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H-01

Eliminate global hunger and malnutrition

No one goes hungry, and no one is malnourished.

14 organizations tracked  ·  1 vetted

The goal in brief

GoalNo one goes hungry, and no one is malnourished.

people who faced hunger in 20251
645 million
people who can’t afford a healthy diet1
2.7 billion
children under 5 stunted in 20244
150 million
meals our members have provided
12,426Live

Why it matters

About 645 million people faced hunger in 2025, and roughly 2.7 billion could not afford a healthy diet.1 Undernutrition holds back children’s growth and is linked to nearly half of all deaths of children under 5.2

How we’ll know it’s done

Finish line
Zero people undernourished and an end to malnutrition in all its forms, as SDG targets 2.1 and 2.2 call for by 2030.3
What counts
Safe, nutritious food all year round, not just enough calories to get by.
How it’s checked
UN agencies’ yearly hunger and food insecurity estimates, and measured growth of young children.
Our part
Our campaign reports the meals it provides from rescued food each month.

What follows

  • Fewer children dying before age 5, since undernutrition is linked to nearly half of those deaths.H-11Reduce the child mortality rate to under 1% globally
  • Children who grow well, learn better and get more out of school.H-12Establish universal access to high-quality education
  • Healthier adults who can work, earn and climb out of poverty.H-02End poverty

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How it can be solved

The approaches to this goal, and how many of the organizations taking each one we’ve vetted.

  • Food rescue

    Getting surplus food that would be thrown away to people who need it.

    3 organizations · 1 vetted

  • Food banks

    Collecting and distributing food to families facing hunger.

    1 organization

  • Urban farms and gardens

    Growing food in cities, often with and for the neighbors who need it most.

    8 organizations

  • Small farmer livelihoods

    Helping small farmers, especially women, grow more food and income.

    1 organization

  • Farming technology

    Robots and automation to grow food with less labor.

    1 organization · 1 no longer operating

Who’s working on it

We only call a solution proven, measurable and scalable once our vetting team has vetted it. Everything else here, the team is tracking.

Vetted1 organizationReviewed by our vetting team, and passed all three tests.

  • Proven

    It has worked, with results to show.

  • Measurable

    Its impact can be counted.

  • Scalable

    It can grow toward the size of the goal.

Not vetted13 organizationsTracked by our vetting team. Not vetted yet, so we make no claims about them.

No longer operational Kept here so the record is complete. 1

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    Iron Ox No longer operational

    Grew produce in automated greenhouses run by robots.

    Farming technology

Listing an organization isn’t an endorsement. Not vetted means just that: our vetting team is tracking it, and we make no claims about it yet. Last reviewed October 2026.

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Sources

  1. 1. FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO, “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026,” FAO (2026) (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2. WHO, “Malnutrition” fact sheet, World Health Organization (2024) (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3. UN DESA, “Sustainable Development Goal 2: targets and indicators,” United Nations (2015) (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4. UNICEF, WHO and World Bank, “Levels and trends in child malnutrition: Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates, 2025 edition,” WHO (2025) (opens in a new tab)