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‘Making food a focus’: Small farms take strides against food insecurity
Carter Weinhofer

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College

A close-up shot of light-skinned hands, half covered by long, blue sleeves with thumbholes, holds up a white split-open pod of black beans.
Here’s what a refugee farmer grows on an urban Chicago farm
Adriana Martinez-Smiley

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

Here’s what a refugee farmer grows on an urban Chicago farm
Discussing soil health with dryland farmer Roy Pfaltzgraff
Eric Forbes

Planet Forward Correspondent Alum | Colorado State University

Growing Soil | Managing Wild at McGinley Ranch
Eva Kotobuki Sideris

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

Reflections | Revisiting Shuang Qiao
Xinge Lei

University of Georgia

The author as a young girl, standing in an orchard at her grandparents' farm.
Growing Soil | Nebraska Sandhills hint changing tides in agriculture
Vidya Muthupillai

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Growing Soil | Nebraska Sandhills hint changing tides in agriculture
Growing Soil | Livestock are struggling to stomach climate change. Might bison rumen help?
Adam Goldstein

University of Missouri

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Regenerative reporting from McGinley Ranch
Frank Sesno

Founding Director | Planet Forward

Regenerative reporting from McGinley Ranch

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Bees and chili peppers: A solution to human-wildlife conflict in Zimbabwe
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

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International student’s idea to repurpose barns becomes agro-plastic recycling company
Sara Wiatrak

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Garden bed with green sprouts covered by a dome of plastic sheeting.
Recipes for Food Security | Q&A: Indigenous Peoples’ Liaison set her sights on youth, food security, and the land
Terrius Harris

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma

Recipes for Food Security | The return of Loko Ea
Terrius Harris

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma

A rainbow in the sky is reflected on the surface of a pond surrounded by green palm trees and foliage.
Recipes for Food Security | Ka moʻolelo o nā loko iʻa ma Hawaiʻi (The story of fishponds in Hawaii)
Terrius Harris

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | University of Oklahoma

A tide splashing in between two rocks on a coast line as the sun sits low in the sky behind it.
Recipes for Food Security | The new ‘big ag’: What regenerative agriculture can learn from conventional farming
Benjamin Thomas

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Franklin & Marshall College

A herd of tawny brown cattle graze in silvopasture amongst trees spaced several feet apart.
Recipes for Food Security | ‘Word of mouth still means a lot’: How sustainability spreads
Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

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Recipes for Food Security | Dollars and diversity: Why young farmers need investment, representation
Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

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