We Won’t Feed the World By Giving Up on Small-Scale Farmers

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Timothy A. Wise, Senior Researcher at the Small Planet Institute and author of Eating Tomorrow, talks about the agriculture stakeholders vying for a seat at the global policy table—and the agribusinesses who come out on top. “Ultimately, it is agribusiness who is at the policy table or influencing policymakers: not farmers. That’s a huge problem,” says Wise.

Women Are Champions of Farming Differently, Says Kivirist

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” farmer, author, and entrepreneur Lisa Kivirist talks about the power of women farming differently—especially when they collaborate and support each other.

PRESS RELEASE- U.S. Signs Declaration of Partnership with Nigeria to Improve Food Security

Feed the Future ‘Country Plan’ will boost agri-business, nutrition, and resilience

Abuja – On July 18, the governments of the United States and Nigeria jointly signed a declaration of partnership to launch a five-year Feed the Future Nigeria Country Plan to increase investments in food security, build greater resilience, and improve household nutrition in the country.

Stakeholders lament non-mechanization of agriculture

Stakeholders at a meeting organized by the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) have lamented the sorry state of agriculture in Nigeria due to non-mechanization and continuing subsistence practice instead of commercialization.

Food Doing Good: Putting Sustainability on Plates in the U.K.

“Unless we fix food, we cannot fix climate change,” says the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s (SRA) most recent report.

Pictures speak @ NCAM, Ilorin where stakeholders speak out on agricultural mechanisation and impact on food security.

 Pictures speak @ NCAM, Ilorin where stakeholders speak out on agricultural mechanisation and impact on food security. see more images below....

Trump’s trade wars thrust farmers into desperation loans

Farmers have seen their net income plummet by half since 2013 and are now expected to hold nearly $427 billion in debt this year.

Images speak @ the 43rd Conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria, held at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi

Images speak @ the 43rd Conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria, held at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi ... see more images below..

GreenWave Works to Restore Oceans all over the Globe while Creating Jobs and a Market for Seaweed

GreenWave works to restore oceans all over the globe while creating jobs and a market for seaweed. In 2015, they won the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and since then, founder Bren Smith and the GreenWave team have been busy training new ocean farmers, developing markets for kelp, and figuring out how to connect with land-based agriculture. Over the last several years, GreenWave has received requests to start restorative ocean farms in every coastal region in North America and 20 countries around the world.

14 African American Women Leading Change in the U.S. Food System

According to the 2018 State of Women-Owned Businesses report, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 58 percent from 2007 to 2018.