Newsletters

June 24, 2026

GFI is excited to share that we’ve moved to a new location! Stay tuned for events starting in Fall 2026, from informal gatherings and class discussions to hands-on gardening in our new space as we grow our own food.

June 17, 2026

As a mother of three who worked hard to feed my kids well, I know how much thought goes into trying to do right by them. What I didn't fully appreciate is just how much added sugar is built into the foods families trust most. That's the picture our newest policy brief, Changing the Default: A Policy Roadmap for Reducing Added Sugars in U.S. Children's Diets, lays out in detail.

May 26, 2026

The 2025 contraction of foreign aid – marked by the dismantling of USAID and a broader donor pullback – set off urgent debates including how assistance should be structured going forward. GFI and GW researchers set out to inform this debate, documenting what was happening to the underlying architecture of the system. Our latest research brief, featured in the Devex Newswire, discusses what has changed beneath the surface.

May 14, 2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! The first cohort of graduating Food Leadership minors wore carrot pin on their lapel at commencement.

April 30, 2026

In recent months, we've seen just how a conflict in one region can evolve into food challenges elsewhere. Fertilizer price volatility is shaping what farmers can grow and what consumers ultimately pay at the supermarket. Hunger, nutrition, and food access are continually shaped by a web of interconnected forces – from policy to infrastructure and economics. And rarely does one of these shift in isolation.

April 16, 2026

Registration is open for Fall 2026! Find a menu of courses built for future food leaders. Open to students from all majors and minors, this opportunity offers a chance to explore local and global food system perspectives throughout your academic journey!

March 26, 2026

For those of us working in food policy, March is National Nutrition Month - a chance to spotlight the importance of nutrition education to our individual and collective health. This year, many of us are asking an important question: how do we ensure sound nutrition guidance rises above the noise?

March 4, 2026

Fall 2026 course registration opens on Monday, March 30. Fill your plate and fuel your future with Food Leadership courses!

February 26, 2026

School meals may feel ordinary, but their impact on global health and nutrition is anything but. Across the globe, they reach hundreds of millions of children. And when implemented with strong nutrition standards, they are a uniquely powerful policy lever to improve food and nutrition security while supporting better health and educational outcomes.

February 5, 2026

Chloë De Smedt a recent GW graduate, has carved a path at the intersection of food security, policy, and sustainability. With a concentration in International Environmental Studies and minors in Food Leadership and Sustainability, she brings passion and perspective to some of today’s most urgent challenges.

January 22, 2026

As GFI’s Priya Fielding-Singh discusses in a new Boston Globe op-ed, the reality of reducing sugar intake in today’s food system is far more complex. Avoiding it requires time, money, access, and information that many families simply don’t have.

January 13, 2026

GW’s renowned New Venture Competition (NVC) has launched a brand new Food Innovation Track with the Global Food Institute at GW (GFI) to support solutions improving food security, nutrition, food safety, sustainability, or access to healthy food.