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Chef, Food Activist Tom Colicchio and Heifer CEO Pierre Ferrari Say U.S. Food System Needs Significant Changes to End Hunger
Small-scale meat packing at Cypress Valley

Announcements

Chef, Food Activist Tom Colicchio and Heifer CEO Pierre Ferrari Say U.S. Food System Needs Significant Changes to End Hunger

“We can end hunger in America. We just haven’t had the political will to do it,” write James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio and...

Food Tank Co-Founder Danielle Nierenberg Says Regenerative Agriculture Can Have Scalable, Lasting Impact on Food Systems
Food Tank Co-Founder Danielle Nierenberg Says Regenerative Agriculture Can Have Scalable, Lasting Impact on Food Systems.

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Food Tank Co-Founder Danielle Nierenberg Says Regenerative Agriculture Can Have Scalable, Lasting Impact on Food Systems

According to world-renowned food systems expert Danielle Nierenberg, sustainable and regenerative agriculture can be scaled to feed the nearly 330...

Indigenous Guatemalan Women Earn Income from Carmine, a Traditional Red Dye Made from Bugs
Hands stained red from cochineal dye

Lifestyle

Indigenous Guatemalan Women Earn Income from Carmine, a Traditional Red Dye Made from Bugs

In San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala, Indigenous Maya women are reclaiming the age-old art of handcrafting carmine, perhaps the most vibrant natural...

Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System
Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System.

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Farmers in Ecuador Innovate a Whole New Food System

There was no way for small-scale farmers in Ecuador to anticipate the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago when they started diversifying the...

Sacred Cow Documentary Makes the Case That Beef is Good for You, the Environment
Sacred Cow Documentary Makes the Case That Beef is Good for You, the Environment.

Food & Water

Sacred Cow Documentary Makes the Case That Beef is Good for You, the Environment

Registered dietician Diana Rodgers wants you to know that eating red meat is good for you and, when raised well, good for the environment.

Meals and Snacks for a Chicken: Two Unusual, Low-Cost Chicken Feed Options for Some of the World’s Poorest Entrepreneurs
Nibedita Tudu earns an income for her family by producing chickens using low-cost yet nutritious chicken feeds that are easy to grow. Photo Pranab K. Aich/Heifer International

Animals

Meals and Snacks for a Chicken: Two Unusual, Low-Cost Chicken Feed Options for Some of the World’s Poorest Entrepreneurs

Mom's Meatloaf Recipe: The Ultimate Comfort Food
Sliced meatloaf sits on a cutting board. Behind it is a plate filled with green vegetables, waiting for a slice.

Food & Water

Mom's Meatloaf Recipe: The Ultimate Comfort Food

Comfort food, a delicious slice of nostalgia that soothes your soul — for me, that's my mom's meatloaf. Of all the dishes my mom made for our...

Worldbuilders and Humble Bundle Raise Over $1 Million for Heifer International
Worldbuilders and Humble Bundle Raise Over $1 Million for Heifer International.

Announcements

Worldbuilders and Humble Bundle Raise Over $1 Million for Heifer International

Every December since 2008, Worldbuilders — an organization started by New York Times bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss — has held a weekslong...