Items Tagged with 'Chicago Council on Global Affairs'

Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc., makes a big announcement, USDA names new staff and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced their CEO will retire at the end of the year.

Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Rick Crawford discuss the importance of the AIM Act and how it is necessary to protect American agriculture and ensure American agriculture research and technology continues to be the best in the world.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has reorganized the agency and created four new operating divisions, while Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. has tapped Nina Krueger to serve as the company’s new president and CEO.

Tim York has been tapped CEO to California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement and Mission Produce promotes Brooke Becker.

Michele Lowe, U.S. Navy Federal Executive Fellow, explains the connection between the U.S. and food insecurity in Africa and what is at stake for Cameroon’s neighbors and why Americans should care.

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.

Pierre Ferrari is the president and CEO of Heifer International, and in this opinion piece he shares his thoughts on global food security.

We need water for a variety of uses, but chief among them is to grow food. Seventy-one percent of water consumed globally is poured into crop and livestock production. Yet many agricultural producers live in water-stressed areas and the problem is growing worse.

There is hope for ensuring the world has enough clean, fresh water in the near future, despite an ever-increasing world population that requires more water and food, a new report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs says. But the task is enormous.

For many commodities, market prices have been dismal and with years of declining farm income, many older farmers are calling it quits and walking away.