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Flower Wine, Inflation, and Misunderstood Potatoes

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

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Food and Agriculture

How One Plant Breeder Innovates to Tackle Potato’s Biggest Challenge

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Global Food for Thought by Dave Douches

This Earth Day, one plant breeder reflects on the food security promise of innovative biotechnology and how it has been misunderstood.

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Michigan State University
Food and Agriculture

Murder Hornets, Lavender, and School Meals

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Our weekly round up of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

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REUTERS
Food and Agriculture

Understanding the US Global Food Security Framework

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Global Food for Thought by Gloria Dabek

With food security front and center amid COVID-19, climate change, and increased conflict, understanding how the US engages on this issue globally is critical.

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School Feeding: A Path to Recovery and a Better Future

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Global Food for Thought by Arlene Mitchell

The Global Child Nutrition Foundation shares key insights into the impact of school meal programs, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has put children at nutritional risk.

Children in school in Ethiopia eat a meal.
Global Child Nutrition Foundation
Food and Agriculture

Memo to the UN: Time to Drain the Food Swamp

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Global Food for Thought by Robert Paarlberg

Robert Paarlberg challenges the UN to look beyond food access to food excess and the health issues that accompany it.

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MN Pollution Control Agency
Food and Agriculture

Labor, Livelihoods, and Biometric Data

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

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Precision Development to Solve Wicked Problems

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO) uses the information highway to deliver food security results during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Food and Agriculture

Hunger Hotspots, Beefy Promises, & Farmers to Families

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

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Food and Agriculture

Disasters Increase, Faux Financing, & a Fever Pact

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

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Defika Hendri
Food and Agriculture