midwestag_immigration_infographic.jpg Kim Heys's blog The success of US agriculture rests largely on the shoulders of immigrant labor: Today’s Midwestern farms run with the help of 57,000 migrant workers. Across the country, undocumented workers are ...
Kim Heys's blog On November 18, Senior Fellow Roger Thurow received the University of Iowa International Impact Award in recognition of his efforts in public health awareness, along with fellow recipient Selma Jeronimo. The award was presented during ...
Kim Heys's blog World Without Water: Six Solutions to a Shortage The World Bank is planning to devote up to $5 billion a year to try to fix the problem of water, a vital resource that has long been poorly managed or taken for granted. The search for ...
Kim Heys's blog This post originally appeared on the Outrage and Inspire blog. ‘Twas the week before Christmas And all through the House, Optimism was stirring Of more food for good health. The House of Representatives had brought us to the edge of a ...
Kim Heys's blog bigideas_dec22.jpg Back to the Future: Scientists Want 'Rewilded' Crops to Boost Agriculture Scientists should "re-wild" food crops by inserting lost genetic properties of ancient, edible plants in order to boost a ...
Kim Heys's blog cocoafarmers_600x375.jpg Why Gender Inequality and Food Security Go Hand-in-Hand Research has shown that addressing gender inequality in agriculture would see a much-needed increase in global food security. The same is also true in t ...
Kim Heys's blog This post originally appeared on Sense & Sustainability. By Patrick Bell, PhD candidate in Environmental Science at Ohio State University and 2014 Next Generation Delegate Part two of a two-part series on the landscape approach to ...
Kim Heys's blog gfft_lettuce_600x375.jpg Science Experiment Would Grow Lettuce on Mars A team of British students have a vision for what the future looks like on Mars and it involves lettuce. Students from Southampton University are seeking the publi ...
Kim Heys's blog billgates_10024w.jpg Bill Gates’ Plan to Help the Developing World Profit from Its Sewage The OmniProcessor is a new kind of low-cost waste treatment plant funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which they believe can tra ...
Kim Heys's blog cropbreeding_600x375.jpg International Partnership Creating Biodiversity Database Agricultural gene banks' stores may be getting their own centralized search engine. DivSeek is an international initiative that is working to use b ...
