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Feeding Eight Billion Sustainably: The Emerging Era of Living Within Nature’s Limits
Written by: Geoffrey Holland
"At the current rate of loss, some 12 million hectares of agricultural land per year are rendered useless, an area equivalent...
New U.S. agroforestry project will pay farmers to expand ‘climate-smart’ acres
Written by: Sarah Derouin
American agroforestry initiatives got a big boost of funding in 2022 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which allocated $60 million to...
How Drinking Sustainable Wine Can Help Vineyards and the Planet
Written by: Gary Pickering and Kerrie Pickering
The current global food and beverage system is unsustainable.
In 2023, world leaders issued a declaration at the UN climate change...
Veganuary’s Impact Has Been Huge – Here are the Stats to Prove It
Written by: Chris Bryant
Since launching in 2014, Veganuary has boasted increasing sign-ups year on year. But what’s the evidence that the campaign that encourages people to...
Bezos Earth Fund Announces New $57 Million Grant Program to Tackle Climate Change and...
Written by: Kimberly White
The Bezos Earth Fund has announced a new funding initiative aimed at transforming the world’s food systems and tackling climate change...
Switching to Plant-Based Diets Means Cleaner Air – and it Could Save More than...
Written by: Toon Vandyck and Marco Springmann
Adopting a healthier diet will probably feature prominently in many of our new year’s resolutions. But it’s often challenging for...
Five Countries Launch High Ambition Coalition on Food Systems Transformation
Written by: Kimberly White
Five countries have committed to transforming their food and land use systems for the sake of people, nature, and climate.
Brazil, Cambodia,...
How ‘Ugly’ Fruit and Vegetables Could Tackle Food Waste and Solve Supermarket Supply Shortages
Written by: Behzad Hezarkhani, Güven Demirel, Manoj Dora, and Yann Bouchery
The world is facing a significant food waste problem, with up to half of all...
America’s Farmers are Getting Older, and Young People aren’t Rushing to Join Them
Written by: David R. Buys, John J. Green, & Mary Nelson Robertson
On Oct. 12, National Farmers’ Day, Americans honor the hardworking people who keep...
Vegan Diet Has Just 30% of the Environmental Impact of a High-Meat Diet, Major...
Written by: Michael Clark and Keren Papier
We know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally...
How Shading Crops with Solar Panels Can Improve Farming, Lower Food Costs and Reduce...
Written by: Joshua M. Pearce
If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed the unreasonably tall...
7 Ways to Accelerate the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture
Written by: Sanjay Borkar
The agricultural sector plays a critical role in the global economy. It provides employment for a significant proportion of the world's...
How Schools and Families Can Take Climate Action by Learning About Food Systems
Written by: Gabrielle Edwards
News about the climate crisis alerts us to the urgent need for drastic global changes. Given this, it’s not surprising that...
Food Forests are Bringing Shade and Sustenance to US Cities, One Parcel of Land...
Written by: Karen A. Spiller and Prakash Kashwan
More than half of all people on Earth live in cities, and that share could reach 70 percent...
5 Ways Tech Can Help Reduce Food Waste
Written by: Andrea Willige
How much of your weekly shop ends up in the bin?
The United Nations estimates that food waste amounts to nearly a fifth...
New Food Technologies Could Release 80% of the World’s Farmland Back to Nature
Written by: Chris D. Thomas, Jack Hatfield, & Katie Noble
Here’s the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in...
Farm Floods Will Hit Food Supplies and Drive Up Prices. Farmers Need Help to...
Written by: Elisabeth Vogel
Some of Victoria’s most important agricultural regions are among the areas worst hit by severe floods inundating the state this week.
This...
Maine Farms Could be Ideal Match for Solar Agrivoltaics, but More Funding Needed First
Written by: Annie Ropeik
From spring to fall, Michael Dennett spends his days transporting sheep from his family’s homestead in Jefferson, Maine, to graze at...
On Washington’s Colville Reservation, Solar-Powered Microfarm Looks to Prove Model to Boost Food, Energy...
Written by: John Stang
Two geodesic domes are being built in Nespelem, 16 miles north of the Grand Coulee Dam and the headquarters of the...
