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Op-Ed | The Food System Is Driving Two Crises at Once—and Could Help Solve Both
Meaningful progress on both climate and public health will require addressing some of the same upstream drivers.
Op-Ed | Smart Farming Is Not the Future. It Is Already Here.
The next agricultural revolution is underway.
Op-Ed | Can Understanding the Dark Matter of Food Revolutionize Agriculture?
Natural plant compounds may one day be a tool for reducing the overuse of synthetic herbicides that harm the environment and human health.
Op-Ed | Tasting the Landscape: A Love Letter to the Biology of Food and Being
The molecules of different foods meet within us, shaping our senses, our cells, and our connection to the living world.
Op-Ed | Consumers Think Regenerative Means No Pesticides. They’re Often Wrong.
Some regenerative labeling programs still allow the use of synthetic pesticides, including substances linked to cancer and infertility.
Op-Ed | We Can Find $200 Billion for War. Why Not for Food Security at Home?
Today’s unhealthy food system results not simply from individual choices but policy choices that limit access.
Op-Ed | The Future of Protein Is Delicious and Data-Backed
If we want to shift diets at scale, we have to start with taste. As science reveals how protein quality shapes flavor and function, taste is the on ramp to healthy diets from sustainable food systems.
Op-Ed | The Nutritionists Are Right. We Must End Hunger Differently.
Investing in nutrition-sensitive agriculture ensures not just more food, but more healthy food.
Op-Ed | Fixing Our School Food System Requires Cooperation—Not Going it Alone
More than 25 food companies, nonprofits, and advocates are collaborating to improve school meal proteins and demonstrate the power of cooperative competition.
Op-Ed | Dietary Guidelines for (Some) Americans: The Impact of Ignoring Health Equity in the DGA
What happened to health equity in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
Op-Ed | If You Care about Climate Change, Work for Land Rights
We won’t be able to mitigate emissions or adapt to a changing world if we do not plan for a just transition.
Op-Ed | ICARRD+20: The Principles Are Clear, But Political Will Is Missing
There’s a real opportunity to transform land governance. We can’t waste it.
Op-Ed | A Toxic Turn for Our Daily Bread: Why GMO Wheat Raises Serious Concerns
GMO has been kept off American fields because farmers, consumers, and trading partners recognize the serious risks it poses. What happens if that changes?
Op-Ed | Seeing Aquaculture Clearly: Why it’s Time to Update Our Perceptions of Salmon Farming
As land-based agriculture faces increasing pressures of limited water, constrained land, and rising emissions, will aquaculture offer the solutions we need?
Op-Ed | Fairtrade Holiday Spices: Supporting Global Farming Communities, One Season at a Time
Deciding what holiday spices to use this year? Your choices make a difference.
Reimagining Food Systems With Private Sector Innovation
Partnerships between farmers, scientists, and global organizations are driving practical innovations that strengthen the food system.
Op-Ed | After the Party: Putting Flesh on Food and Climate Commitments
The hard work occurs both before and after global events, in communities and across landscapes.
Op-Ed | Why the Future of Food Must Include Seafood
Seafood is one of the most nutrient-dense, climate-friendly, and scalable food sources, but it’s often left out of the conversation when we talk about food security solutions.
Op-Ed | A Call for Our Survival: Defending Indigenous Fisherfolk Rights
Indigenous peoples are increasingly threatened by agribusiness, extractive industries, and entrenched conservation agendas.