Funding cuts and the decline in development aid has had devastating consequences. To transform our food and agriculture systems need to lead into new, innovative solutions.
Growing Forward: Insights for Building Better Food and Agriculture Systems
The Global Food Institute and Food Tank are proud to present a weekly editorial series by thought leaders that spotlights innovative approaches to the most pressing food and agriculture system challenges. Find all pieces in the series below.
Reimagining Food Systems With Private Sector Innovation
Partnerships between farmers, scientists, and global organizations are driving practical innovations that strengthen the food system.
From Checkout to Checkup: Reimagining the Role of the Grocery Aisle in Public Health
Instacart examines how online grocery access, modernized food assistance programs, and food as medicine initiatives can improve nutrition security and public health across the United States.
Financing Africa’s Food Systems Transformation: Challenges and Pathways to Drive Growth and Nutrition Security Across the Continent
Funding cuts have Africa’s food and agriculture systems dangerously exposed. These six opportunities can help the national leaders build resilience.
Putting Food and Farming at the Center of Climate Action: Q&A with Anna Lappé
Food and agriculture systems are increasingly on climate negotiators’ and policy makers’ radar. At COP30, how do we turn that into action?
Doing the Right Thing Is Good Business: Q&A with Nishant Roy
“Hunger is not unsolvable,” says Chobani’s Nishant Roy, and businesses have a role to play in creating a world free from food insecurity.
Sowing Tomorrow: Land Access and the New Generation of Farmers
Access to quality farmland remains the top challenge the new generation faces in building careers in agriculture.
Food, Conflict, and the Weaponization of Food
Starvation kills slowly, demoralizes populations, and erodes cultures.
The Promise of Urban Agroecology to Enhance Food and Nutrition Security in the 21st Century
Teaching communities about urban agroecology is about more than farming. “We are educating people for sustainability in the 21st century.”
Seeing the Signs: Pioneering New Tools to Get Ahead of Future Food Crises
With new and better tools, it’s possible to identify the early signs of food crises, helping us saves lives and livelihoods.
Putting Power in the Hands of the People: Q&A with Karen Washington
As lawmakers ignore the toll that policies are taking on the most vulnerable, farmer and activist Karen Washington says it’s time for communities to look inward and organize.
Act Now: Join Young People in the Fight to End Food Waste
The message from young people is clear: We can no longer toss good food when there are plenty of ways to distribute it to people who need it.
Steady Work, Lasting Change: How Maine is Leveraging Federal Nutrition Programs to End Childhood Food Insecurity
Maine understands that hungry kids can’t learn—and that the solutions to end childhood food insecurity are a win for families, farmers, and local economies.
Food for All: Addressing the Allergy Crisis to Build a Better Food System
Food allergies are on the rise. By turning awareness into action and funding new science, we can build a safer food system.
Lessons from Renewable Energy for an Agri-food Systems Overhaul: Q&A with Zitouni Ould-Dada
The transition to renewable energy offers a blueprint for funding a food and agriculture systems revolution to fight the climate crisis and hunger.
From Capitol Hill to the School Cafeteria: Q&A with Dan Glickman on Fixing Our Food System
former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman reflects on the evolving politics of food and agriculture, calling for science-driven, bipartisan solutions to meet today’s climate, health, and nutrition challenges.









