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Just Harvest: urban farming in a climate crisis

On Capitol Hill, elected officials have long supported big agricultural and industrial-scale farming that requires massive inputs of chemicals and fossil fuels. But can this system continue to feed the...

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Co-operative gardeners face eviction in Harare

The members of the Evergreen Garden co-op are mainly people living with HIV, orphaned children, care givers, and the elderly. They have earned a small income growing vegetables on the nearly 25-acre...

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Q & A: FAO’s Hirouyuki Konuma on the future challenge of growing more food...

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative for Asia and the Pacific, Hirouyuki Konuma, says despite food production currently ahead of demand, agricultural production must increase...

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Q&A: Assessing the effects of climate change on U.S. agriculture

The federal government released the National Climate Assessment report today, a comprehensive look at the country’s current and future climate challenges. The wide ranging study includes work by more...

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Unique food bank in India fights local hunger

India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world. According to the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization, nearly 200 million people are undernourished in India – the...

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Israel extends fishing zone off Gaza coast; fisherman say it’s not enough

Israel increased the fishing zone off the coast of Gaza from six to nine nautical miles. But at the local market in the Nusierat Refugee camp, both sellers and buyers of fish still complain. And...

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