Food Grow more food on less land.

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.

Four combines harvesting a wheat field, from the air

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.

Showing 43–48 of 280

Sort Newest Oldest

Analysis

The Best Things in Life Are Free (For Everything Else, There’s Abundance)

Why Oren Cass’ Critique of the Abundance Movement Is Important and Wrong

Oct 15, 2025 · Ted Nordhaus

Analysis

Big Agriculture Dodged a Bullet with the New MAHA Strategy

RFK’s policy strategy lacks regulatory teeth, pulls back from anti-pesticide rhetoric

Oct 6, 2025 · Emily Bass

Analysis

Biotechnology Is a Powerful Tool for Conservation

Chestnuts, rats, and rhinos illustrate how biotechnology could transform conservation

Sep 29, 2025 · Emma Kovak

Statement

Letter Responds to USDA Reorganization, Warns Against Diminished R&D Capacity

Sep 29, 2025 · Emily Bass

Analysis

MAHA: Making Agriculture Harder for All

How MAHA’s vision for farming would increase food prices, habitat loss, and emissions

Sep 26, 2025 · Dan Blaustein-Rejto

Statement

Letter Calls On USDA to Leverage AGARDA for National Security Objectives

Sep 15, 2025 · Emily Bass

43–48 of 280

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