Issues

Food Security & Sustainability

The policies, threats, and innovations shaping global food security, from Midwest agriculture to global development, climate resilience, and trade. 

Past Events

Global Food Security Working Dinner

PAST EVENT

A working dinner to discuss the Council's food and agriculture programming.

Oct 21
A combine harvester working in a coffee plantation.
wsfurlan / iStock

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
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Commentary

What the New World Screwworm Outbreak Reveals About US Agricultural Security

Analysis
by Deborah Rosenblum

The parasite's reappearance for the first time in decades is emblematic of broader vulnerabilities in the agricultural sector.

Cattle graze near a sterile fly dispersal station placed by the US Department of Agriculture to combat the spread of the New World screwworm
Eric Gay / AP
Food Security & Sustainability

At 250, America Faces a Global Hunger Test

Analysis
by Ertharin Cousin

How the United States shows up in the world matters. Nowhere is that more evident than in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.

Food items wait to be packaged and distributed at a Feeding America food bank
Michael Clubb / AP
Food Security & Sustainability
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Research

Bridging the Gap: Accelerating Technology Adoption for Sustainable Food Production

RESEARCH
Report

Emerging AgTech innovations have the potential to radically improve the sustainability, profitability, and accessibility of US-produced food.

Farmer Chang Chen-kai prunes common salad lettuce growing under banks of LED lights at the ARWIN plant factory in Miaoli, northern Taiwan.
AP Photos
Food Security & Sustainability

Encouraging Farmer Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture Practices in the United States

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

Regenerative agriculture can help our food and agricultural systems become more resilient.

A woman and man crouch down in a field of cover crops and examine the plants.
Edwin Remsberg & USDA-SARE
Food Security & Sustainability
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Experts

Catherine Bertini 

Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council expert Catherine Bertini
Expertise
Food Security & Sustainability
Social Media

Ertharin Cousin 

Distinguished Fellow, Global Food and Agriculture, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council expert Ertharin Cousin
Expertise
Food Security & Sustainability
Social Media
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