The theme of the 2022 Agricultural Retailers Association meeting in San Diego Photo by author The Agricultural Retailers Association held its annual meeting in San Diego from November 29 to December 1...
Tag: Food Security
Kenya’s Samburu People Fight For Survival On The Front Lines Of Climate Change
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has advised that at least 4.2 million people in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) urgently need humanitarian assista...
Sorghum’s Revival Goes Against The Grain
The world appears to be waking up to the potential of an ancient grain by the name of sorghum. Originally from the African continent, this gluten free grain, also known as guinea corn, jwari, jowar, k...
In The Caribbean, 57% Are Struggling To Put Food On The Table
In the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, a region of some 22 countries, the compounded effect of more than two-years’-worth of global crises has caused surges in the cost of living, driving a 46% ...
Decades Of Human Progress Set Back By Covid, Climate Change And Ukraine War, UN Warns
Topline Global crises like the Covid-19 pandemic, worsening climate change and the war in Ukraine have started to reverse decades of human progress in education, life expectancy and standards of livin...
Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Fueling ‘Catastrophic’ Malnutrition Among Children, Unicef Warns
Topline Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fueling a “catastrophic” wave of malnutrition among young children, the United Nations’ children’s agency agency warned on Tuesday, urging governments to do mor...
In The Caribbean, Severe Food Insecurity Has Increased By 72% In The Past Two Years
A series of surveys administered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have revealed that, in the English-speaking Caribbean, the estim...
Caribbean Food Security Likely To Be Impacted By Russia-Ukraine Conflict
As Russia began its invasion of neighboring Ukraine on February 24th, the world watched— and reacted. On top of the deeply devastating human elements of war have been the unavoidable global political ...
Could Insects Play A Bigger Role In Our Food Supply?
Black Soldier Fly Larvae (AP Photo/Aleks Furtula) ASSOCIATED PRESS We are often told that something we can do to fight climate change, is to eat less meat or dairy. While there are certainly greenhous...