Agriculture

  • From the Farm to the Table, Through Capitol Hill

    From the Farm to the Table, Through Capitol Hill

    A leading farm expert tells us how the sausage is made.

  • Lessons from the 2006-2008 World Food Crisis

    Lessons from the 2006-2008 World Food Crisis

    The secret to international food security is agricultural productivity, policy predictability, and openness to trade.

  • What’s That Burger Emitting?

    What’s That Burger Emitting?

    The business of food is bad for the planet. But the problem isn’t just a first-world one.

  • Flooding the Urban Food Deserts

    Flooding the Urban Food Deserts

    A new Chicago start-up hopes to fill up the city’s food deserts with a new approach—and with sound policy.

  • Fuel of Uncertainty

    Biofuels are either essential to our energy independence and efforts to combat climate change or a boondoggle that threatens global food security. The World Bank’s Govinda R. Timilsina and Ashish Shrestha analyze this disconnect in “How Much Hope Should We Have for Biofuels?”, which weighs findings from dozens of studies…