Food is a fundamental human right, a right that everyone is entitled to demand. Yet almost one out of ten people in the world do not get enough to eat. What explains the persistence of hunger, even as enough food is produced to meet the needs of all? In this course we examine food insecurity as a global human rights crisis that is related to the power structures in the global food system. We study the geography of hunger from a geopolitical perspective, the interests of stakeholders (including farmers, agribusinesses, multinational corporations, governments, international institutions), contestations over the role of trade, technology, gender subordination, climate change, and other drivers of food insecurity. We consider social movements that confront dominant paradigms in government and the global economy to imagine a more just global food system. We ground our analysis on the understanding of the right to food as requiring food availability and accessibility, its quality and its appropriateness to cultural norms, and obligations for states within the context of geopolitical realities. **Students must register for both the lecture and discussion section of this course.** [This ULEC is in category 1, Tools for Social Change.]