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Global Sustainability Summit: August 10 -12 2016 in New Orleans

The Global Sustainability Summit will be held August 10 -12 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference — organized by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association […]

Conservation Measures by Farmers Help Mississippi River Basin

Conservation measures by farmers have reduced nitrogen and phosphorus runoff in Iowa and other states in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Voluntary conservation practices have helped reduce nitrogen by as […]

A Commitment to Dairy Sustainability: Sensenig Dairy

Andrea and Cliff Sensenig run Sensenig Dairy, a 100-cow farm in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania. As part of their commitment to sustainability, they installed an anaerobic digester to covert manure into power, reducing greenhouse gas emissions equal to removing 206 cars from the road.

Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2016

A new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says that 85 percent of the EU’s agricultural budget goes to producers and recommends the EU to shift the budget toward […]

U.S. Rice Farmer on Balancing Nature and Commerce

Jeff Rutledge is a third generation Arkansas rice farmer. Working today in fields first cleared by his grandfather, Rutledge’s ties to the land started when he was a little boy, just old enough to pull weeds.

Building Blocks for Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry

A roadmap for helping farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners to respond to climate change has been released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program – Building Blocks for Climate […]

Organic farmer’s plea for coexistence: Sustainability benefits using conventional and organics

As a small organic farmer, I got a kick out of of a recent article Janna with big tractor advertising ‘Farming Camp’ for little ones. We used to go to

‘End Intensive Farming’ Call by Development Academics

IPES-Food, a group of food, development and environmental academics and ex-NGO executives has called for an end to intensive farming. The group is led by Olivier De Schutter, the former […]

Sustainable Peanut Farming in Water Shortage’s Wake

New Mexico farmer Jim Chandler is a third generation peanut producer in Portales. His family has grown a variety of crops over the years, but peanuts have been a regular part of their farm since 1965.

UN Agencies and European Union Launch Global Food Security Network

A new network to achieve joint global food security assessments and joint responses to food crises was launched in Istanbul by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations […]

NGOs, Sustainability and the Rise of Ethical Consumerism

by Robert Blood, SIGWATCH June 2016 It is impossible to talk about sustainability without involving campaigning organizations or NGOs. Thanks to sustained levels of campaigning, especially by groups in the […]

Sustainability Success: Profile of an Iowan Soybean Farmer

If you walk through the fields on Laura Foell’s soybean farm in Iowa in the spring, you might notice seedlings poking up through the stubble from last year’s crop.