Farmers from the South East Mediterranean say olive orchards are struggling to remain viable. Read why.
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Love the Hands that Feed You
This Valentine’s Day, before planning your romantic dinner or buying roses and chocolate, think about how your choices will affect the hands that feed you.
Now Serving Real Food: University of Utah Marks Milestone Victory for Student Organizers
University of Utah is now dedicated to serving twenty percent real food—defined as local, fair, humane, and ecologically sound—by 2020.
Improving Nutrition for Mothers and Children at the 1,000 Days Symposium
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is hosting a one-day “1,000 Days Symposium” on Thursday, 26 February 2015 in London, England.
“Follow the Farmer” Finalists Announced, Vote for Your Favorite!
Rainforest Alliance’s “Follow the Farmer” contest will give two winners a first-hand experience at farming and forest communities, VOTE for your favorite today!
Three Keys to Healthy Food Systems in both the United States and the Developing World
EcoAgriculture Partners discuss the keys to a sustainable food system and how they are critical to sustainable development in general.
Groups Demand the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank to Act to Phase Out Business Indicators
Eleven U.S.-based organizations demand the U.S. take action to make sure the World Bank’s primary objective to eliminate poverty is upheld.
Timberland Takes on Reforestation in Haiti
Five years after the earthquake in Haiti, Timberland in partnership with the Smallholder Farmers Alliance is nearing their goal of planting 5 million trees.
Better Together: How Collaboration and Market Access Improves Rural Communities
Collaboration and technology use will allow farmers’ to increase productivity, food security and to better understand their rights.
10 Ways to Support the Next Generation of Farmers
Support a new generation of farmers as they take on the difficult task of feeding the nation.
