You Take Her Land – a Reflection on Gender, Agriculture and False Solutions

by Aneesa Khan What does it mean to be a person on the frontlines of a microcosm whose climate is undergoing a dramatic metamorphosis for the worst? It often means a loss of home, land, identity, security, and human rights. But, what does it mean if this person also never truly owned the land they worked on or the home they lived in, what if their identity was continuously oppressed, what if...

Monsanto at COP21

By Morgan Heckerd   As the climate negotiations continue here in Paris, so does the conflict, the injustice, the inequity, and the straight-up absurdity. Secretariats, delegates, and corporations are all gathered in one place, deciding our future, has led to some questionable statements. Inside the climate talks, corporations are being praised for their so-called “ambition” on tackling...

Working Towards Another Green Revolution…the Ultimate Downfall of 4 per 1000

By Sara Velander and Jenna Farineau There are a considerable amount of false solutions out in the world currently. You know - the “green solutions” that multinational corporations promote in their annual sustainability reports. Or the resilience projects that governments boast about during high-level conferences hosted by their town, city, or country. The types of solutions that look so...

Sustainability: A First World Problem

Due to my old-school version of note taking---by hand and chronologically, in a little notebook---I unfortunately cannot recall the full context in which session staffer Stephanie Hanson of the One Acre Fund talked about sustainability, but I’ll give it the good old college try.  Ms. Hanson stated that the question of sustainability – with regard to agricultural development in developing...

The CFS + Nutrition: A Sticky Situation

by Jace Viner // The time had finally come, and before I knew it, I found myself tucked away on a seat on a massive jet plane. I’m squeezed in between the window and a director of food for some swanky hotel in Boston. We talk about why I’m going to Rome and his job, and the way the CFS and his company interact in certain aspects. Most of the conversation I was nodding my head in...