Ag’s Challenging Future in a Changing Climate
Written by: Jeff Masters with contribution from Bob Henson
Increased drought and extreme heat adversely affecting agriculture likely pose the highest threat to civilization over...
Which Diet Will Help Save Our Planet: Climatarian, Flexitarian, Vegetarian or Vegan?
Written by: Mark Maslin
The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth, destroys forests and...
Eating Less Food from Animal Sources is Key to Reducing the Risk of Wildlife-Origin...
Written by: Giulia Wegner and Kris Murray
The world is at greater risk of infectious diseases that originate in wildlife because people are encroaching on...
How to Stop Degraded Soil Damaging Food Security and the Climate
Written by: Simon Read
Scientists are becoming increasingly alarmed about humanity wrecking something very fundamental to all of us: the soil under our feet. Why?...
These 3 Smartphone Apps are Helping to Reduce Food Waste Around the Globe. Here’s...
Written by: Victoria Masterson
Food waste is a mounting problem globally. About a third of the world’s food is wasted or lost, according to the WWF, with...
5 Technologies That Will Help Make the Food System Carbon Neutral
Written by: Rene Van Acker, Evan Fraser, and Lenore Newman
Globally, about one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture and food systems. The carbon footprint...
Vertical Farming – Is This the Future of Agriculture?
Written by: Victoria Masterson
Shipping containers, underground tunnels and abandoned mine shafts are not obvious venues for growing food. Yet many such spaces are being...
Indigenous Farmers Bring Back Crops Adapted to Hot, Dry Conditions
Written by: YCC Team
As the climate warms and the threat of water scarcity grows, a Native-governed nonprofit in Arizona is working to bring back...
Agroecology: From Traditional Practice to Top Climate Solution
Written by: Anna Lappé
The satellite imagery is staggering: an Antarctic ice shelf roughly the size of New York City collapsing into the ocean. Its demise, captured...
This Aeroponics Farm Could Be the Future of Food in Jordan
Written by: Douglas Broom
The United Nations projects the world’s population will grow by over 3 billion to peak at almost 11 billion by 2100. Meanwhile, already...
New Study Says Conservation and Food Production Must Be Considered in Tandem to Limit...
Written by: Sheryl Lee Tian Tong
Confining conservation efforts to only 30 percent of Earth’s land may render a fifth of mammals and a third...
We Are All in This Together: Veganuary Launches New PSA to Encourage Everyone to...
Written by: Kimberly White
A new PSA from Veganuary is calling for everyone to do their part to combat climate change through diet change. The...
Solar and Crop Production Research Shows ‘Multi-solving’ Climate Benefits
Written by: Martín Bonzi and Sarah Spengeman
Stabilizing the climate demands a rapid transition to 100 percent carbon-free power, which will require large increases in...
Human Rights Could Address the Health and Environmental Costs of Food Production
Written by: David R. Boyd
Industrially produced food appears to be cheap but is actually very expensive. Recent estimates of the hidden costs of today’s...
11,000-year-old Solution to Modern Problem: Ancient Potato Could Thrive in Changing Climate
Written by: Alastair Lee Bitsóí
With drought a persistent problem in the Southwest, Hopi/Tewa seed keeper Valerie Nuvayestewa has eagerly joined the effort to bring...
Will a Native-led Initiative Spur an Agricultural Revolution in Rural Alaska?
Written by: Max Graham
When Eva Dawn Burk first saw Calypso Farm and Ecology Center in 2019, she felt enchanted. Calypso is an educational farm...
Farming without disturbing soil could cut agriculture’s climate impact by 30% – new research
Written by: Sacha Mooney, Hannah Victoria Cooper, and Sofie Sjogersten
Perhaps because there are no chimney stacks belching smoke, the contribution of the world’s farms...
FFAR and CIMMYT Pair Up to Protect Wheat from Ravages of Climate Change
Written by: Cornell Alliance for Science
In a bid to help one of the world’s most important cereal crops survive hotter, drier conditions, the Foundation...
World’s First Vegan Hospital: This Hospital Just Became the First in the World to...
Written by: Kimberly White
In a world-first, this hospital has gone 100 percent vegan. Located in Beirut, Lebanon, Hayek Hospital has pledged to serve an...
