From Land to Market: Zanzibar, Tanzania

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Hains Point fishing and regulations

Hannah Loder

George Washington University

Essay | Learning about trust for every being's benefit

A person in a brimmed hat and a blue tank top stands near a table filled with large dishes of food in an outdoor, tropical setting.

Josiane describing each dish that was made collectively at Sofia and Gus', with home-grown garden ingredients and without connection to any municipal water or power. (Kamryn You Mak)

Kamryn J You Mak

Middlebury College

It all starts with no-till

Crops grow out of soil that has been left undisturbed prior to the planting process.

(Courtesy of No Till Farmer Magazine)

Kala Menchetti Hunter

Northwestern University

Sustainable agriculture provides a unique solution to food insecurity for D.C. residents

A man stands next to a raise garden bed, gesturing as he speaks. Other raised garden beds can be seen in the background.

Outreach and education manager at Arcadia Farm, Juan Pablo Echeverria, gives a tour of the sustainable agriculture non-profit. (Alyssa Landolfi)

Alyssa Landolfi

George Washington University

Perennial grains are the future of sustainable agriculture

Illustration showing annual grains and perennial grains growing from 12 to 24 months, with longer roots for perennial grains.

Standard annual grain roots vs. perennial grain roots of the Kernza grain. (The Land Institute/CC-BY-NC-ND)

Cassidy Hough

Michigan State University

Beyond the soil | Water in Colorado

Crop fields seen from above on a sunny day. A small mountain range is far in the distance.

An aerial view of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe’s crop fields in Towaoc, Colo on Sept. 23, 2022. (Matthew Ross)

Eric Forbes

Planet Forward Correspondent | Colorado State University, Center for Science Communication

Agroecology: Reorienting agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

A field of cultivated legume plants plants mixed in with cereal crops. The soil is a light brown and trees can be seen in the distance.

Agroecology in practice: One of Moses Kansanga's agroecology projects in Malawi studies the local practice of intercropping cereal crops and legumes to better understand ecological synergies and how they can be leveraged to increase productivity while supporting healthy local ecosystems and communities. (Moses Kansanga)

Vidya Muthupillai

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Inventing a solar solution to Zambia's clean water problem at age 12

Mwangala stands at a podium on a stage. She is smiling with a joyful look.

(Images courtesy of Mwangala Maunga)

Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow

Navigating a new era in agritourism: persistent drought in West Texas causes corn maze owners to reimagine fall tradition

A group of people walk down a path lined with tall plants. Signs on either side of the maze entrance usher maze-goers inside.

Maze-goers walk through the entrance of the At’l Do Farms maze made up of seven different crops designed to reduce the amount of water required to grow in a drought-stricken West Texas landscape. (Katie Perkins)

Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

Animal welfare a missing topic in Supreme Court arguments about California’s Proposition 12

A youthful looking pig peers into the camera while walking in a field with fellow pigs.

(Marion Streiff/Pixabay)

Emma Ricketts

Medill News Service