How to Use food security in a Sentence

food security

noun
  • In addition, wartime food security concerns could spark some countries to stock up on staples like wheat.
    — Hallie Gu, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The East African nation was already facing one of its worst food security crises in years.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 May 2026
  • The framework to support the Cuban people and ensure food security is already in place.
    — Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats and food security advocates worry the changes are leaving people hungry.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • One of the things that Kara and I say pretty often is that food security is national security.
    — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But Beijing’s end goal is food security — reducing reliance on other countries.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But the bill’s advancement was not cause for celebration among the food security advocates who have been calling for state funds to cover the cost of school meal copays for years.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Fertilizer prices could stay elevated for months, rippling through harvests, food prices, and household food security well into the year.
    — Shobha Shetty, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • To be sure, half of the world’s population experiences water scarcity for at least one month a year, throwing public health and food security into question.
    — Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This work is part of Cargill’s broader effort to strengthen food security by addressing both immediate needs and long-term barriers.
    — Pilar Cruz, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Black Sea lesson for the Gulf crisis There is a way forward to prevent this grave danger to global food security.
    — Comfort Ero, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
  • State leaders must ensure that those benefiting most from federal tax cuts pay their fair share to protect local healthcare, food security and essential services.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • Rwanda is striving to ensure food security amid the latest global pressures on farm inputs like fertilizer, whose prices have been rising since the Iran war began.
    — ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Rwanda is striving to ensure food security amid the latest global pressures on farm inputs like fertilizer, whose prices have been rising since the Iran war began.
    — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • As food supply has deteriorated and food security and deserts have increased, Statner explains that people are less inclined to cook at home and are looking for easy ways to stay healthy.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2026
  • So while food theft has always occurred, as the world gets more fragmented, global food security is becoming increasingly vulnerable.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 28 May 2026
  • In Africa, aid agencies are raising alarms about rising costs that threaten food security in vulnerable nations heavily reliant on imports for food and fuel.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Dubai’s largest free zone is pursuing an expansion plan focused around food security, at a time when global supply chain vulnerabilities have been starkly exposed by the Iran war.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 17 June 2026
  • The legislation protects the state’s food supply, strengthens its economy, and puts food security on equal footing with national security.
    — George Landrith, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
  • From coral reefs and mangrove forests to the deep sea, marine ecosystems sustain countless species, support coastal communities, regulate the climate and underpin global food security.
    — Ana K. Spalding, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
  • Supply disruptions have also hit hard in Europe and Africa, where countries are responding to rising fuel costs and a considerable threat to food security.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • Beijing, the world's largest soybean importer, has also diversified its sourcing to Brazil and Argentina in an effort to ensure food security.
    — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • Agriculture is the backbone of Texas, and my mission has always been to protect our producers, expand markets, and ensure food security for every Texan.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • As the strait’s closure causes chaos worldwide, aid agencies in Africa warned that rising costs and supply chain disruption threaten food security in vulnerable nations on the continent.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Helping people to get jobs that provide food security will be particularly important in the coming years, with demand for help through food banks projected to double nationwide, Pulling said.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Shortages now threaten countries across South and Southeast Asia, where agriculture employs a large share of the workforce — raising food security risks for economies already under strain.
    — Wendy Cutler, Fortune, 2 May 2026
  • Oil markets are closed for trading today as a result of the Easter holiday, but the rising crude oil price is likely to intensify fears of a market downturn, fuel shortages and food security issues.
    — Max Burman, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Social scientists in the food security space say the stricter requirements will cause greater food insecurity, take money out of neighborhoods, and force state governments to figure out how to bear the costs while keeping their own budgets trimmed.
    — Annemarie Dooling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The World Food Program says the Israeli invasion has disrupted supply lines, leaving Lebanon in a food security crisis.
    — Npr Staff, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Avoiding the loss and fragmentation of agricultural land will also help keep agriculture — a mainstay of our state and local economies and essential for food security — economically viable in the decades to come.
    — Tom Hoctor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026

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