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Water Treatment Facilities Need Emergency Food, Too!
Emergency food supplies can be a critical lifeline for water treatment facilities and their staff during a disaster. However, many...

David Baumgarten
Feb 23, 20233 min read
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The Sheriffs Emergency Food Plan
As climate change continues to impact the United States with more frequent and severe weather events, emergency preparedness becomes...

David Baumgarten
Feb 22, 20233 min read
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From Disaster to Recovery, Keeping Essential Workers Nourished and Strong
It's said that the only certain things in life are death and taxes. Now, we might be able to add a third certainty: disasters. Natural...

kwiyoung4
Feb 9, 20234 min read
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When Disaster Strikes: 3 Helpful Ways Emergency Managers Support Staff Endurance
Introduction Emergency managers are often faced with situations that are beyond their control. Managing disasters can take its toll on...

David Baumgarten
Jan 30, 20236 min read
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How to Get Started On High-Level Emergency Management Thinking (and why you should)
Weather extremes are increasing and with it, we are quickly learning that our civilization is based on energy infrastructures that are no...

David Baumgarten
Oct 6, 20224 min read
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Hurricane Ian Teaches Compassion
Hurricane Ian devastated Florida for the last two days, displacing millions of people to move away from the safety of their homes. Fort...

David Baumgarten
Sep 29, 20222 min read
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Proactive Disaster Meal Planning and Coordination
Globally, disasters are happening with more and more frequency and with higher cost to life and businesses. Supply chain in the...

David Baumgarten
Aug 1, 20227 min read
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Famine and Malnutrition
If We Don’t Feed People, We Feed Conflict. Globally, famine and malnutrition are on the rise. On May 18, 2022, in New York, the UN...

David Baumgarten
Jun 4, 20223 min read
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Emergency Management in 4 Phases
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), there are four phases organizations and individuals need to consider to...

David Baumgarten
Jun 2, 20223 min read
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Food Support for Enterprise Risk Management
Whether you are in the business of enterprise risk management or a professional homeowner putting together your emergency plan in today’s...

David Baumgarten
May 13, 20221 min read
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Unions Unite Against Food Insecurity
The top five worker unions in the U.S.A. have been able to maintain incredible collective bargaining power. They’ve been especially...

David Baumgarten
May 13, 20224 min read
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The Effects of a Modern Bread and Circus As We Are Robbed
Nearly everyone in the world is now focused on the Johnny Depp, Amber Heard trial. It's an entertaining yet pathetic display of our own...

David Baumgarten
May 12, 20223 min read
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War in Ukraine: Consequences
The war in Ukraine may have devastating and lasting impact on global food supply and distribution. The fallout will be food shortages and...

David Baumgarten
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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Secure Foods: Founders Message
Secure Foods mission is to help companies ensure business continuity through disasters, and to the point when their communities are able...

kwiyoung4
Apr 10, 20222 min read
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Proactive Disaster Meal Planning and Coordination
Not having disaster meal planning in place has devastated small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) most as they have fewer resources....

David Baumgarten
Oct 7, 20217 min read
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High Reliability in Healthcare
The overwhelming task of preparing hospitals for climate-related disasters High Reliability in Healthcare is becoming a priority for...

David Baumgarten
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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Climate Migration – The Wave of the Future?
A report commissioned last year by the Environmental Defense Fund entitled Climate Fueled Weather Disasters: Costs to State and Local...

David Baumgarten
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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Notre Dame’s Remarkable Tool for Climate Disruption Planning
The Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN) is a project of Notre Dame University. It was conceived to help humanity adapt to...

David Baumgarten
Mar 29, 20212 min read
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Business Readiness
How Can Businesses Survive a Disaster if Employees Can’t Stick Around? Here's a business readiness scenario to ponder: Imagine that...

David Baumgarten
Mar 18, 20213 min read
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Food Inflation Now and in the Future
The term “food inflation” means exactly what it sounds like – an increase in food prices. According to the United Nations’ Food &...

David Baumgarten
Feb 15, 20213 min read
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