Ask an Expert

We've got the experts - on our campuses, at our salons, and at our yearly summit - and we're asking them what we need to know to move the planet forward.

Ask the Experts: Women & Innovation Feeding the Planet
Tjada McKenna on How To Feed a Village with Smaller Fish
Tjada McKenna on How To Feed a Village with Smaller Fish
Planet Forward
Planet Forward
We caught up with the experts and students at our Women, Agriculture and Climate Change salon to ask what can be done to help women solve the coming hunger crisis.
Ask The Experts: Combating Weather Volatility With Communication
Meteorologist Robin Reed on The Experience Gap
Meteorologist Robin Reed on The Experience Gap
Tony Brunner
American University
We talked to some of the experts on climate change, weather and agriculture about what they're doing, what needs to be done, and how we can feed our planet as the weather becomes more unpredictable.
Ask The Experts: Making Low-Income Solar Happen
Greg Hale on Rooftop Solar Challenges
Greg Hale on Rooftop Solar Challenges
Devin Greene
Digital Media Producer, Planet Forward
How do you get solar power into low-income communities? These experts from the 2014 Solar Symposium have some ideas.
Experts on the State of Energy
Bill Woebkenberg: How Policy Affects the Biofuels Industry
Bill Woebkenberg: How Policy Affects the Biofuels Industry
Joey Rabinowitz
Planet Forward
The 2014 EIA Conference addressed the state of energy in the US and foreign markets with policy analysis, projections and plenty of line graphs. We caught up with a few of the panelists to discuss a variety of topics.
Soybean Power for Biobased Sustainability
USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden: Beyond Food
USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden: Beyond Food
Joey Rabinowitz
Planet Forward
It turns out you can do a lot with a little bean. Hear from the experts on how biobased products can replace petroleum and break new ground.
Agriculture In The Face Of Climate Change
Howard W. Buffett on Making Farming More Resilient
Howard W. Buffett on Making Farming More Resilient
Joey Rabinowitz
Planet Forward
Hear from the experts on how to square agricultural production with climate change at the Chicago Council Global Food Security Symposium.
Student Voices from the Feeding the Planet Summit: Part 2
Julia Blakely on Clean Cookstoves
Julia Blakely on Clean Cookstoves
Mike DeVito
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Students were a key part of our Feeding the Planet Summit, and they had plenty to say. Check out their thoughts on how to move the planet forward and feed 9 billion.
Student Voices from the Feeding the Planet Summit: Part 1
Max Chen on Eating Crickets
Max Chen on Eating Crickets
Mike DeVito
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Students were a key part of our Feeding the Planet Summit, and they had plenty to say. Check out their thoughts on how to move the planet forward and feed 9 billion.
Experts at the Feeding the Planet Summit
Jeff Simmons: Courageous Leadership
Jeff Simmons: Courageous Leadership
Mike DeVito
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
We opened up our studio during the Feeding the Planet Summit for experts to come and share their insights into the future of food security and agricultural technology. Here's a look at what they had to say.
Ask an Expert: Trent McKnight
Decrease Influence, Increase Relevance
Decrease Influence, Increase Relevance
Zinhle Essamuah
Featured Contributor
If you want to innovate, you've got to have the know-how first - Trent McKnight of Agricorps explains how he's reaching out to youth in the developing world and urbanites in the US to promote agricultural innovation from the ground up.

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