Some food activists are not happy with the Gates Foundation's programs to help farmers. But why? We boil the issue down in a new video.
Relieving poverty is the single most important step we could take toward reducing hunger -- and way more effective than boosting crop yields.
With the right incentives, farmers could make enormous headway in the effort to change the global carbon equation.
When it comes to food and farming technology, our political and economic beliefs trump the field knowledge of what works and what doesn't.
In startup-land, Carrot is all the rage. To understand why, you'll have to learn what "organoleptic" means.
Forget the ideological showdowns. Poor farmers will thrive when they find the right mix of high and low technologies that serves their needs.
What if we took the energy and money that's invested in fighting over GMO labeling and put it into laws that would really make a difference?
A lot of people support GMO labels as a blow against pesticides or Big Ag. We should probably just go after those problems directly.
Taxing soda won't single-handedly end obesity, but it's still a step worth supporting.