Seeds for Resilience is helping genebanks in sub-Saharan Africa safeguard vital, diverse crops to thrive in a changing climate.
IPES-Food Report Highlights the Importance of Territorial Markets
Territorial markets help build resilient food systems, according to the new IPES-Food report.
Op-Ed | Why the World’s Food Systems Need to Transition Away from Industrial Agriculture
The need to embrace agroecology has never been greater.
Funding for the Future of Rwandan Food and Nutrition Needs
Investments in the future of Rwanda’s food systems are not only addressing the immediate needs of communities, but also their longterm resilience.
Building Resilience in West and Central Africa: How CORAF Supports the Co-Creation of Local Solutions
CORAF works directly with farmers to develop solutions, enabling communities to own the process and the results.
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.
IPES-Food Reports Another Perfect Storm for Food Price Crisis
Russia’s war against Ukraine has resulted in the third global food price spike in 15 years.
NOLA Nonprofit Provides Hurricane Relief to Culture Bearers
Feed the Second Line works with culture bearers and elders across New Orleans to combat food waste and repair damaged roofs in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
Food (In)Security and Waste: Lessons from the Pandemic
COVID-19 has revealed weaknesses and contradictions in our food system, but also opens up opportunities to reduce waste, improve sustainability standards, and bring equity into supply chains.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans: There Are No Healthy People on an Unhealthy Planet
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans have the potential to better public health and the environment. But in recently released 2020-2025 guidelines do not go far enough.
Congratulations to the World Food Programme for Nobel Peace Prize!
The U.N. World Food Programme has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for “for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict affected areas.”
New on the Podcast: Lawrence Haddad on Promoting Nutritious Foods, Josef Schmidhuber on Agricultural Economics
Josef Schmidhuber on how economic research can build a more equitable and sustainable food system, Haddad on malnutrition and helping small businesses
New on the Podcast: Rose Hayden-Smith on the Recent Rise in Home Gardening
Emeritus Advisor Rose Hayden-Smith on crisis gardening in the U.S.
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.
Op-Ed: The 2021 Food Systems Summit Has Started on the Wrong Foot – But it Could Still Be Transformational
The opaque process leading up to the Food Systems Summit has fueled concerns that it will in fact ignore the growing consensus on how to fix food systems, and ignore those who are already fixing them,” write Olivier De Schutter and Olivia Yambi, co-chairs of IPES-Food.
Louisiana Chef Working to Strengthen Food Relief Efforts
Chef Amy Sins works to build a more food resilient New Orleans by strengthening its foodways and improving disaster preparedness efforts.
Opinion | How Fiery Desert Chilis Can Protect Us from Climate Change
A landscape of thorny agaves, cacti, mesquite trees, and rock is not the first place one might imagine searching for the future of food. How could such a hot, dry place contain some of the keys to nourishing the world?
Opinion | A Farmer’s Transformation
A former tobacco farmer reflects on his transformation toward regenerative agriculture, influenced by a farmer-driven program that aims to feed the world while improving the health of the planet.
Millet and Sorghum are Climate-Smart Grains for Farmers in Chad
Climate-resilient grains like pearl millet and sorghum can help subsistence farmers in Chad enjoy increased crop yields and better self-resilience.
Greening Uganda: Restoring Native Forest Cover To Increase Local Resilience
The Native Seeds Project is providing local farmers and refugee communities with sustainable nutrition and increasing their resilience to climate change.
