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Effective Waste Management: Lessons from Massachusetts

What can other states learn from Massachusetts? The key to their waste ban success is clearer than you think.

20 Children’s Books Celebrating Our Food and Farming Systems

These books will inspire young minds with stories about where their food comes from.

How Agroecology Can Help Countries Tap Climate Finance and Fund Food Systems Transformation

By integrating agroecological interventions into NDCs, countries can hit their climate goals, attract finance and improve food security.

Friedman School’s Transformation: Advancing Equity and Impact in Nutrition

The Friedman School is expanding its educational portfolio, refocusing its research themes, and deepening its global impact.

EARTH University Aims to Increase Impact and Improve Global Food Systems through Nature-Positive Strategy

EARTH University’s strategy is designed to improve global food systems and help communities adapt to climate change.

Op-Ed | Why Philanthropy Should Back and Engage in the Committee on World Food Security

Bringing together a diversity of actors working on food systems governance offers unique advantages to elevate the impact of philanthropy.

Investor Coalition Advocates for Food Policy Transformation

The Food Foundation’s coalition is leveraging the influence of investors to build a healthier and more sustainable food system.

Op-Ed | Reimagining Food as a Path to Health and Equity

Addressing America’s health crisis requires us to rethink our entire approach to food. Seeing food as medicine opens the door to addressing the root causes of these challenges.

COP29 Dinner Series Paves the Way to Belem

In Azerbaijan, food and agriculture systems leaders laid a firm foundation that must be built on in the lead up to COP30 in Belem.

Helios Is Working to Transform Agriculture with AI Predictability and Climate Insights

Helios is leveraging AI to provide real-time climate and economic risk insights, helping to bolster global food security.

Grocery Retail for All: Building Bridges for Equitable Food Access Across the U.S.

The Grocery Retail for All Summit will look at power of partnerships, investment models, and policies that can improve food access for every eater in the U.S.

School Gardens Boost Vegetable Intake and Empower Students, Study Shows

School gardens can empower children to be champions of change.

Breaking Barriers: How Malawi’s Largest Smallholder Association Is Empowering Women

NASFAM is empowering Malawi’s women farmers in ways that will benefit generations to come.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Wednesday, Nov. 20

On Food, Water and Agriculture day at COP29 in Baku, discussions across the entire conference showcased the power of food systems.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Tuesday, Nov. 19

On Food, Agriculture and Water Day at COP29, it’s exciting to see long-overdue attention being paid to agrifood systems.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Monday, Nov. 18

The negotiations and decisions on the table at COP29 this week are life-or-death questions for the future of the planet.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Sunday, Nov. 17

Rest Day at COP29 offers an opportunity to take stock, regroup, and strategize for the second half of the Conference to drive progress.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Saturday, Nov. 16

Experts call for the finance that can drive the transformation of food and agriculture systems.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Friday, Nov. 15

New estimates of the funding needed to close the funding gap for climate action are emerging, but it remains to be seen if global leaders will step up.

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