Women are vital to the global food system, but a stronger focus on women’s rights – including education and access to land and capital – is needed to improve global …
FAO Report: Without universal access to water, no food security
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a major report on the relationship between access to water and global food security and nutrition. The report, developed by …
Hmong and Latino farmers gather to share tips
Hmong farmers from across the nation met in Fresno this week to discuss challenges facing small producers, and to share tips. The group is now reaching out to other minority …
Three-quarters of Starbucks employees – and an equal share of American adults— don’t have a bachelor’s degree. The big problem for people isn’t starting college…it’s finishing. And some research indicates …
Women farmers connect through shared meals
The number of farms run by women in America has increased; women are listed as the principal operators of 14 percent of the nation’s farms. As the number of women …
Gender pay gap widest in farming, financial services
The gender wage gap is real, but it differs widely depending upon the profession assessed, according to new census data. Among the professions with the widest wage gap between men …
Data garnered from the USDA’s Economic Research Service indicates that woman-operated farms more than doubled between 1982 and 2007. Approximately 14% of the nation’s farms are run by women, who …
Project documents work of women in agriculture
The recent uptick in female-owned and operated farms has led to a creative venture that is documenting their work on the land. Audra Mulkern’s The Female Farmer Project tells the …
Reducing childhood malnutrition with sweet potatoes
Over a third of children under the age of five living in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from Vitamin A deficiency. A team of scientists is working to reduce childhood malnutrition there …
Small farmers hold the seeds to food diversity in their hands
Researchers say that small farmers hold the key to food diversity. After reviewing international census data, the team concluded that up to 75% of the seeds needed to produce the …