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Chicken isn’t just a lean, mean, protein-packed menu option. It’s also green. So green that according to a previous American broiler life cycle assessment, producing the same amount of chicken in 2010 as in 1965 had 50 percent less environmental impact.

In this opinion piece, Jeff Simmons with CEO of Elanco Animal Health discusses how livestock are a part of the solution to climate change and global hunger.

In this opinion piece, Marshall Matz discusses the importance Africa and their producers will play in resolving the hunger crisis.

In this opinion piece, Chuck Hassebrook with the National Center for Appropriate Technology makes the case for targeted federal investment in biochar - technology for removing carbon from the atmosphere while enhancing soil health and agricultural resiliency and productivity.

In this opinion piece, a coalition of livestock industry groups discuss the urgent need for immigration reforms that meet labor needs in the industry.

In this opinion piece, former Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., discusses how family farms and ranches will negatively be affected due to the transfer tax that would have to be paid to use stepped-up basis.

In this opinion piece, Jenette Ashtekar with CIBO discusses factors on how to obtain voluntary carbon markets and goals.

Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass., and Barbara Petee with Root Cause Coalition, discuss the need for a White House hunger conference and legislative action to combat food insecurity.

California recently added to its no-travel list. There are now 17 states California officials are forbidden to travel on state business because those states have laws that don’t pass muster in the eyes of California’s ever vigilant hall monitors. In two initiatives passed by California voters in 2008 and 2018, California has placed restrictions on out-of-state producers of agricultural products, barring the import of animal products produced in facilities that don’t meet California’s requirements on animal housing.

Catherine Nakalembe and the NASA Harvest team discuss why global food security is important and how American farmers serve a role in supporting it through the transfer of knowledge on productivity and sustainability as well as increased market transparency.