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Op-Ed: Humans Love Animals but Also Love Meat. Food Innovation Can Help Resolve this Paradox

When it comes to animal welfare, the right technology applied in the right way can make all the difference.

SME Survey: Rising Prices, Increased Cost Of Inputs, and Lack of Finance Raise Danger for Global Food Systems

Nearly one fifth of small- and medium-sized enterprises said high prices were having such a severe impact on their business that it risked closure.

Grill Marks

Research shows that 60 percent of millennials and members of Gen Z are willing to make modestly different food choices if it supports planetary health.

Food-Focused SXSW Voting Guide 2023

Community voting helps ensure that the issues you care about make it to SXSW 2023.

International Finance Corporation Should Stop Bankrolling Destructive Agribusiness

A recent investment in an agribusiness giant will drive further environmental destruction and disenfranchisement of local and indigenous communities while enriching one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful industrial agribusinesses.

World Food Security: Past Crises, Current Issues, and Future Prospects

Active global cooperation will be needed to prevent widespread hunger and starvation.

OpEd: The Healthful Mirage: Milk Versus Milk Analogues

When comparing milk and its alternatives misleading marketing is an important issue worth talking about.

Demand for Organic Meat Is Booming, but There’s a Shortage of Slaughterhouses

As demand for locally raised and certified organic meat booms, small farmers are struggling with the scarcity of slaughter facilities.

Africa’s Ag-tech Development Fulcrum: Some Dos and Don’ts for African Start-ups

Do entrepreneurs and tech start-ups follow the (comparatively) easy money by replicating industrial systems onto Africa farms or do they attempt to leap-frog towards just and sustainable solutions for Africa’s food system?

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.

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