Articles Tagged with ''agriculture''

While some things about farming just don’t change, the fact of the matter is that Mother Nature, our most important business partner, is changing dramatically.

I think there is a fairly large contingent of journalists covering climate or agriculture or both who think we could stop climate change with a single admission by a major farm organization that the only logical reaction to increasing atmospheric carbon is abject terror.

Hannah Pagel will join the Agri-Pulse editorial team in Washington, D.C., as an associate editor, handling writing and broadcast duties.

Digital innovations are set to transform a global food system in crisis.

In the early 1980s, my grandfather, Dr. John Willard, traveled to Kenya on an agriculture mission of hope.

October 16 is World Food Day, a time to promote worldwide awareness and action on behalf of those who suffer from hunger – and acknowledge the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.

The European Union Court of Justice’s recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval process as traditional transgenic genetically modified plants has sent shock waves around the world and its greatest impact will be on those who are hungry and food insecure.

Congress is in the midst of updating, as it does about every five years, the so-called farm bill, our nation’s comprehensive agricultural and food policy.

American farmers and agricultural companies have always been global leaders.