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Reports of U.S. farmers throwing out harvests due to the food service value chain crash have increased dramatically over the past two weeks. The crops we’ve seen are mostly eggs, milk, meats, vegetables, and fruits. 

Global unemployment may be the next crisis. It is time to wake up to the greatest opportunity for job creation in the next 100 years.

In Panama, Simply Natural Farms shows what caring about your food really means. They cultivate a special kind of fruit delicacy, known as “14 Brix Melons.”

Simply Natural Farms forego toxic chemicals on their farm and organic nursery and instead rely on permaculture practices.

An unexpected duo—”The Agronomist and the Wall Street Investor”, Alan Winstead and Brian Angiuli—joined visions back in 2014 with the goal of creating a large-scale, industrial organic farming operation that would reorient Panama’s productive sector towards the export of tropical fruit.

Covid 19 panic buying is an all-too-familiar and unpleasant scenario. It is however a needed wakeup call for our supply chain challenges.

Zero budget natural farming is a process that empowers farmers to adapt natural methods for cashew and other crop production in India.

Subhash Palekar created a basic “toolkit” for Zero Budget Natural Farming to address the agrarian crisis in India.

At RySS (Rythu Sadhikara Samstha) in Andhra Pradesh, India, they believe that natural farming is the solution to farmer empowerment. The Zero-Budget Natural Farming program enhances the welfare of small and marginalized farmers through training and education on climate-change resilient, low-cost farming practices.