Food and Agriculture
Grow more food on less land.
We need a pragmatic vision for our global food system, one that meets rising food demand to ensure a healthy and prosperous population, while simultaneously minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and humanity’s intrusion into wild nature.
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Blog: The Road Between the UN Food Systems Summit and COP26
Thursday, September 23rd marked the first day of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) which convened…
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Blog: Global Innovation Policy for Alternative Proteins
On September 23, the UN Secretary-General will convene the 6th ever Food System Summit, representing an opportunity to…
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Blog: House Ag Committee Includes $7.75B Investment in Ag Research & Infrastructure in Reconciliation Bill
Here’s a breakdown of how the $7.75 billion would be spent.
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Blog: NGOs Propose Principles for the Responsible Governance of Gene Editing
We lay out how they might start being put into practice.
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What Ice Can Teach Us About Alternative Meat
I haven’t always been a fan of the idea that history can provide “lessons” for the future. Analogy, as my high school…
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Fixing Agricultural Carbon Offsets Can’t Drive Substantial Climate Mitigation
Last month, the US Senate passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act, a bipartisan but misguided effort to mitigate…
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Agricultural Appropriations Update
Since early January, Breakthrough’s agriculture team has been busy developing and submitting appropriations requests…
