Micro-enterprises bring women power, self-sufficiency and, importantly, and freedom from social and economic barriers.
Op-Ed
Op-Ed | A Case for Food Diversification
Diversification is the key to the resilience of our food systems. This is true around our climate-impacted world, but especially so across Africa and in my home country of Zimbabwe. Through both my academic research and my work as a…
Op-Ed | How Can Conscious Transformation Help Food Systems?
To truly transform food systems or address the root causes of the polycrisis we are facing, technical solutions will not be enough.
Op-Ed | Conflict Threatens to Generate Another Cycle of Refugee Seeds
The current conflict in the Middle East is putting some of the most desert-adapted seed collections in the world at risk.
Op-Ed | Feeding the Crisis: Agricultural Subsidies and the Rise of Ultra-Processed Diets
The U.S. government is spending billions of dollars in subsidies to make the unhealthy choice the cheapest choice.
Op-Ed | Nonsense in the US-Mexico Corn Fight
The U.S. is challenging Mexico’s attempts to prohibit genetically modified corn for human consumption. But Mexico argues that the ban seeks to avoid the risks created by toxic herbicides.
Op-Ed | The Most Sustainable Fish You Probably Never Knew Existed
The Bering Sea offers a global model for how fish, fishers, and communities can all thrive.
Op-Ed | USDA Opens the Door to Climate-Friendly School Meals
New nutrition standards for child nutrition programs just released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will give students a better chance of eating healthy, sustainable meals.
Op-Ed | Bridging the Gap: Health and Climate Action on World Environment Day
The connections between the health and nutrition community and the climate and environment community are stronger than ever.
Op-Ed | Sowing Change: Embracing Plant-Powered Meals in NYC
Centering plates around plant-based proteins allows eaters to tap into a plethora of ancient grains, whole beans, and plants for creatively ambitious and culturally diverse new dishes.
Op-Ed | Congress Must Pass the Vital Farm Bill to Address Food Security
The Farm Bill is a vital legislative package responsible for funding everything from farm subsidies to SNAP benefits to international food aid.
Op-Ed | Unintended Consequences of Environmentally Friendly Diets
Collaboration between scientists, policymakers, and program implementers across the fields of environment and nutrition is essential to develop and implement effective, evidence-based solutions.
Mexico Is Right to Reject GMO Tortillas
High levels of genetically engineered toxins and glyphosate in GM corn pose serious health risks in Mexico.
The United States Must Respect Indigenous Rights in Mexico GM Corn Case
Corn holds tremendous cultural, symbolic, and spiritual value for Mexico’s Indigenous peoples.
Op-Ed | Ubuntu Food Systems: Bridging Top-Down and Bottom-Up Leadership
Inclusivity means bringing together a multitude of perspectives, including smallholder farmers, global research and development, finance, startups, activism, community mobilization, and non-profit organizations.
Mexico’s Precaution on GM Corn Safety Is Justified
The government of the U.S. and Canadian are using the USMCA to challenge Mexico’s efforts to ban the use of genetically modified corn.
Hardline U.S. Stance Ignores Non-GM Corn Opportunity for U.S. Farmers
U.S. farmers could be better served if leaders supported a smooth transition for those affected by Mexico’s corn policies.
Op-Ed | California Crate-Free Law Offers Hog Farmers Economic Opportunity
Both Prop 12 and Question 3 passed with sweeping voter support, indicating approval for better animal welfare practices.
Op-Ed | The Inflation Reduction Act Invested in Rural America. Now, Those Funds May Be in Jeopardy
The Inflation Reduction Act made a historic investment in agriculture and farming communities, but that funding may be at risk as member of Congress look to subsidize the nation’s largest farms instead.
Op-Ed | Sustainable Plates, Sustainable Cities: Urban Leaders Are Taking Climate Action with Transformative Food Policies
The path forward can be as close as tomorrow.
