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  1. An Indian woman and her children carry water in containers.
    Gyan Shanae

    Starting Early

    Column
    by Roger Thurow

    An essay about food insecurity and child hunger by the Council's Roger Thurow.

  2. Central Illinois farmers deposit harvested corn on the ground outside a full grain elevator in Virginia, Ill.
    AP Photos

    Mexico's GM Corn Ban Is about More Than Biotech

    Column
    by Kailey Griffith

    Mexico's threat to ban GM corn presents an opportunity to re-evaluate agricultural norms in the United States and address inequities in trade.

  3. A field of dandelions.
    Vlad Vasilov

    Embracing Dandelions as Food and Medicine

    Column
    by Linda Black Elk

    Through their connection to traditional food practices, dandelions challenge colonized notions of food security and provide students with the opportunity to reconnect with Indigenous food systems.

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

    Social Media for Farms: A Revolutionary Agricultural Tool

    Column
    by Natalie Burdsall

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

  5. a hungry child visits an outdoor food pantry during COVID-19

    Talking Back to Hunger

    Column
    by Roger Thurow

    Roger Thurow shares a poem evoking the human face of domestic hunger — an issue that is too often forgotten in policy discussions.

  6. A young female farmer in Ethiopia

    The Critical Role of Women in Transforming the Food System

    Column
    by Chelsea Reinberg

    Women "agropreneurs" all over the world are key players in transforming food systems.

  7. A scientist working in a food and environmental testing laboratory
    IAEA Imagebank

    Food Safety Research is Foundational to Food Security

    Column
    by Haley F. Oliver, Randy W. Worobo

    In this blog post from our "Field Notes" series, the authors underscore the point that foods can be nutritious, sufficient, and available—but if those foods are unsafe, there is no food security.

  8. Cows in a open field at a dairy farm in California.
    Michael Pujals

    The Livestock Ladder’s Water Footprint

    Column
    by Marcus Glassman

    In this post from our "Uncharted Waters" blog series, we discuss that while the water footprint of livestock is substantive, the cost of that footprint is far from straightforward.

  9. Research technicians working in a plant breeding centre in Canada
    Reuters

    Agricultural Innovation Can Feed the Planet, But It Needs Policy Support

    Column
    by Julia Whiting

    As technology expands what is possible in our food system, inefficiencies can arise and make it difficult for policy to change as rapidly as our technology does.

  10. Congressional Aggies' Answer to the Climate Crisis

    Column
    by Gloria Dabek

    Increasing climate crisis events necessitate bolder government response. The Growing Climate Solutions Act is one Congressional answer that advocates say benefits both farmers and the planet.