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Expanding roots: Hydroponic gardening creates more alternatives for sustainable food growth
Ava Hoelscher

Northwestern University

Perennial grains are the future of sustainable agriculture
Cassidy Hough

Michigan State University

Illustration showing annual grains and perennial grains growing from 12 to 24 months, with longer roots for perennial grains.
Animal welfare a missing topic in Supreme Court arguments about California’s Proposition 12
Emma Ricketts

Northwestern University, Medill News Service

AgNext: The future of sustainable animal agriculture
Eric Forbes

Planet Forward Correspondent Alum | Colorado State University

Cloudy with a chance of… Crickets? Bioreactor meat? Algae?
Makena Roberts

George Washington University

‘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

Bite me: Fighting back against invasive species one course at a time
Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

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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

Good eating in San Diego at these sustainable vegan restaurants
Julia Paige-Carter

Planet Forward Correspondent | Arizona State University

A vegan margherita pizza from Donna Jean's.
A Barcelona restaurant looks to the past to create a more sustainable future
Matthew Cox

George Washington University

A dark plate sits on a wooden table holding artfully placed plant-based food.
University of Mississippi becomes bee-friendly
Gracey Massengill

University of Mississippi

Constructed hives that house bees in the middle of a field under a cloudy sky
Summit conversations: The food story featuring José Andrés and FAO North America
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American food vegetation: ‘The Game Plan’ podcast
Anika Pillai

George Washington University

College food insecurity: Eating away at student success
Connor Kuerbis

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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