SfL’s AG Kawamura was Co-Chair of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ recent report, “From Scarcity to Security: Managing Water for a Nutritious Food Future.” AG represented SfL’s farmer-led dialogue during the report’s release at the 2019 Chicago Council Global Food Security Symposium.
Big ideas are formulating in agriculture on how to better manage and reinvigorate water supplies in the face of climate change. None of them can be accomplished alone—without collaboration among farmers, ranchers, foresters, crop breeders, agricultural technology companies, and other value chain...
It’s June 1. You’ve got 4,000 acres of corn and 2,500 acres of soybeans to plant. So far, you’ve planted 150 acres of corn, and 40 of them are underwater. Can this scenario happen in Indiana? “It already has—in 2019,” says Don Villwock, Edwardsport, a farmer and former president of Indiana Farm...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and other food system leaders attending the United Nation’s International Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt this week are touting “circular economies” as key strategies for transforming current systems of agriculture and food into more resilient,...
An Agricultural Renaissance, led by innovative and entrepreneurial farmers, ranchers and foresters constructing sustainable, profitable and resilient systems that lay the foundation for a world of abundance on many scales capable of producing nutritious food, feed, fiber, clean energy, healthy ecosystems, quality livelihoods, and strong rural economies.