The U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security is a 2-week long learning program for graduate students attending U.S. institutions who are interested in developing a holistic understanding of the conceptual challenges around global food security. This introduction to global food security will provide students with a working knowledge of these issues with a focus on cross-disciplinary problem solving of real-world development challenges. The 2014 U.S. Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security will be held Sunday, June 8 - Saturday, June 21, 2014.