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MARCH 9, 2015 | CHICAGO, Jenny Cizner, former director of strategic partnerships and global affairs for the City of Chicago, today joined The Chicago Council on Global Affairs as its first-ever chief operating officer., “I am excited to welcome Jenny to The Chicago Council,” said Ambassador I...

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

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

At Davos, Martin Wolf and Sir Robin Niblett say the Greenland debacle exposed Europe's red line. Has the transatlantic relationship reached a turning point?

February 26, 2021, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini and Ertharin Cousin, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), Catherine Bertini and Ertharin Cousin are co-leads on a paper offering the Biden Administration recommendations for the US government to build on a strong foundation of food and nutrition ...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Gillian Darlow is the CEO of the Polk Bros. Foundation, which focuses its grantmaking on reducing the impact of poverty and expanding access to quality education, the arts, preventive health care, and ...

Community and family gardens provide the foundation for Native Food Sovereignty, and allow the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to reclaim their local food system.

Since the dawn of agriculture spurred the establishment of human civilizations, humans have adapted and revolutionized their food systems to overcome obstacles.