Urban Agriculture Combats Food Insecurity, Builds Community
Written by: DJ McCauley
“In times of crisis, people become really passionate about their food supply,” says Rachel Surls, sustainable food systems adviser for the Los...
3 Technologies Poised to Change Food and the Planet
Written by: Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser
Agriculture’s impact on the planet is massive and relentless. Roughly 40 per cent of the Earth’s suitable land...
Sowing Seeds of Food Security in Africa
Written by: Catherine Nakalembe, Christina Justice, Hannah Kerner, Christopher Justice, and Inbal Becker-Reshef
Food security is one of the most pressing issues, if not the...
Veganuary: Asda Launches Vegan Butcher Counter
UK supermarket giant Asda is testing out a new plant-based concept to coincide with Veganuary. The retailer has teamed up with vegan concept creator,...
Coffee: Here’s the Carbon Cost of Your Daily Cup – and How to Make...
Written by: Mark Maslin and Carmen Nab
For many of us, coffee is essential. It allows us to function in the morning and gives a...
Veganuary: Jane Goodall and Sir Paul McCartney Urge People to Try Vegan This Month...
Written by: Kimberly White
International superstars, politicians, NGOs, and businesses have come together in a global campaign calling on people to kick off 2021 by...
The Start-up That Believes Seaweed Can Change the World
Written by: Karen Scofield Seal
Demand for plant-based food and nutrition is growing. According to recent retail sales data, grocery sales of plant-based foods in place...
Egypt’s Farmers Face Climate Impacts with New Agricultural Methods
Written by: Rahma Diaa
After Egyptian farmer Muhammad El-Desouki lost more than half of his tomato crop to a long heatwave, he no longer thinks about climate...
High School Students Create Recyclable, Eco-Friendly Hydroponics Garden – and You Can Too!
Written by: Jasmine Wu
Why should you care about hydroponics?
If you’re looking for a new hobby during quarantine or just in need of some fresh,...
Empowering Food Security Strategies Amidst a Pandemic in Malaysia
Written by: Dr. Jeyanny Vijayanathan
The COVID-19 pandemic swept the world without a warning, disrupting many industries and food supply chains, hampering economic growth, increasing...
“There’s a Monster in my Kitchen” Highlights Devastating Impacts of Industrial Meat Production
Written by: Kimberly White
A new film by Greenpeace UK is highlighting the devastating impacts of industrial meat production on the planet.
Narrated by Narcos star...
Feeding the World Vertically
Written by: Geoffrey Holland
‘The challenge of feeding humanity is vast, maybe greater even than the challenge of stabilizing the climate, or population, and...
Why the Future of Food Must be Blue as Well as Green
Written by: Beatrice Crona and Jim Leape
Fish are food. We know that. And yet, in discussions about the future of food, that simple fact...
Lentils Can Feed the World- and Save Wildlife Too
Written by: Tim Radford
US scientists have worked out how to feed nine billion people and save wildlife from extinction, both at the same time –...
All Hail the Rise of the Climate-Smart Potato
Courtesy of Landscape News
Written by: Sandra Cordon
The potential of the potato has only just begun to be realized.
Some 368 million metric tons of potatoes were harvested globally...
How Carbon-Smart Farming Can Feed Us and Fight Climate Change at the Same Time
Written by: Poornima Parameswaran
Farmers are the stewards of our planet’s precious soil, one of the least understood and untapped defenses against climate change. Because...
How are Farmers Responding to COVID-19?
Courtesy of Landscape News
Written by: Pavel Devyatkin
Forest and farm producer organizations, known as FFPOs, and the people they represent, produce 70 percent of the...
This Startup is Using 3D Printing Technology to Create Plant-Based Steaks
Written by: Kimberly White
An Israel-based startup is shaking up the plant-based protein industry. Redefine Meat has unveiled a new plant-based alternative to steak- the...
City Compost Programs Turn Garbage Into ‘Black Gold’ That Boosts Food Security and Social...
Written by: Kristen DeAngelis, Gwynne Mhuireach, and Sue Ishaq
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many Americans’ relationships with food. To relieve some of...
Farm to Fork: EU to Dedicate €10 Billion Toward Plant-Based and Alternative Proteins
Written by: Kimberly White
The European Commission has proposed a new plan to catalyze a global transition to sustainable food systems.
