Marcus Glassman's blog The stakes surrounding climate change are at their highest in years. As COP21 concludes this week in Paris, it’s critical that those policymakers involved remember that agriculture is uniquely impacted by a changing climate. In ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog Wall of Trees Being Planted across Africa to Halt Desert It seems like Mission Impossible: Stop the Sahara Desert from spreading farther south, its incursion into arable land fueled by climate change and overgrazing. But tree by ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog By Marilyn Shapley, Senior Policy and Advocacy Associate, InterAction The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and InterAction, in collaboration with the House Hunger Caucus, hosted the final 2015 event in an international food ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog Rethinking Fertilizer Production and Application to Fight Climate Change Few breakthrough innovations have had an impact on food security equal to that of nitrogen fertilizer. It is estimated that around 2 billion people have be ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog The Amazing New Way to Grow Tomatoes: In Tomato Waste Closed-loop systems, in which waste is used as a nutrient (usually) could well be one of the futures of farming: The goals of minimizing waste and optimizing energy use are r ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog Vegetables Likely to Take More of Your Plate in 2016 Vegetables have moved from the side to the center of the plate. And as another year begins, it appears that plants are the new meat. Eaters in 2016 also are likely to see more ...
gadi_symposium.jpg Isabel DoCampo's blog Food Tank recently spoke with Louise Iverson, assistant director of global agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, regarding the Global Agricultural Development Initiative’s promotion of food sec ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog Agriculture Is Big Threat to Water Quality. These Farmers Are Doing Something About It. Farmers are becoming more aware of nutrient pollution and agriculture’s contribution to it. And, a growing number of them are adopting pract ...
Isabel DoCampo's blog Chocolate Makers Fight a Melting Supply of Cocoa Global demand for chocolate, as well as cocoa prices, have risen steadily in recent years, but production is down. In response, Mondelez International has launched a cocoa sustain ...
Marcus Glassman's blog students-globalag.jpg Science & Our Food Commentary Series There is much to celebrate when writing on the accomplishments of agriculture and science. Our era is one where farms all over the world are more productive than ...
