Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Eating Less Meat, CGIAR Report Says

A new report says that reducing meat consumption is among the most important potential dietary changes for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ensuring food security worldwide.

According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in the past 50 years, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, forestry, and fisheries have nearly doubled.

Okorocha blames recession on neglect of agric sector

Rochas Okorocha

The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said that the current economic challenges facing the nation came as a result of total neglect of the Agricultural sector by the country’s past leaders, stressing that before the advent of oil, agriculture provided over 70 per cent of the employment and resources of the country and 75 percent of the country’s foreign reserve.

Saving 600 million pounds of Ugly Apples

Clint and Ernie Edwards at Chief Orchards.

Recently, I had the opportunity to visit one of the original anti-food waste and ugly produce-saving companies - Tree Top Inc. Since I grew up with Tree Top apple juice and applesauce, and now so does my son, I couldn’t wait to see where all these tasty apples come from! Before the founding of Tree Top in 1960, it was common for many Washington apples to be fed to animals or left to rot in the field if they were not cosmetically pretty enough for grocery stores.  A cooperative of over 1,000 growers, Tree Top now saves almost 600 million pounds of ugly apples each year!

Food Recovery in Marin County, California

ExtraFood works to end hunger and minimize food waste in Marin County, where approximately 50,000 people are unsure of where their next meal will come from.

Marv Zauderer is the Founder and Chairman of ExtraFood, a food recovery program whose mission is to help end hunger and eliminate food waste in Marin County, California.

Ten Questions with Bruce Friedrich, Executive Director at The Good Food Institute

Bruce Friedrich, Executive Director at The Good Food Institute, who will be speaking at this year's Food Tank Summit in Chicago.

in partnership with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, is hosting the 1st Annual Chicago Food Tank Summit on November 16, 2016.

Banks must start lending to farmers

CBN

From the President to paupers, every Nigerian now utters with conviction that a major road out of recession into future prosperity lies in the promotion of agriculture. Experts have repeated it so often that it has become shopworn.

Harvestplus to hold nutritious food fair — Official

Harvestplus

In a bid to fight hidden hunger, increase demand and consumption of nutritious food, Harvestplus, an international organization, plans to hold nutritious food fair in Calabar.

Schooling Food Waste: How Schools Can Teach Kids to Value Food

Schools can teach kids to waste less food through a few simple changes.

There’s much ado about food waste these days. The Obama Administration set an aggressive food waste reduction goal by 2030, five states and a few cities have banned it from landfills, Congress held hearings on the matter, the Ad Council created a suite of “Save the Food” public service ads, and the National Science Foundation just donated US$1 million to tackle the issue.

Agric is way out of Nigeria’s economic challenges – Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has described agriculture as a formidable way to make the nations’ economy bigger and resilient.

FAO Highlights Increased Drought in Caribbean

The agriculture sector in the Caribbean region is vulnerable because extreme weather events are becoming stronger and more frequent due to climate change.

Recently, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report on the impact of climate change on agriculture in the Caribbean region. The report found that the region is expected to see an increase in the intensity and frequency of droughts due to climate change.