Women in Kyrgyzstan are growing herbs—and their incomes—-thanks to a WFP initiative.
Food Security
Mapping the Circular Nature of Conflict and Food Insecurity in Arab Countries
A workshop on enhancing resilience to conflict in Arab countries reveals a complex relationship between conflict and food insecurity in the MENA region.
What is the Number One Complaint About Organic Food?
The Vancouver-based Sole Food Street Farms aims to tackle the challenge of pricey organics by proposing a pay-what-you-can organic veggie stand.
Chicago Council: Harnessing Disruptive Technologies for Agricultural Gains
At the Chicago Council’s Global Food Security Symposium, four speakers participated in lightning presentations to discuss technology in agriculture.
Restoring Stability and Resilience in Crises Countries
In protracted crises countries, food security proves to catalyze rebuilding state stability.
Food: A Forum: Addressing Food Security for a Population of Nine Billion
During “Food Security In an Insecure World,” panelists highlighted the importance of working with farmers and investment in nutrition and infrastructure.
Canada Aims to Achieve Food Security Through Seed Diversity Initiative
The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security aims to achieve food security in Canada by increasing seed diversity.
EU Bill Protects Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Food Security
The European Union has recently passed a bill that protects indigenous rights to natural resources and traditional knowledge.
NEW REPORT: Food Tank By The Numbers: Family Farming
Food Tank highlights new research showing how family farms, can nourish the world while protecting the environment in a new report, Food Tank by the Numbers.
Healing the Land, Grazing for Solutions
Allan Savory’s vision for a more sustainable food system, the “Savory Grazing Method,” facing criticism, and his long-term plans for The Savory Institute.
The Right to Food Security
CREED urges leaders to support the right to food security for the impoverished.
Rethinking Industrial Meat Production
We know meat production takes many resources, but do we have any idea what the limits of all those resources are?
Shuanghui-Smithfield Deal: Water for Waste
The buyout of the world’s biggest pork producer, US-based Smithfield Food, by its giant Chinese counterpart, Shuanghui International, was water for waste.
This land is our land: The struggle for land rights in Papua New Guinea
Oakland Institute’s report, On Our Land: Modern Land Grabs Reversing Independence in Papua New Guinea, documents one of the largest land grabs in recent history
40 Chances to Create a Better Food System
Food Tank has compiled a list of 40 individuals and organizations breaking the status quo in food and nutrition security, food sovereignty, and food justice.
The False Banana, Key to Food Security
Enset is a vital pulse crop in Ethiopia, contributing to food security through nutritional and caloric intake, as well as environmental sustainability.
Persistent Rates of Food Insecurity Worsen in Egypt
Deteriorating poverty and nutrition rates have increased the prevalence of food insecurity, potentially risking political stability in the short term.
40 Organizations That Are Shaking Up the Food System
These 40 organizations are doing invaluable work to change the way we eat, grow, cook, buy, and sell food.
Five Innovative Solutions From “Food Desert” Activists
As access to healthy and affordable food becomes a more pressing public issue, governments, organizations and individuals implement new and varied solutions.
