Time to rethink genetically modified wheat?
It’s safe. It would help farmers deal with drought, support biodiversity, protect the environment and decrease a farms carbon footprint. It would help consumers...
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GFN Farmers at FP Food+ Summit
Global food insecurity has been on the rise. A changing climate and more frequent environmental disasters, coupled with economic disruptions, are exposing defic...
FARMERS DISH ON FOOD SECURITY
Maria Beatriz "Pilu" Giraudo and Dr. Gilbert arap Bor are farmers and members of the Global Farmer Network. In the lead-up to the United Nations Food Systems Su...
The War Against Hunger
The war against world hunger never ends, but it always changes---and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it worse.
Some 272 million people now face "extreme hunger"...
Climate Smart Agriculture is a Sustainability Solution
The loud and angry debates over crop-protection products in Europe can give the false impression that farmers like me are prone to over-use chemicals on what we...
United states-Precision Ag
Jennie Schmidt is a farmer on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and a member of the Global Farmer Network. In this Virtual Farm Tour, she shows us the technology sh...
Canada-Growing Sustainably
Alanna Koch is a member of the Global Farmer Network from Canada. In this video, she talks about the importance of farmers having the tools and technologies nee...
The Cost of Sustainability Practices
Nancy Kavazanjian is a farmer from Wisconsin in the United States and a member of the Global Farmer Network. She talks here with Ben Fargher from Cargill about ...
Here We Go Again: WOTUS
When EPA administrator Michael S. Regan on June 9 announced his agency's intention to change how it defines "waters of the United States," my first thought wa...
The Cost of Sustainability Practices
Nancy Kavazanjian is a farmer from Wisconsin in the United States and a member of the Global Farmer Network. She talks here with Ben Fargher from Cargill about...