Food
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What do Chinese restaurants teach us about the immigrant labor market?
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Chinese immigration to the United States often evokes images of Chinatowns, featuring Lunar New Year Parades, dim sum restaurants housed in pagodas, and storefronts featuring herbal remedies or porcelain goods. Cities have long been gateways for new immigrants to establish businesses in pursuit of economic mobility, and researchers examining Chinese…
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Mixed Messages Muddle Student Attitudes on Genetic Modification
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Genetically modified (GM) crops have been marketed and sold to the public since 1994. As an entire generation has grown up surrounded by genetically modified organisms (GMOs), attitudes towards modified foods have gradually trended towards a more favorable outlook. With more than 90 percent of crops such as corn and soybeans…
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Global Insect Decline Linked to Light Pollution
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Artificial light may be devastating populations of insects, including species that provide crucial support for human agricultural systems. In a recent article published in the Annals of Applied Biology, researchers examined the effects of light pollution on insects. Artificial light increases environmental pressures faced by insects, the study concluded, and…
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Not Just Their Problem: Roger Thurow Explains Why We Have All Been Missing Opportunities in African Agriculture
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Roger Thurow has served as a senior fellow on the global food and agriculture team at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs since January 2010. Before joining the Council, he reported for the Wall Street Journal where he wrote a series of stories on famine in Africa that was a…
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Are Improved Nutritional Outcomes and a Robust Agricultural Sector Mutually Exclusive? Case Study Findings from the Developing World
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Recent East African and South Asian stakeholder research has helped shed light on the thorny relationship between food security and nutritional policymaking in the developing world. Though findings point to a need for action on several fronts, addressing data disconnects in each of the six case study countries remains vital.
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From Farm to Trashcan, America’s Food Supply Is Being Squandered: A Look At Consumer Attitudes
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Researchers find that framing messages about food waste in terms of potential cost savings for consumers can be more effective than mentioning threats to the environment.
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In the Fight for Food Security, Sustainable Land Management Plays a ‘Growing’ Role
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Though the authors found consistently positive (i.e. increased) yields for cover cropping, organic fertilization, mulching, and water harvesting, even more compelling is the meta-analysis that was conducted to investigate the potential for climate change mitigation.
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Too Much or Not Enough? Rethinking School Breakfast Programs
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Research suggests that school breakfast programs may be falling short of the goal to provide universal access to a nutritional morning meal and may be contributing to unhealthy amounts of food intake.
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Food for Thought: Does the Delivery of Food Aid Contribute to Conflict?
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New research investigates the relationship between food aid and civil conflicts
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Don’t Break the Nutrition Safety Net
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Kate Maehr of the Greater Chicago Food Depository describes the growing need for food assistance as the USDA reveals the depth of hunger across the nation.
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Incomplete Assistance: Obstacles to Achieving Food Security
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Agricultural micro-lending programs hold great promise, but addressing underlying impediments to production holds the key to sustainability