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Chicago Council: “We Can’t Talk About Climate Change Without Talking About Family Farmers”
“Climate-Smart Food Security” panel addressed the role of family farmers in mitigating the effects of climate change.
Using Technology to Farm Kenya’s Future
Kevin Makhanu of the Agricultural Society of Kenya talks about technological advances and positively changing traditional structures of farming.
28 Countries and One Common Agricultural Policy: European Family Farmers and Agricultural Reform
The European Union marks the International Year of Family Farming with a major reform to Common Agricultural Policy.
Indigenous Crop: Chanterelle Mushrooms, the Golden Goodness
The chanterelle mushroom is a forest dweller that grows throughout the world and comes in all shapes and sizes.
Harvesting Better Access to Information
Farmers’ access to profit-building mobile tech suffers from two C’s: connectivity and content. Governments, NGOs, and private sector can help.
Disaster Relief Series: Emergency Food Aid in East Asia After the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake killed 150,000 and devastated local agriculture, food supplies, and stores of clean water. Emergency food aid was critical.
Putting Grasslands to Work and Celebrating Solutions to Global Issues
The Savory Institute’s Annual International Conference, “Putting Grasslands to Work,” will be a forum for celebrating real world solutions to global issues.
The Indigenous Farming Project Augments Native American Food Sovereignty Efforts
The Indigenous Farming Project is a pilot program that will support small-scale Native American agricultural projects in the Owens Valley of California.
The Gardeneers: Two Chicago School Teachers on a Mission to Change Schools Through Gardens
The Gardeneers team provides a unique and customized combination of services for schools looking to implement school gardens in Chicago, Illinois.
The Peterson Garden Project: Teaching Chicago to Grow
The Peterson Garden Project is teaching people how to bring their food from garden to table by introducing a gardening guide and a teaching kitchen in 2014.
Indigenous Crop: Lablab: to Cook or Not to Cook?
It is important to boil mature beans or dried beans to remove the cyanogenic glycosides.
How Melbourne is Becoming a Sustainable, Thriving Food City
Melbourne, Australia is recognizing the impact food has on the health and well-being of its community and is committed to promoting a healthy food system.
Food Tank’s Summer 2014 Reading List – 18 Books For A Better Food System
Food Tank’s 18 summer “must reads” for your tablet or bookshelf.
Celebrating Mothers Who Invest in Their Children and the Land
This May, let’s honor the investment that mothers throughout Rwanda—-and the rest of Africa—-are making in their children and in their land.
Indigenous Crop: Locust Bean—Not a Plant but a Tree
The locust bean tree is valuable in many ways: the fruit provides sustenance, the branches provide shade, and the leaves restore soil to good health.
Food: A Forum: Solutions for a Hungry Planet with Jon Foley
Jonathan Foley opened up Food: A Forum with detailed solutions for meeting the nutritional demands of the world’s growing population.
Food: A Forum Highlights the Big Question Marks for Farming
National Geographic’s executive editor, Dennis R. Dimick, opens the Future of Food Forum, urging a global conversation on agriculture.
IYFF: The National Family Farm Coalition Champions Family Farmers
The National Family Farm Coalition works to support U.S. family farms and healthy, sustainable food production.
10 Baltimore Urban Agriculture Projects You Should Know About
Urban agriculture supports healthy eating, local food production, and green industry in Baltimore.
