“If you break the food supply chain, you can imagine how that would affect supermarket shelves”
Farmers
Holly Rippon-Butler Talks Young Farmers, COVID-19
“We need to make investments for young farmers as a resource for this country”
Purdue University’s Jayson Lusk Discusses The Economics of COVID-19
“We’re here to teach students, and try to help them prepare for the work force, but also apply what things we know to try to make the world a better place”
Remember Your Farmers During the COVID-19 Crisis. We’ll Need Them the Next Time Around.
As farmers struggle in the midst of a global pandemic, consumers must take steps to support the those who produce the food we value and serve the health of local communities.
Emily Broad Leib talks Food Law and COVID-19
“If part of what comes from this is that we realize all the people who are handling the food from the beginning on the farm to the end of the chain are really vital. We need to treat them better, pay them better, give them benefits.”
18 Organizations to Support During National Farmworker Awareness Week
Honor farmworkers during National Farmworker Awareness Week by learning about the work of these 18 organizations supporting farmworkers’ rights and wellbeing.
Mill City Farmers Markets Innovates Around COVID-19
“The biggest goal will be to keep the distancing possible. So, how do we move customers through quickly and safely, and change what markets have been, which is a place to congregate and socialize?”
Gene Baur Talks Farm Animals In Crisis
“Government policies and laws are very important – and have enabled an inefficient system – and that has to change.”
Bob Martin Talks About Citizen Eaters and COVID-19
“I do think food is kind of the social issue of our time, when we’re not worried about being wiped out by novel flu virus”
Canada’s Agriculture Industry Expected To Receive Three Billion Canadian Dollars
The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a five-year federal, provincial, and territorial project to invest three billion dollars into Canada’s agriculture sector.
General Mills Launches Regenerative Wheat Farming Pilot in Kansas
General Mills launches a regenerative wheat farming pilot program to train farmers on regenerative practices and encourage 1 million acres by 2030
Helping Local Farmers in Madagascar Create Sustainable (And Profitable) Businesses
Dani Nierenberg chats with Tim McCollum, founder and CEO of Beyond Good, an organic chocolate company that exclusively sources cacao from local farmers in Madagascar and Uganda.
The Amazon Is Approaching its “Tipping Point,” Scientists Say
As deforestation and wildfires sweep across the Amazon rainforest, imminent destruction of world’s largest rainforest is on the horizon, claim rainforest experts Dr. Thomas Lovejoy and Dr. Carlos Nobre.
20 Heroines Revolutionizing Food Activism to Improve the Planet
Twenty female food activists from around the world aim to improve the global food system on International Women’s Day 2020.
Opinion | The Last Crop Before the Desert
Breeders from ICARDA are using a crop’s wild cousins to develop barley varieties that can survive on the fringes of the desert.
Supporting Organic Farms at the Market and the Bank
Raya Carr, Events Coordinator and Shepherdess at Mint Creek Farms, shares new ways that we as consumers and investors can support local organic farmers, and those who want to start their own farms.
Supporting the Cerrado with Baru Nuts
Regenature, a Brazillian health foods importer and exporter, wants to regenerate the Cerrado by popularizing native baru nuts.
Global Soy Trade Drives Amazon Deforestation Amid Human Rights Concerns
Global demand for meat and dairy maintains the need for soy as animal feed across major supply chains. To be more sustainable, global traders and consumer good corporations should shift towards more environmentally friendly products, says Greenpeace.
Musk Is Training Young People to Be In Food–And Love It
Kimbal Musk tells Gabriella Gershenson of the Wall Street Journal about creating opportunities for young people in farming—and disrupting current agricultural practices—with indoor farming.
How an Iowa Family Shares its Well-Honed Organic Farming Practices
While farming organically for more than three decades, this Iowa family farm frequently shares its knowledge and passion with others.
