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Louise Iverson's blog big ideas 150406.jpg Gardening's New Ethos: Help the Planet (and Look Good Too) From the biggest botanical gardens to the smallest backyard plots and terraces, there's a movement underway to make gardens work harder fo ...



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hfhw header.jpg Louise Iverson's blog The Chicago Council’s campaign, “Healthy Food for a Healthy World,” builds awareness about the important role food can play in promoting health and alleviating malnutrition. We publish a blog post weekly explorin ...



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Louise Iverson's blog By Arlene Mitchell, Executive Director of the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) My work entails encouraging developing country governments to provide nutritious school meals sourced from local farmers. Hundreds of million ...


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Louise Iverson's blog By John McDermott and Delia Grace Food safety is a growing concern locally and globally. High-profile food scares in recent years, in rich and emerging countries, have raised awareness that healthy eating must be safe eating. Un ...


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Louise Iverson's blog By Lindsay Coates, Executive Vice President, InterAction   Conventional wisdom usually does not link trade to programs and policies that address poverty. We need to unpack this conventional wisdom and explore how improving key a ...


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Louise Iverson's blog BIGIDEAS.jpg This Startup Wants to Fight Deforestation … with Robots Drone technology has been used anywhere from burrito delivery services to transporting confidential government documents. Some drones, though, are designed to ...



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Louise Iverson's blog By Salif Romano Niang, Cofounder, Malô   An African proverb says that “you cannot work for food when there is no food for work.” Farmers across the developing world are all too familiar with this sentiment. In my work supporting ...