Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Can Africa Be Sustainably Food Self-Sufficient?

Interventions must feed the growing population while reducing pressure on biodiversity and natural resources.

The Impact of Higher Input Prices for Farmers, Food Security, and the Planet

Agricultural inputs, ranging from seeds to fertilizers, are critical to food production. Their rising prices are worrying for three primary reasons.

Food System Advocates Should Be Vocal Climate Champions. Here’s How.

Regenerative agriculture is a win-win-win solution that is good for climate mitigation, ecological resilience, and adaptation.

Public Development Banks Must Stop Financing Factory Farming

Multinational development banks that pledged to align their lending with the Paris Agreement continue to pump money into industrial animal agriculture.

Opinion Editorial: Getting Real About Fake Meat

Alternative protein may not be a silver bullet, but should we dismiss it entirely?

Our Healing Begins in the Soil

Regenerative Organic Certification was designed to raise the bar for farmers, food producers, and brands.

African Community Leaders Tell Congress: Stop Funding African Green Revolution

Research into AGRA shows that the billion-dollar effort to double yields and incomes by 2020 for 30 million small-scale farming households has failed.

Global Food Security During the War in Ukraine: Rising Prices and the Danger of Famine In Africa and Asia

The number of malnourished people may rise by more than 8 million in the coming year as a result of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

New Report Shows That More Colleges Have Every Reason to Ditch Toxic Pesticides

Transitioning to organic practices can have economic, environmental, and health benefits, research shows.

Sowing in the Context of Hostilities in Ukraine as a Challenge to Global Food Security

As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, farmers are facing shortages of labor and supplies.

Congress Should Pull the Plug on USAID’S Failing African Green Revolution

U.S. Congress should shift funding toward more promising ecological programs that will support farmers.

Leading Youth Food Campaigner Launches Global Manifesto to Mend ‘Broken Food System’

The global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. Young people are calling for change.

Know Thy Farmer

When the soil microbiome is healthy and in balance, it directly, positively, impacts the health of the plants that grow in it.

The Role of Agaves in Presilience at the Food/Water/Energy Nexus

Arid cities in the U.S./Mexico borderlands are using succulent crops in regenerative perennial food systems to reverse and halt climate change.

You Can Help Save the Amazon One Hamburger at a Time

The #NoBeefWeek challenge was launched to raise awareness of our diets’ impact on natural resources and help protect the Amazon Rainforest.

Agricultural Carbon Markets Are Not a Climate Solution

Carbon markets have a decade-long track record of failing to stem greenhouse gas emissions, so why are they still presented as a solution?

How Tastes Will Be Changing in 2022: A Look into the Near Future

Here are some of the top food systems trends we should prepare for.

Taking on the Questions Holding Back Food Systems Transformation: Toward Agroecology, Regenerative Approaches and Indigenous Foodways

Recognizing the validity of different scientific practices and diverse sources of evidence can help promote much needed change in the food system.

Sustainable Food Systems and Stable Climates Are Intertwined. Let’s Treat Them that Way

Food systems are contributing to the climate crisis, but they can also be part of the solution.

Climate Action Can Start with Each Meal

What goes into the price of our food? Multiple elements make up the number we see on our grocery store receipt—such as the price of farm inputs, the materials used for packaging, and transportation to grocery shelves. But the price…

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