Latest News From Global Farmer Network

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EU Approval of NGTs Will Be a Vote in Favor of Sound Science

We don’t have unlimited time to improve production in a world with a growing population and facing climate change. Farmers must speak up: The time has come to give technology a chance.

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Keeping the Politics Out of Labels

Labels have become political. Many of them are no longer about what people need to know, but rather what special-interest groups seek to impose.

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Peace Through Agriculture

We believe in peace through agriculture. Instead of arming ourselves with weapons, however, we take up the tools of farming.

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The Great Carbon Rush

If farmers can experience a financial incentive in carbon farming that supports the practices and measurement strategies they have in place, many will begin working with imagination to become excellent carbon farmers.

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Water Investment Produces a Healthy Crop Using Precision Agriculture and Zero Waste

It takes a gallon of water to grow an almond—but in addition to a tasty nut we get an economic boost, multipurpose materials, and a marvel to behold.

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Protecting Bees for the Good of Agriculture

If you’re tempted to build a beehive in your backyard, think twice. And instead of resorting to thoughtless prohibitions in the name of favored insects, let’s look for innovations trusting farmers to do the right thing.

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Recognizing the Triumph of Science in Space and Agriculture

If India returns to our legacy of agricultural achievement, imagine what we will do in the future, on earth and among the stars.

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Major Phosphate Discovery Critical to Sustainable Food Production

On a planet with more people than ever before, the discovery of phosphate means that fertilizer will remain a viable food production tool for most of the rest of the century.

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Sustainable Agriculture Thrives When Farmers are Free to Choose How to Farm

Family farmers understand sustainability and strive for long-term success through innovation and freedom in decision-making. The farm isn’t just an asset, it’s an inherited legacy to be passed on to descendants.

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Recognizing the Power of Collaboration in Cooperatives

Most agricultural co-ops are often invisible to consumers, even as they keep grocery prices in check by letting farmers stay economically sustainable.

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Recognizing the Continual Improvement of Water Quality

The policy of the EPA and the rest of the federal government should be to join the Supreme Court in supporting and trusting farmers and landowners to do the right thing.

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Recognizing the Power of Peace Through Agriculture

Ukraine has an incredible partner in Heidi Kuhn, an anti-landmine activist who understands the vast dimensions of a global menace, and 2023 recipient of the World Food Prize.

Ukrainian Farmer Pleads: Will You Stand With Us In Our Moment of Need?
Ukrainian Farmer Pleads: Will You Stand With Us In Our Moment of Need?

"This is my plea, from a humble farmer in Ukraine to the people of the world: Please ask your governments to stop this reckless war, launched by that cruel and power-hungry authoritarian, Vladimir Putin."