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A pragmatic vision for the global food system: meet rising food demand for a healthy and prosperous population while minimizing emissions and humanity's intrusion into wild nature.

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Issues

Animal Agriculture Latest: Beef. It’s Still What’s For Dinner
Agricultural Biotechnology Latest: Breakthrough Institute Applauds USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Disease-Resistant American Chestnut Tree
Industrial Agriculture Latest: The Clock Is Ticking for Glyphosate
Sustainable Intensification Latest: Rich World, Poor World
Agricultural Research and Innovation Latest: Are U.S. Crop Yields Declining?
Pesticides Latest: Bioengineering the Ultimate Honeypot
MAHA Latest: Glyphosate’s Environmental Benefits
Organic and Regenerative Agriculture Latest: Surgeon General Pick Deepens Rift Between Trump Admin and Farmers
Biofuels Latest: Breakthrough Institute Statement on EPA’s 2026-27 Renewable Fuel Volume Requirements

Food work

Research, analysis and everything on the record across animal agriculture, agricultural biotechnology, industrial agriculture and more.

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Analysis

Global Shifts in Plant Biotech Regulations

How the US and EU are Rewriting the Rules of Agricultural Innovation

Jul 21, 2026 · Emily Bass

Analysis

USDA Is Exploring an Overhaul of its Biotech Regulations

Breakthrough’s recommendations for a tiered, risk-proportionate system that keeps up with innovation

Jul 20, 2026 · Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Emily Bass

Statement

Supreme Court Ruling Helps Preserve Farmers’ Access to Glyphosate

Decision will help farmers avoid costlier and more harmful weed-control alternatives

Jun 25, 2026 · Dan Blaustein-Rejto

Analysis

You Can't Defend Industrial Food Without Defending Industrial Meat

A Review of Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg’s Feed the People

Jun 12, 2026 · Alex Smith

Analysis

Rich World, Poor World

RCP 8.5, IPAT, and Climate Impacts Reconsidered

Jun 10, 2026 · Ted Nordhaus

Analysis

Public Agricultural Research Is Drifting Away From Farm Productivity

Washington’s Fix Would Make It Worse

May 8, 2026 · Dan Blaustein-Rejto

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Who leads this work

Dan Blaustein-Rejto Director, Food and Agriculture Email Latest: Breakthrough Institute Applauds USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Disease-Resistant American Chestnut Tree

Emily Bass Director, Federal Policy, Food and Agriculture Email Latest: Climate Change Alone Doesn’t Explain Today’s Wildfires

Emma Kovak Senior Food and Agriculture Analyst Email Latest: USDA Regulations Stifle Innovation

Ted Nordhaus Founder and President Email Latest: Rich World, Poor World