The Farm to Fork Strategy...
GLF Bonn: Food Systems in Focus at a Time of Crisis
Courtesy of Forests News
Written by: Julie Mollins
Efforts to combat global hunger and malnutrition are increasing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The recently published Global Report on Food Crises...
Nature Loss is Eating Away at Our Food Supply and Diversity
Written by: Akanksha Khatri and Alexia Semov
We often take the contribution of nature and its ecosystem services for granted in our food production systems....
Farms Inside Shipping Containers Could Grow More Local Produce
Courtesy of Yale Climate Connections
Written by: Stephanie Manuzak
Instead of trucking vegetables across the country, one company wants to help food service providers grow...
Dunkin’ and Snoop Dogg Team Up to Launch New Breakfast Sandwich
Written by: Kimberly White
Dunkin' has unveiled its latest plant-based meat offering. In the United States, Dunkin's latest creation is a remix on the traditional...
Paul McCartney on how his Meat Free Monday campaign can help protect the planet...
Written by: Paul McCartney
It is now widely known that animal agriculture creates harmful greenhouse gasses and depletes precious resources, including land, water and energy,...
14 Cities to Reduce Meat Consumption by 2030
Written by: Kimberly White
Mayors from around the globe are committing to reduce meat consumption in their cities. Mayors from 14 cities signed the C40...
McDonald’s Tests Plant-Based Burger in Canada
Written by: Kimberly White
McDonald's and Beyond Meat have teamed up to bring a new plant-based burger to North America. Announced in September, McDonald's is...
MorningStar Farms Announces Launch of Plant-Based Meat Line
Written by: Kimberly White
Kellogg-owned MorningStar Farms is expanding its plant-based portfolio. MorningStar Farms announced the launch of its latest vegan offering, Incogmeato, earlier this...
Feeding the world: archaeology can help us learn from history to build a sustainable...
Written by: Kelly Reed
What we eat can harm not only our health, but the planet itself. About a quarter of all the greenhouse gas emissions that...
Burger King Rolls Out Impossible Whopper Across U.S.
Written by: Kimberly White
Impossible Food fans in the United States will soon be able to go to any Burger King to find the Impossible...
Dunkin’ Partners with Beyond Meat, Launches New Plant-Based Breakfast Sandwich
Written by: Kimberly White
Dunkin' is going beyond their traditional breakfast options. The fast-food giant has teamed up with Beyond Meat to offer a new...
New Beyond Burger Released in U.S. Stores
Written by: Kimberly White
Beyond Meat’s latest creation is hitting grocery stores around the U.S. this month. The new version of the plant-based burger...
A vegan meat revolution is coming to global fast food chains – and it...
Written by: Malte Rödl
A few years ago, convincing meat-free “meat” was nothing more than a distant dream for most consumers. Meat substitutes in...
Impossible Whopper Test Goes “Exceedingly Well”, National Roll Out Confirmed
Written by: Kimberly White
Last month, fast food giant Burger King began testing out a new plant-based version of the Whopper. Initially testing in...
Beyond Tacos: Del Taco Announces Expansion of Plant-Based Protein Options
Written by: Kimberly White
Del Taco has announced a nationwide expansion of the Beyond Tacos. Vegetarians, vegans, and those curious about plant-based food will soon...
Burger King Tests Vegetarian Whopper
Written by: Kimberly White
Burger King is testing out a new plant-based Whopper. Beginning today, 59 Burger King restaurants in the St. Louis, Missouri area...
All-Star Athletes Invest in The Future of Protein
Written by: Kimberly White
Beyond Meat has unveiled its latest star-studded campaign, Go Beyond. Highlighting the inner spirit and drive to reach the unattainable, Go...
Seafood without Sacrifice: Good Catch Makes a Splash with Their Take on Tuna
Written by: Kimberly White
For many, canned tuna is a household staple. Valued at $1.5 billion USD, canned tuna is the third most popular seafood...
Impossible Burger 2.0 Named Top Tech of CES 2019
Written by: Kimberly White
Digital Trends announced its top tech picks for CES 2019, a consumer electronics expo that brings together leaders, developers, and tech enthusiasts.
Bringing home...
