BCFN will present the details of its upcoming Eighth International Forum on Food and Nutrition live on Twitter on October 12, 2017, from 5:30am EST (11:30 CEST).
Sustainable Agriculture
Total Health Costs of Industrial Food Systems Are “Staggering,” Says New Report
An international team of experts has released a report documenting the “staggering” health costs of industrial food systems globally and the extent to which negative health impacts are experienced unequally.
Less and Better Meat is Key for a Healthier Planet
The University of Oxford’s Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) recently released a new report titled “Grazed and Confused” to examine whether grass-fed beef is good or bad for the climate but failed to account for the many environmental, animal welfare, and health benefits of well-managed, pasture-
Tutwiler: “Agrobiodiversity holds the key to future food security”
Ann Tutwiler discusses report from Bioversity International on connections between agrobiodiversity and nutrition, sustainability, food security, conservation, and resilience.
Interactive Toolkits Unpack the Histories of Pesticides
A team of researchers with the Children’s Environmental Health Network (CEHN) has created a series of interactive educational tools to explore the histories of widely-used pesticides, including glyphosate, dicamba, and 2,4-D.
Taking Back Ownership of Our Crop Genetic Resources
Inspired by the free and open source software movement that has provided alternatives to proprietary software, the Open Source Seed Initiative was created to ‘free the seed’—to make sure that at least some crop genetic diversity cannot be locked away from use by intellectual property rights.
Farmers Claim Drift Problems Persist After Two States Banned Herbicide Dicamba
Farmers in nearly a dozen states are complaining about dicamba, the primary ingredient of a new Monsanto herbicide, blowing into their fields and allegedly ruining their crops.
Leaders Gather to Develop Sustainable Solutions in Asia-Pacific
EAT Foundation holds Asia-Pacific Food Forum in Indonesia to discuss sustainability, health, food systems, agriculture, and how to achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the most populous region of the world.
Sombra Mezcal Founder Richard Betts on Balancing Tradition with Sustainability
Richard Betts, founder of the sustainable Sombra Mezcal distillery: “Food and drink unite and enliven us, and mezcal is an especially exuberant spirit.”
Farm Aid Festival Will Only Serve Food from Sustainable Family Farms
Farm Aid’s concert food will “reflect an authentic representation of Western Pennsylvania’s food culture” to connect farmers and eaters and promote family farming.