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A Food-Secure Future: Engaging Youth in Global Agriculture
The latest post in our Food-Secure Future series covers the state of global youth populations and the ways in which we can better engage them in the agricultural sector.
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City Diplomacy from Mexico City to Chicago
Mayors have to take care of their populations, and sometimes that means going to other countries. A delegation of Mexican mayors from Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Juarez came to Chicago to conduct city-to-city diplomacy during an "emergency time" in US-Mexico relations. Salomón Chertorivski, secretary of economic development of Mexico City, sat down with the Council's Brian Hanson to discuss what they hoped to achieve.
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She Succeeds, We Succeed: Empowering Girls and Women to Achieve Global Goals
Empowered girls and women are transformative for the nations and societies they reside in, and key to ending global hunger and malnutrition. But how can we move the needle on girls’ and women’s empowerment? A new blog series, She Succeeds, We Succeed, explores.
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Guest Commentary – Can We Turn “Generation Yum” into “Generation Ag”?
Robert Hunter and Yvonne Harz-Pitre, Co-Chairs of Farming First, on getting youth around the world involved in the agricultural sector.
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Big Ideas and Emerging Innovations
Highlighting approaches, technologies, and ideas that have the potential to radically advance global food security.
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No Wall Can Destroy the Bridges our Cities Have Built
US-Mexico relations have been turbulent, but tensions at the national level need not dictate relationships at the local level. In fact, as a recent visit by the Mexico City mayor to Chicago shows, the ties between these two global cities are as strong as ever.
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Guest Commentary: Five Data-Driven Insights for Greater Food Security in 2017
Craig Burnett, formerly of Concern Worldwide, on the findings of this year's Global Hunger Index.
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Trump's Infrastructure Plan Will Create More Flints
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Keep Your Eyes on the Ball
Alesha Black, director of the Council's Global Food and Agriculture Program, on progress in combating global malnutrition.