India Will Benefit from Commercialization of GM Mustard
India has just taken a significant step forward with the tiny mustard seed. This new opportunity could deliver a major benefit to me and other Indian farmers...
Food and Nutritional Security
A Kenyan Farmer Makes the Case for the Commercialization of GM Maize
This year, I’ve seen the devastation of the present—and I’ve also witnessed hope for the future. Unfortunately, this is an election period and everyone seems...
Time for Kenya Move Off the Brink and Lead with Agricultural Technology
Kenya is on the brink of embracing biotechnology in agriculture. The MIT Technology Review made the claim in October: “Kenya is thought to be on the brink of...
Technology Is Africa’s Food-Secure Future
The average African farmer is a 60-year-old man who took up agriculture because that’s what his parents did. I’m a woman who, in her mid-20s, chose to become...
Celebrating India’s Miracle Crops: Past, Present and Future
Half a century is a long time, but that’s how long I’ve been thinking seriously about India’s struggle with food security—and how technology can help to solve i...
Choosing Optimism As We Feed the World
At the dawn of 2017, it’s time to make America great again by making America competitive again—and the Global Farmer Network spent much of the last 12...
Peace Erupts Over Food
A century ago, war raged across Europe. Millions of soldiers and civilians died in the epic conflict of World War I. In the first year of the fighting, howev...
Setting the Table for Better Understanding
One of the most striking facts about the traditional story of Thanksgiving—the one that we learn as little kids in elementary school—is that it’s basically true...
International Year of the Pulses – An Important Crop for India and the World
Pulses are a very important crop for India. They are an important source of protein, grow quickly, generate good profits for farmers, and contribute to agricul...
Open Letter to the EU Parliament from a Kenyan Farmer: Leave Africa Alone
In 1885, the great European powers met in Berlin to share Africa amongst themselves, launching a dark period of colonialist exploitation. Today, European law...