Biden's goal to end hunger by 2030 and his new food conference, explained

The Biden administration wants to end hunger and food insecurity in the U.S. in eight years, an ambitious goal the president set in May – and he's hosting a big conference in late September to get things started.

It will be the first conference on hunger, nutrition and health since 1969. That Nixon-era conference influenced the food policy agenda for the last 50 years, leading to the creation of big food programs we know today, like food stamps and child nutrition assistance.

"The president sets out to do the same with this year's conference," the White House said.

But some are worried the administration won't be able to meet the high bar of expectations set by the 1969 conference.

"I think it's a completely different ballgame," said Lisa Davis, senior vice president of the No Kid Hungry campaign, one of many groups meeting with the White House as it develops the Sept. 28 conference agenda.

That's because planning for the two conferences has been vastly different. Two months after Congress passed a bill mandating that