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When Martin Luther King Jr. led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, he was twenty-six years old. At twenty-four years old, Gandhi began his movement against racist pass laws in South Africa. …

By 2050, humanity will have over two billion more people to feed than we do now. That’s a daunting prospect when we already struggle to feed ourselves without damaging the planet. …

This post originally appeared on Trust.org.  When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with President Donald Trump this week in Washington, it will be a telling encounter—not only for the U.S.-India …

The Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC), the organization I founded with many dear friends and fellow activists in 1984, is now over three decades old. While …

Think about this for a minute: every year, a third of the world’s food -1.2 billion metric tons - is either lost or wasted. This has both economic and environmental consequences, …

When it comes to developing women leaders in Corporate America the numbers don't lie: only 27 Fortune 500 companies are currently run by women, and women only represent 20 percent …

Daily images of drought are a stark reminder of the importance of food for human health and prosperity. And while we know that agriculture is the economic backbone of most …

In early May 2017 we joined food technology innovators and entrepreneurs at the 3rd annual Seeds and Chips Global Food Innovation Summit. The conference featured a keynote address by former …

According to the World Bank Development Report on Digital Dividends (2016), the rapid spread of digital technologies around the world is boosting economic growth and expands opportunities in many instances; …

How collaborative ideation fueled a search for food waste solutions. If food waste were a nation, it would rank third in the world for harmful emissions. Along with the environmental damage, …