Join The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in welcoming Juliette Majot as their new president.
Food Desert to Healthy Oasis and Sustainable Green Job Creation
Hydroponic farming can literally change the trajectory of chronic poor nutrition.
Innovation for Sustainability: Chicken Tractors, a Simple Innovation with a Big Payoff
The chicken tractor is a sustainable, humane, cost-effective, and fun way for farmers to integrate chickens into an agro-ecological system.
Local Progress Towards a Global Solution: Learning Gardens
Learning Gardens, experiential outdoor garden-classrooms, prove to be worthwhile educational investment.
Skyscraper Farms Will Take Urban Agriculture to New Heights
Growing up may bear fruit in the fruit in the future. Skyscraper farms can be a reality.
Indigenous Crop: Dika – On the Brink of Domestication
The dika tree is only found in Western Africa. Known for its seeds, the dika tree also provides shade in the heat and humidity.
INFOGRAPHIC: How Thirsty Is Your Food?
When it comes to water use, plants are not created equal. Here’s how much water some of California’s major crops require.
Food Hero: Sasha Kramer, How SOIL Works at the Nexus of Human Rights and Ecology
Sasha Kramer, Co-founder of Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods, works to transform human waste into growing tool
Is Big Food really the next Big Tobacco? New proposals want to hold food manufacturers accountable.
Is Big Food the next Big Tobacco when it comes to holding the food industry accountable for health care costs?
Cool Foods Campaign’s Food & Climate: Connecting the Dots, Choosing the Way Forward
In the face of a changing climate, perhaps organic agriculture was once viewed as “alternative” deserves another look.
IYFF Falls on Middle Year of Substantial IFAD Argentinian Investment
2014, The International Year of Family Farming, is also the mid-program point of a US$150 million IFAD investment in Argentinian family farmers.
Exploring gender-based inequalities in land ownership in Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute looks to more fully explore the gender-based inequalities in land ownership that exist across Africa.
Humanely sourced meals at the tip of your fingers; A new app supporting animal welfare
Finding restaurants that serve humanely sourced foods could get a lot easier with the Humane Eating Project app.
Growing Innovation in the International Year of Family Farming
Collaborative campaign to create an open source online library of agricultural innovations and a new book documenting sustainable models developed by farmers.
Organic Agriculture — Between Pragmatism & Romanticisms: Insights into the work of FiBL in Frick
The Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL) looks to youth education to promote organic farming.
Going Against the Grain to Use Less Water: Rice Farmers Experiment with Direct-Seeded Rice
In these water-scarce times, direct-seeded rice can help farmers reduce water and labor inputs while maintaining or even improving rice yields.
Indigenous Crop: Umbu Tree Provides Brazilians Citrus in the Desert
This Brazilian citrus fruit tree can survive droughts by holding 3,000 liters of water in its tubers. Imagine what the umbu could do for food security.
Encouraging Youth Involvement in Agriculture and Agribusiness
Young Professionals’ Platform for Agricultural Research and Development (YPARD) advocates for more young farmers in Nigeria.
The Farm Bill reform that will feed millions
A small but lifesaving change is a big political step toward a smarter food aid system.
The Least of Your Problems
Alan Guebert explains how America’s beef industry continues to go shockingly unchecked, while American consumers continue to bear the brunt.