The Amazing New Way to Grow Tomatoes: In Tomato Waste
Closed-loop systems, in which waste is used as a nutrient (usually) could well be one of the futures of farming: The goals of minimizing waste and optimizing energy use are rubrics that are becoming increasingly essential. But here's one we haven't heard of before, at least not in quite this way: turning tomato waste into a medium for growing tomatoes.
 
Beyond Advocacy: What It Takes to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights
There is no doubt that secure land rights for women is a fundamental requirement for ensuring that land management is sustainable and equitable. Policy changes are necessary to achieve this but are not sufficient to secure women’s property rights. Approaches for strengthening women’s land rights must be tailored to local circumstances. And, women must be invited to participate in data analysis about their own experiences and needs. This provides them with a better basis for getting organized to act on new knowledge.
 
10 Things We Should Do to Fix Our Broken Food System
Making the changes necessary to fix the problems in both our agriculture (pollution, greenhouse gases, soil erosion) and in our diets (too few vegetables, too many calories) requires a fundamental shift in attitude. We all have to pay attention to things that haven’t been on our radar. And so, although there are many smart suggestions floating around, Tamar Haspel of the Washington Post focused on ten that have a ripple effect: changes that, with luck, will beget other changes that, ultimately, can change the zeitgeist.
 
Agriculture Is a Big Threat to Water Quality. These Farmers Are Doing Something about It.
Farmers are becoming more aware of nutrient pollution and agriculture’s contribution to it. And a growing number of them are adopting practices known to curb, if not eliminate, nutrient pollution. Many worry that if they don’t do more on their own, government will force them. Such practices include new conservation strategies, such as building artificial wetlands and underground “bioreactors” to capture nutrients in drainage systems.
 
More Data, Mapping, Can Help Countries Tackle Deforestation
Brazil, a long time contributor to the problem of deforestation, has managed to reverse course because of new monitoring and information systems that have aided government oversight.  The result was a blacklist of municipalities where deforestation was most prevalent. The information and mapping systems are also used by public prosecutors to monitor supply chains and enforce laws against companies purchasing illegally forested agricultural products.