Hope Michelson

Opinion: A 'resilient' food system built on systemic vulnerabilities

06/24/20 1:52 PM By Hope Michelson

In this opinion piece, Hope Michelson discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on our food system and the lessons we need to learn to build back a stronger, safer, and more equitable system.

Sally Rockey, FFAR

This week’s Open Mic guest is Dr. Sally Rockey, executive director for the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. Born from the 2014 Farm Bill, FFAR is tasked with finding matching funds for research in the food production system from the nation’s farms to consumer’s plates. While research is targeted in six different challenge areas, Rockey says climate and nutrition are themes that cross much of the foundation’s overall focus. Rockey says agriculture is the only industry that can actually limit the extent of climate change. FFAR intends to provide research farmers can use to make science-based decisions to increase productivity and help the environment. FFAR and the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action recently announced that PepsiCo has joined the AgMission initiative to reduce greenhouse gasses in agriculture as a founding partner.

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04.16.2021

Washington Week in Review: April 16, 2021: Rep. Rick Crawford on infrastructure, minority farmers

Congress was back in Washington this week after a two-week break, and infrastructure remained top of mind for many on Capitol Hill. Arkansas Republican Rick Crawford, a member of the House Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees, joins Agri-Pulse to discuss the Biden administration's approach as well as how he sees the process playing out.

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