A new scorecard ranks leaders and laggards on protecting pollinators from toxic pesticides in supply chains amid an “insect apocalypse.”
Jun 13 2025
Op-Ed
The Pandemic Almost Killed My Restaurants. The Climate Crisis Will Be Worse.
The climate crisis threatens restaurants and the livelihood of workers. The time is now to reconsider our diets and the impact that consumers’ eating habits have on the planet.
The Dark Side of Agricultural Free Trade: A Caribbean Perspective
Free trade in agriculture has disrupted livelihoods, crippled infrastructures, and eroded essential support services within Caribbean economies.
We All Have the Right to Food Grown Without Toxic Pesticides
In some neighborhoods, organic produce can be inaccessible and unaffordable, but everyone has a right to food free from pesticides.
Indigenous Peoples Hold the Past and Future of Food in Their Hands
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples offers an opportunity to give thanks to the Indigenous cultures who steward the land and protect the world’s biodiversity.
Biden’s Ambitious Goals for Climate and Agriculture Require Bolder Strategies
The final draft of the Democratic National Convention Platform promises to help slow climate change and proposes a net zero emissions goal for agriculture, but Joe Biden’s strategies do not go far enough. There is still time to change that.
Africa’s Farmers: Key to Solving Malnutrition
For the fifth straight year, chronic hunger increased worldwide. But supporting small-scale farmers and ecologically sound farming practices has the potential to nourish communities and the planet.
A Call for Community-Based Seed Diversity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 is pushing America’s seed diversity and sovereignty to a crisis point — and how we respond could affect our food security and even national security for years to come, writes Gary Paul Nabhan.
COVID-19 and the Global Food Supply: Big Lessons from the World’s Small Farms
Successes in farming communities from Nepal to Guatemala hold lessons for those in the U.S. who see small-scale farms as one way to build resilience. Though each success story is different, the communities often share three commonalities.
COVID-19 Is Hitting Kenyan Horticulture Exports Hard
Kenya’s horticulture export sector was booming, but now it is being pummeled by COVID-19 and travel restrictions. Some growers are finding new opportunities in local markets.
Everyone’s Business: Food Systems Transformation as the Defining Issue of our Time
From better business practices to policy intervention, the current pandemic creates an opportunity to address food safety, create more sustainable practices, and transform the food and health systems.
Rob Larew Talks Corporate Consolidation in the Food System
Rob Larew exposes the social and agricultural injustices present in the food system and offer ways, primarily through legislature, to improve these injustices.
Understanding the Hunger Surge Caused by the COVID-19 Recession to Mitigate it Before it Is too Late
The economic recession caused by COVID-19 has severe consequences, particularly for import-dependent countries. But, minimizing outright hunger in ways that avoid food insecurity and malnutrition will reduce the long-term scars.
U.S. Agribusiness Takes Aim at Global Food Policy Reform
As the U.S. defends agribusiness, global food policy’s turn toward agroecology is far from a rejection of progress. Rather, it offers a path toward transformative change.
The Struggle to Halt Food Loss and Waste Amidst the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting inequalities in food production and distribution, resulting in both alarming rates of hunger and massive food loss and waste.
How Local Government Are Strengthening the Resilience of Agrifood Systems to COVID-19
By working with agrifood businesses, farmer organizations, and communities, local governments can take action to build a resilient food system in the midst of COVID-19.
COVID-19 Puts the Global Food System at Risk
COVID-19 threatens the health of supply chains and could cause four shocks to global food system. Governments must act to mitigate the potential negative impacts of the virus and protect the most vulnerable.
COVID-19 Stimulus: Bailout for corporate agribusiness or a lifeline for our food system?
Why the COVID-19 Stimulus Must Do More for Food System Workers and Families The COVID-19 stimulus package signed into law last week included US$23 billion for agriculture. This relief is warranted: access to safe and healthy food is paramount right…
Remember Your Farmers During the COVID-19 Crisis. We’ll Need Them the Next Time Around.
As farmers struggle in the midst of a global pandemic, consumers must take steps to support the those who produce the food we value and serve the health of local communities.
Caesaré Assad On The Food System, COVID-19
“We have this really beautiful rich, diverse country where we can produce and we can create so much wealth for all of us, and it’s now about zooming in and resourcing these gaps that we know exist”
June 2025
Jun 26 2025
London Climate Action Week: Chief Sustainability Officers Summit, Building the Future of the Food System
London
Jun 26 2025
The Food Is Medicine Impact Awards
Boston
July 2025
Jul 27 - 29 2025
UN Food Systems Summit + 4
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
September 2025
Sep 21 - 26 2025
NYC Climate Week Food Tank Series
The Greene Space
Sep 21 2025
NYC Climate Week – Hope on a Plate: An Interactive Celebration of Regenerative Agriculture and Shared Possibility
The Greene Space
Sep 22 2025
NYC Climate Week – Climate Action: A Food Waste Breakthrough
The Greene Space
Sep 22 2025
NYC Climate Week – A Roadmap to a Delicious, Nutritious, and Regenerative Food Future for All
The Greene Space
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