Food and Agriculture

Past Events

How Tariffs and Trade Policy Affect the Global Food System

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Darci Vetter, Devry Boughner Vorwerk, and Ertharin Cousin analyze how new tariffs and trade policies could impact food security in the long term.

Apr 1

Ertharin Cousin, Devry Boughner Vorwerk, and Darci Vetter on stage at the Council

Ana Miyares Photography

Roger Thurow on Nourishing and Preserving the Planet

PAST EVENT

Senior Fellow Roger Thurow joins members of the Council community for a discussion on his upcoming book, international farming stories, and more.

Oct 23

A boy shows freshly plucked chillies from his field on the outskirts of Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on November 21, 2021.

AP Photos

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Commentary & Analysis

August 1, 2025

Famine in Gaza is a Preventable Catastrophe. A Humanitarian Ceasefire is the First Step.

BLOG

Global Food for Thought by Ertharin Cousin

Distinguished Fellow and former Executive Director of the World Food Programme Ertharin Cousin on summoning the political courage to intervene in Gaza.

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 14, 2025.

Jehad Alshrafi / AP

Food and Agriculture

July 31, 2025

Is Gaza's Hunger Crisis Driving the World to Recognize a Palestinian State?

Podcast

Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ertharin Cousin joins Deep Dish to unpack the unfolding hunger crisis in Gaza and explains how calls for Palestinian statehood recognition could reshape the conflict.