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Storming the Barricades: Young People Take Action

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

Young people refuse to take a back seat to their future, so they are getting engaged in global food and agriculture.

A Ugandan boy carries a basket of sweet potatoes down a street in the village of Kyanukuzi, near Masaka, in Uganda.
AP Photos/Ben Curtis
Food and Agriculture

Inspiring Action: Getting Youth Involved in Agriculture

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The agriculture industry must actively engage young people if there is any hope of ending food insecurity.

Research fellow Brandy-Joe Milliron works in the garden at Downtown Health Plaza in Winston-Salem, N.C.
AP Photos/Gerry Broome
Food and Agriculture

Prioritizing Diversity to Ensure Resilience

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

To ensure the sustainability of the global food and agriculture system, farmers must embrace diversification.

A woman works in a field at a farm on the outskirt of Harare, Zimbabwe.
AP Photos/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
Food and Agriculture

Queering Farming: How LGBTQIA+ Farmers are Reimagining Agriculture

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Global Food for Thought by Natalie Burdsall

Queer farmers are challenging discriminatory legacies in agriculture, and envisioning an agricultural system that uplifts and celebrates LBGTQIA+ people.

An Ashokra farm worker stands in a field of crops.
Ashokra Farm
Food and Agriculture

Stewarding Resources to Preserve Food Security

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Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

We need smart and efficient food systems to preserve the Earth—are young people the silver bullet?

Mohammed Abdul, a farmer who said he 'had to start from the beginning' after losing all his farm inputs to violent attacks in Nigeria's north, works on a rice farm in Agatu village on the outskirts of Benue State in northcentral Nigeria.
AP Photos/Chinedu Asadu
Food and Agriculture

Recovering from the Food Crisis

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Wall Street Journal
Ertharin Cousin

"We didn’t see massive famines last year," says Ertharin Cousin. "But what we didn’t do was invest in what I call preemptive humanitarian response."

Ertharin Cousin (seated right) and Ashley Tyrner (seated left) in beige chairs in front of a wood paneled shelf wall. Food and Agriculture

Revolutionizing Agriculture through Youth Engagement

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How can advancements in technology and nutrition revolutionize the global food system?

A farmer works to move a herd to another field at his family's ranch in Glen Flora, Texas.
AP Photos/Eric Gay
Food and Agriculture

Innovating Forward: Committing to Food and Agriculture

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The Youth in Agriculture podcast examines new innovations required to improve the food system.

Abbie Doane-Simon, of Green City Growers, cultivates produce in a rooftop garden on the third-base side of Fenway Park in Boston.
AP Photos/Elise Amendola
Food and Agriculture

Closing the Gap: Solving Food Waste to End Hunger in America

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Global Food for Thought by Clayton Elbel

The 2023 Farm Bill presents a watershed moment in solving food loss and waste in the United States.

Aaron Nichols holds rich soil on his farm on March 17, 2023, in the unincorporated community of Helvetia, Oregon.
AP Photos/Andrew Selsky
Food and Agriculture

Partnering with Youth to Inspire Agricultural Innovation

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The future of agricultural innovation is dependent on young people. How can we motivate them to get engaged?

A Bangladeshi farmer woman separates the husk from the grain during harvest at Saturia village, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
AP Photos/Pavel Rahman
Food and Agriculture