Changing norms and creating fair policies can lead to meaningful improvements in women’s economic participation and leadership.
Agroecology can be the solution to our nutrition and environmental crises.
The U.S. food system, from farms to processing to grocery and restaurant work, depends on undocumented workers.
Small changes to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans could have a big environmental impact.
It is time to radically redirect our food system to better adapt to a hotter, drier world. Desert farmers and chefs will be central in this transformation.
Bringing together a diversity of actors working on food systems governance offers unique advantages to elevate the impact of philanthropy.
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.
Agroecology can align action on biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.
Micro-enterprises bring women power, self-sufficiency and, importantly, and freedom from social and economic barriers.
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…
To truly transform food systems or address the root causes of the polycrisis we are facing, technical solutions will not be enough.
The current conflict in the Middle East is putting some of the most desert-adapted seed collections in the world at risk.
The U.S. government is spending billions of dollars in subsidies to make the unhealthy choice the cheapest choice.
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.
The Bering Sea offers a global model for how fish, fishers, and communities can all thrive.
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.
The connections between the health and nutrition community and the climate and environment community are stronger than ever.
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.
The Farm Bill is a vital legislative package responsible for funding everything from farm subsidies to SNAP benefits to international food aid.
Collaboration between scientists, policymakers, and program implementers across the fields of environment and nutrition is essential to develop and implement effective, evidence-based solutions.
