The United States is seemingly addicted to excess. When it comes to food consumption, 38 percent of Americans are now obese, which is more than twice the average for all rich countries. When it comes to burning fossil fuel, America’s per capita carbon em ...
The 2011 Progress Report on U.S. Leadership in Global Agricultural Development documents the degree to which the Administration and Congress have made progress in achieving the changes in U.S. government policy that were recommended in The Chicago Council’ ...
The 2012 Progress Report on U.S. Leadership in Global Agricultural Development, released on April 26, 2012, says the U.S. government has made major strides toward putting agricultural development back at the top of its foreign assistance agenda, reversing ...
Alesha Miller is a nonresident fellow of the Global Food and Agriculture Program at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She currently advises a social impact technology startup and is an independent consultant and public speaker on food and agriculture ...
Kim Heys's blog First1000Days_400w.jpg Get a first-look at photos and stories from the book in this new web interactive. I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children — And the World, will b ...
The panel will feature leading experts from academic, private, and public organizations to discuss the threat to the food system posed by large-scale extreme events under current and future climate conditions, the consequences for economies, human health a ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog The moms in the The First 1,000 Days demonstrate the importance of behavior change to improve child nutrition. In many cases, they were able to develop the skills to properly nourish themselves and their families with the help o ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog The First 1,000 Days highlights the multi-dimensional nature of child nutrition—everything from food access, water and sanitation, government policy, violence, to poverty can impact a child’s ability to reach his or her potentia ...
By 2050, 6.3 billion people will live in urban areas. The resulting increase in demand for nutritious and sustainable food is already changing local and global food systems, offering new opportunities for small-scale farmers and attracting unprecedented in ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog The First 1,000 Days highlights the multi-dimensional nature of child nutrition—everything from food access, water and sanitation, government policy, violence, to poverty can impact a child’s ability to reach his or her potentia ...
