In Azerbaijan, food and agriculture systems leaders laid a firm foundation that must be built on in the lead up to COP30 in Belem.
Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Thursday, Dec. 7
Policymakers, scientists, advocates, farmers, and youth from around the world are already putting food systems front-and-center at the UN Climate Change Conference.
Increasing Nutrient Density for Resilience
During this session at COP27, nutrient density took center stage, with speakers highlighting solutions to increase access to healthy foods.
Bridging the Gap Between Nutrition and Food Business
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dorothy Shaver of Unilever discusses taking a holistic approach to sustainability.
Digitally Empowering Workers, from Land to Sea
Before Envisible, the company’s co-founders developed an app that helped Indonesian fishers reduce their time at sea.
Rethinking Food Packaging May Address the Plastic Crisis
A significant amount of the plastic polluting our environment originates from packaging in the food industry. Now that society is demanding something be done about plastics, companies are rethinking how we can package food.
The Growing Case for Returning to Cover Crops and Small Grains in the Midwest
While baby steps such as cover cropping are getting the Midwest closer to protecting their water and soil, more needs to be done to revive soil and water health.
“Food Should Be Treated as a Right and Not a Privilege,” Says Mendelsohn
On Food Talk, chef, restaurateur, and advocate Spike Mendelsohn talks about the food issues that motivate him to expand beyond his restaurants and into policy and advocacy spheres.
The Tea Industry: A Model for a Sustainable Future
First discovered 5,000 years ago in China, tea is the most consumed beverage in the world, besides water, and more than half of Americans drink tea on a daily basis. Consumers are increasingly demanding fair trade, organic practices, and sustainable farming.