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Native Food Sovereignty: Strengthening Connection to Culture

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Global Food for Thought by Julie Garreau

Community and family gardens provide the foundation for Native Food Sovereignty, and allow the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to reclaim their local food system.

Three students participating in the CRYP Garden Club learn how to grind berries.
Julie Garreau
Food and Agriculture

We Need Timely Regulatory Collaboration to Cut Methane Emissions 

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The Hill
Dan Glickman

Distinguished Fellow Dan Glickman stresses the importance of immediate action to address "food security, nutrition issues and environmental sustainability."

A row of wind turbines in La Ventosa, Oaxaca, southern Mexico.
Reuters
Tech and Science

Ethiopia and Somalia Show Droughts Don't Need to Result in Famine

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Africa.com
Joshua Busby

As Africa faces its worst drought in 40 years, Joshua Busby looks at Ethiopia and Somalia and why one country could avoid famine while the other could not.

Two women collect water from a pan at the Kaxareey camp for the internally displaced people in Dollow, Gedo region of Somalia on May 24, 2022
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Reconnecting to Indigenous Food Sovereignty Values and Practices

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Global Food for Thought by Tahlia Natachu

The Zuni Indigenous community looks towards their past to address issues around agriculture, food access, health, and the environment in sustainable ways.

Three young girls kneel in a garden, holding vegetables and fruits as they smile into the camera.
Zuni Youth Enrichment Project
Food and Agriculture

Embracing Interconnectedness: How Indigenous Foodways Can Save Us

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Global Food for Thought by Ife Kilimanjaro

Indigenous perspectives utilize regenerative farming practices through embodying interconnectedness, ultimately protecting the environment from climate change.

A field of grapes in Oregon is pictured nearing sunset.
Dan Meyers
Food and Agriculture

Hope Is Part of the Food Security Solution

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Global Food for Thought by Scott MacMillan

Scott MacMillan recalls 2015 World Food Prize winner Fazle Hasan Abed's legacy and its impact on food security.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed is sitting in a classroom in front of a black board, smiling and looking to the right as he holds a brown cane.
BRAC
Food and Agriculture

2022 Task Force Report Webinar

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Vimeo
Coauthors

The Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health presents their 2022 Report.

A person harvests rhubarb from a garden.
Jonathan Kemper
Food and Agriculture

Black Farmers' Voices: How the Past Influences Food Insecurity Today

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.

George Hall bends down to tend to his turnips in Greene County, Alabama.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

Student Voices Call for Culturally Appropriate Food in Schools

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Agri-Pulse Communications
Roger Thurow

Food available in federal assistance programs is not acceptable to various communities with specific religious, cultural, or physical requirements.

An empty college cafeteria is pictured.
Cataya
Food and Agriculture

Incorporating Dietary Needs and Cultural Requirements into Food Assistance Programs

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Global Food for Thought by Natalie Burdsall

Fundamental issues in food assistance programs exclude the disability community and people requiring culturally relevant foods.

A group of people prepares food for a food assistance program. Food and Agriculture