Bill Gates, billionaire, philanthropist, and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, recently met with José Graziano da Silva, the Director-General of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization,…
In a recent visit to Florida, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan hyped the Know Your Farmer Know Your Food initiative, a Department of Agriculture program aimed at strengthening connections…
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, changing current agricultural practices is the key to addressing and solving global climate change. As world leaders prepare for the upcoming…
In a gathering of agricultural ministers and food policy experts in Berlin, farm leaders decried food waste and pointed out the nearly 1 billion people worldwide who experience chronic food…
Increasing demand by American consumers for organic produce is gradually diluting the meaning of the term, according to some food experts. In 1990, Congress passed landmark legislation regulating the definition…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is pushing farmers in southern Africa to employ more sustainable agricultural techniques in order to protect the environment. Over the past several weeks,…
According to recent studies, agricultural technology is the key to solving Africa’s agricultural sustainability woes. Africa is currently facing a grim future. Nearly one-third of sub-Saharan Africans are chronically hungry,…
According to recent studies, agricultural startup companies are on the rise. In the wake of a tough economic recession and rising unemployment, many Americans have turned to the farm industry…
Across Africa, local farmers are developing pioneering ways to increase agricultural sustainability, reduce the impact of global warming and climate change, and increase profits. One of the techniques in question…
Farmers across the globe are rethinking traditional farming techniques, thanks in part to efforts by international organization like the United Nations, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, and the…