changing the World Through the Power of Food
The Global Food Institute
at the George Washington University
Powered by interdisciplinary research and teaching across policy, innovation, and humanity, the Global Food Institute at GW will work to transform people’s lives and the health of our planet.
Explore Our Courses & Minor in Food Leadership
Join the Global Food Institute’s transformative Food Leadership Minor and develop the expertise needed to drive sustainable change. Our 18-credit program blends classroom learning with immersive experiences in policy, innovation, nutrition, and sustainability, preparing you to tackle global food challenges.
Explore upcoming Fall 2025 courses, with opportunities for hands-on learning both locally and abroad.
Latest News & Updates
GW Ph.D. candidate Nick Foreman Dishes Out Insights on How Exercise Counters High-Fat Foods (GW Today)
February 26, 2026
GW Ph.D. candidate Nick Foreman earned third place in the Three Minute Thesis competition.” His research assigned participants to different diets in order to examine how high‑fat foods impair the body’s blood‑sugar regulation and demonstrated how exercise may help counteract these metabolic disruptions.
Anonymous Trustee and GW Donations Fund Students to Work at World Central Kitchen as Part of the Humanitarian Internship Program (GW Hatchet)
February 23, 2026
The $200,000 initiative, part of GW's Humanitarian Internship Program, will pay for ten students to work at World Central Kitchen’s D.C. office and four in its Jordan location — barring security constraints — where they will support the organization’s operations and coordinate the distribution of food and humanitarian supplies bound for Gaza.
GW Legal Scholar, Kathy Hessler, Says Farm Bill ‘Acts Without Acting,’ Undercutting True Animal‑Welfare Standards (Spectrum News)
February 17, 2026
Kathy Hessler, GFI Adjunct Faculty and Assistant Dean for Animal Legal Education at George Washington University Law School, argued that the Farm Bill provision does not create a true national animal‑welfare standard and instead represents the government “trying to act but not act.”
