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Natalie Burdsall

Social Media for Farms: A Revolutionary Agricultural Tool

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Global Food for Thought by Natalie Burdsall

Social media can allow farmers to reach new audiences and ultimately inspire a new wave of young agriculturalists.

A farmer holds a tablet while sitting on tree root, observing his crops.
Sasin Tipchai
Food and Agriculture

Storming the Barricades: Young People Take Action

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Young people refuse to take a back seat to their future, so they are getting engaged in global food and agriculture.

A Ugandan boy carries a basket of sweet potatoes down a street in the village of Kyanukuzi, near Masaka, in Uganda.
AP Photos/Ben Curtis
Food and Agriculture

Inspiring Action: Getting Youth Involved in Agriculture

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The agriculture industry must actively engage young people if there is any hope of ending food insecurity.

Research fellow Brandy-Joe Milliron works in the garden at Downtown Health Plaza in Winston-Salem, N.C.
AP Photos/Gerry Broome
Food and Agriculture

Prioritizing Diversity to Ensure Resilience

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

To ensure the sustainability of the global food and agriculture system, farmers must embrace diversification.

A woman works in a field at a farm on the outskirt of Harare, Zimbabwe.
AP Photos/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
Food and Agriculture

Queering Farming: How LGBTQIA+ Farmers are Reimagining Agriculture

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Global Food for Thought by Natalie Burdsall

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

An Ashokra farm worker stands in a field of crops.
Ashokra Farm
Food and Agriculture

Stewarding Resources to Preserve Food Security

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

We need smart and efficient food systems to preserve the Earth—are young people the silver bullet?

Mohammed Abdul, a farmer who said he 'had to start from the beginning' after losing all his farm inputs to violent attacks in Nigeria's north, works on a rice farm in Agatu village on the outskirts of Benue State in northcentral Nigeria.
AP Photos/Chinedu Asadu
Food and Agriculture

Revolutionizing Agriculture through Youth Engagement

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How can advancements in technology and nutrition revolutionize the global food system?

A farmer works to move a herd to another field at his family's ranch in Glen Flora, Texas.
AP Photos/Eric Gay
Food and Agriculture

Innovating Forward: Committing to Food and Agriculture

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The Youth in Agriculture podcast examines new innovations required to improve the food system.

Abbie Doane-Simon, of Green City Growers, cultivates produce in a rooftop garden on the third-base side of Fenway Park in Boston.
AP Photos/Elise Amendola
Food and Agriculture

Partnering with Youth to Inspire Agricultural Innovation

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The future of agricultural innovation is dependent on young people. How can we motivate them to get engaged?

A Bangladeshi farmer woman separates the husk from the grain during harvest at Saturia village, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
AP Photos/Pavel Rahman
Food and Agriculture

Growing Pains: Transforming Global Food and Agriculture

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How do we nourish the population, while protecting the planet from the very act of nourishing us?

A farmer thrashes wheat crop after harvest early morning.
AP Photos/Channi Anand
Food and Agriculture