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Founding Director, Planet Forward
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
On our latest storytelling expedition, four students traveled with Planet Forward and the FAO Liaison Office of North America to celebrate World Food Day at FAO headquarters in Rome and participate in CFS46.
Tags: PFrome2019, SDGs, nutrition, zerohunger, fao, unfao, united nations, cfs46
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Display the Compressed Air Recovery Energy (CARE) system seven different ways, showing how this system will heat or air condition homes and businesses at a much lower cost.
Tags: CARE, Compressed Air Recovery System, compressed air technology, St. Paul
The First Lady of Colombia, María Juliana Ruiz Sandoval (third from left), and director of nutrition at the World Food Programme, Lauren Landis (second from the right), are panelists for the session "Innovation and Agroecology: A Path to Sustainability" at CFS 46. (Kim Ossi/PlanetForward.org)
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Mississippi
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Technology has touched every sector and aspect of humankind and the food sector is no different. The digital invasion in the agricultural industry is underway. However, these “intruders” are bringing positive changes.
Tags: pfinrome, cfs46, food insecurity, SDGs, agriculture, Technology
Planet Forward
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Bruce Brandfon - Council Chair
The Mighty Mac towers over the blue waters of the Straits of Mackinac; hundreds of feet below the surface lurks Line 5. (Jenna Spray/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, January 15, 2021
The decision to revoke the easement allowing a crude oil pipeline — Line 5 — to operate comes after more than 15 months of investigation into possible environmental and safety risks, reports Jenna Spray for Medill.
Tags: michigan, oil spill, gas, great lakes, pipeline, Fossil Fuels
Planet Forward Correspondent | Arizona State University
Monday, November 28, 2022
The beautiful landscape of the Tijuana River Estuarine Research Reserve is constantly threatened by human impacts. This is what the estuary's research team is doing about it.
Tags: estuary, conservation, San Diego
George Washington University
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The popular imagination may think of agriculture as Mom and Dad with a pitchfork, but today’s Nebraskan corn farm is probably the furthest thing from the average arm-chair-futurist’s daydreams of farming reality.
Tags: pfinnebraska, Nebraska, precision agriculture, agriculture, farm, storyfest2018
Northwestern University
Monday, June 28, 2021
According to The Nature Conservancy, intense weather will transform hydrology, health, economics, and ecosystems in Illinois, as reported by Eva Herscowitz for Medill.
Tags: The Nature Conservancy, Extreme weather, Flooding, farming, agriculture, illinois, sustainable farming, hydrology
Jordan Welch talks to her grandfather Charlie Payne on July 20 in Concordia. Charlie Payne purchased the Payne family’s land more than 60 years ago, and he still helps out in an advisory capacity on the farm. (Jia Wu/Columbia Missourian)
University of Missouri
Wednesday, February 08, 2023
Climate change is redrawing the agricultural map of the United States. As corn becomes less economically viable with changing Midwestern weather patterns, farmers look to a more diverse future.