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Regenerative agriculture helps build just food economies, protecting Indigenous ways of knowing despite outside pressure to conform to globalized agricultural practices.

Council staff share how travel has shaped their worldview.

Queer farmers are challenging discriminatory legacies in agriculture, and envisioning an agricultural system that uplifts and celebrates LBGTQIA+ people.

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.

The 2023 Farm Bill will be a significant legislative hurdle that will require input, coordination, and buy-in from all sectors and actors within the domestic food system.

Farm Journal Foundation experts examine public sector incentives and assistance for farmers looking to adopt new practices.

Council expert Roger Thurow explains how most African countries don’t have the resources to provide aid to their own citizens.

It has now been a year since many nations began to implement restrictions due to the pandemic. As the global health crisis drags into its second year, more people seek the vaccine as a way to return to normal.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains that achieving zero hunger will require a global effort, utilizing the latest scientific advances.

Activities to support resilient livelihoods must be combined with peacebuilding, conflict resolution efforts, and investment in food security.

Check out the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains the “China gap” in American public opinion despite consensus among foreign policy experts.

The public supports US participation in the Paris climate agreement, the Iran nuclear deal, and more.

The US public supports meeting with the leaders of Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, and more.

Karl Friedhoff examines the United States' nuanced understanding of policy options on North Korea's nuclear program.

Over the weekend, North Korea launched a new cruise missile. It's unlikely to shift American public opinion.

How can residents of the world’s richest country be hungry? The coronavirus exposed America’s secret of hunger amid abundance.

Following high profile pauses to the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, as well as surging cases in different parts of the world, it is clear that the gains in some countries do not signal an end to the pandemic.

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs considers whether agricultural research initiatives cause solutions to be imposed from the top down.

The fall armyworm is destroying crops throughout Asia and Africa, intensifying the many burdens small-scale farmers are met with every day.

Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.

Over the last couple of decades, an increasing number of consumers in high-income countries have bought into the booming superfood market.

President Jair Bolsonaro might be leaving office, but the country’s political trust issues are far from resolved.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains how smallholder farmers in the drylands are among the most affected in a warming world.

Should members of the South Korean boy band BTS receive an exemption from mandatory military service?

The Council and Girl Security partnered to engage the next generation of women in national security.

The world needs a healthier food environment that is easier for everyday people to navigate in order to achieve nutrition security.

African cities are experiencing growing climate-related migration that has the opportunity to unlock their economic, social, and cultural development.

The extreme climatic events that are brought on by climate change, such as floods and droughts, open new entry points for the spread of invasive species.

Both foreign policy leaders and the American public back “friendshoring."

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains that the future is not bright for Chicago’s Mexican population stability or growth.

Suzanne Akhras Sahloul discusses the positive impact of refugees and immigrants on communities in Chicago.

A blog post by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Roger Thurow on how unclean water and poor sanitation are leading causes of child mortality and stunting.

How would you explain Chicago’s business culture to folks who have never been to the U.S.? Here’s how one expert does it.

Chicago’s transit system has international fans, and your commuter train might be an international influencer.

Chicago’s regional transit system may need to make severe cuts and raise fares after COVID relief funds phase out, but riders won't likely see a systemic collapse like Venezuelan commuters experienced in the 2010’s.

The Kyrgyz community in Chicagoland is small, but its economic footprint is expanding. New Kyrgyz businesses are bridging Illinois and Central Asia.

A way to reduce traffic and pollution and improve city transit systems, cordoned pricing exists in several cities around the world. Could it work in Chicago?

Chicago recently launched a citywide composting initiative to divert food waste from landfills and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions — something other global cities have been tackling for years.

Midwest biking activists are using a grassroots strategy to highlight the lack of secure bike infrastructure in the region.

Chicago is known the world over for its bold and unique architecture. After all, it’s the birthplace of the skyscraper. But how does the city compare globally when it comes to sustainable architecture?

The decline of Chicago’s central business corridor makes the future of downtown uncertain. Like international peers, Chicago may find pedestrian malls an effective path for urban revitalization.

The Music Box Theatre brings international horror films to Chicago because they can make you terrified of things you didn't know you could be afraid of. Curators think audiences' shrieks, shouts, and screams bring people and cultures together.

In some of Chicago’s busiest commercial corridors, chambers of commerce and small businesses are coordinating to respond to the influx of migrants.

For more than a century, tattoo artists have connected Chicagoans with other countries and cultures — a tradition that lives on, even as the industry changes.

Chef Johnny Clark calls his new Ukrainian restaurant Anelya a “political statement” to the world that Ukrainian food “isn’t just Russian with a twist” — and that it deserves a Michelin star of its own.