Jun 23 2020
Perspective
The Covid-19 crisis is a ‘stress test’ for our global food systems – and they are failing. Today we see farmers dumping milk and ploughing crops back into their fields, even as …
Jun 10 2020
Perspective
The Covid-19 global pandemic has lain bare many vulnerabilities in our current systems, from a lack of equity and economic opportunity to the weaknesses of our food supply chains. As …
Jun 09 2020
YieldWise is The Rockefeller Foundation's $130 million initiative working with private, public, and nonprofit actors involved in the food supply system to cut their food loss and waste by half. …
Jun 04 2020
Seeking a bit of optimism, and even inspiration, in these challenging times? Take an hour or two and peruse some of the 79 semifinalist entries from around the globe for …
Jun 01 2020
Perspective
We hear and see it everywhere these days: “We’re all in this together.” Our friends and neighbors are committing selfless acts of community every day. Here in New York City …
Awarded Jul 14-2020
in support of mobilizing resources to implement its five-year proposed plan, which aims to extend the benefits of improved seed and other technologies in order to create COVID-resilient, small-holder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
$100,000
May 27 2020
Press Releases
Alexandria, VA, May 27, 2020 – In response to the Covid-19 crisis and rising levels of hunger in communities across the U.S., United Way Worldwide is expanding Ride United, its …
May 22 2020
Perspective
Nothing excites me more than visiting an open-air market and sampling some succulent, juicy pineapple, or a yellow-ripe sweet banana amidst small chit-chat with the friendly women vendors. These pleasantries …
May 13 2020
Perspective
Billian Okoth and Alloys Mbogo live 125 kilometers apart in Kenya and have never met each other. However, they are fighting the effects of Covid-19 together, through an unusual partnership …
May 06 2020
Perspective
As numbers of Covid-19 cases on the African continent have risen, African leaders have responded by implementing a range of prevention and containment measures. As of April 19th, several African …