Environment
Are we ready for post-modern farming?
Twentieth-century agriculture was built on cheap oil. Maybe it’s time for an information-age rethink.
Food Security
Feeding billions of people is destabilizing the environment and contributing to conflict around the globe.
Environment
China’s new leaders face growing concerns from Chinese eaters
As the country strains to meet its growing food needs, consumers insist that the government not cut corners.
Environment
The world is fat – now what?
The global obesity crisis is gradually pushing its way into the public’s consciousness. Our response is still a work in progress.
Environment
If the Greek diet is so healthy, why are so many Greeks overweight?
Don’t blame traditional foods for Greece’s growing health crisis.
Environment
New hunger numbers offer mixed messages
The 2012 Global Hunger Index reports impressive improvements but warns of troubles ahead.
Environment
Will Africa’s supermarket revolution benefit the poor?
The supermarket revolution is sweeping across Africa, transforming everything from the way people eat to the crops farmers grow. Is this good news for the continent’s poor?
Environment
Market access isn’t only hurdle for Africa’s small-scale farmers
Supermarkets could be a ticket out of poverty for millions of poor farmers. But there’s a lot of work to do first.
Food for 9 Billion
With sugar price supports, sour taste for consumers
Rick Roth, who runs a mid-sized sugar and vegetable farm in Belle Glade, Fla., believes the U.S. sugar program helps growers mitigate risk in an uncertain business.Amy Green/Florida Center for Investigative Reporting BELLE GLADE, Fla. – Behind every candy bar and can of soda is a complex government program of import tariffs and farmer loans
Environment
Ethiopian reprisal attacks serve as cautionary tale for global land investors
Human Rights Watch has released a report detailing reprisal attacks by the Ethiopian military over a shooting at a rice farm.
Environment
As aquaculture booms, make room for small fish
The director of the WorldFish Center says big producers – and big fish – need not dominate.
