The Arctic global seed vault has reached the milestone of having 1m varieties stored in its deep freeze. The new deposits are being made after unexpected flooding of its entrance...Read More
Climate change poses a major threat to food supplies – so these seed hunters set off to try and collect the wild relatives of 28 globally important crops. Source: World...Read More
In episode 42 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Marc Angelo Coppola, founder of Valhalla Farms Montreal on buying 60 acres of farmland to turn into a...Read More
The interactive dialogue aimed to provide a forum to share experiences, identify challenges and explore opportunities for strengthening food systems approaches focused on improving food security and livelihoods for smallholder...Read More
Whole Cities Foundation, a nonprofit that works alongside community-based organizations to improve neighbourhood health by broadening access to fresh food and nutrition education, announced today that 60 Community First Grants...Read More
Right across from Atholton High School in Columbia, Maryland, sits a garden roughly a third of an acre with rows of vegetable beds and a newly added pond to encourage...Read More
With climate change threatening food supply in Senegal, these farmers are turning to agroecology, in the form of planting trees on farms, diversifying crops and their rotation and using organic...Read More
Intensive farming has proven to have negative effects on the environment, but there are ways it can be more sustainable. Source: World Economic Forum | Agenda | feedRead More
Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive stresses like drought and extreme temperatures, which could help feed a planet experiencing climate change, report scientists at Washington...Read More
As the global population grows, ages and moves to the cities, we’ll need new ways to farm – and new farmers. Here’s how one New York-based company is addressing these...Read More