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Agriculture is one of our most important industries. It provides food, feed and fuel necessary for our survival. With the global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, agricultural production must double to meet the demand. And because of limited...

Greetings from Budapest, Hungary. I am here as part of the Global Forum and Expo on Family Farming. Today, Food Tank is releasing a new research report called Food Tank By the Numbers: Family Farming. You can share an article about the report with a...

’40 Chances: Finding Hope in a Hungry World’ by Howard G. Buffet (Simon and Schuster; October 22, 2013) Table of Contents: i. Introduction/Synopsis PART I: HOWARD G. BUFFET’S BACKGROUND—AND HOW NOT TO FIGHT HUNGER Section...

A Baltimore Oriole Enjoys Some Orange In My Toronto Backyard Bob and I have become somewhat more skilled at spotting songbirds owing to increased diligence, and marginally better at identifying those birds that we do see.  On one recent day, we...

Human beings have used thousands of plant species for food throughout history, but only 150-200 species of plants are cultivated today. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), twelve of these species provide 75 percent of the world...