123 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2023
123 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2023

Keep an eye on these 123 organizations that are pushing for better food and agriculture systems.

Can Food Justice Be a Religion?
Can Food Justice Be a Religion?

Food and faith are both simultaneously deeply personal and inherently community-based.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Monday, Nov. 14

“We are paying for the food system. We are paying for it in the form of diabetes treatment. We are paying for it in biodiversity loss,” says Sara Farley of The Rockefeller Foundation.

NYC-Based Grassroots Collective Uses Food as a Tool of Resistance

This collective focuses on developing concrete strategies to address environmental sustainability, food sovereignty, racial equity, and economic justice.

Longo Mai, a Costa Rican agricultural cooperative defends food and water security amidst the expansion of large-scale pineapple plantations in the region.
Costa Rican Agricultural Cooperative Resists Expansion of Large-Scale Pineapple Plantations

For four decades, the Costa Rican village and agricultural cooperative of Longo Maï has worked to resist the expansion of multinational pineapple plantations while defending the land, water, and labor rights of the local community.

Ardi Ardak, a Lebanese grassroots food security initiative, rehabilitates abandoned arable land and cultivates market access for smallholder farmers.
Lebanese Grassroots Food Security Initiative Fosters Agricultural Self-Sufficiency

Despite growing food insecurity in Lebanon, the grassroots initiative Ardi Ardak—”my land, your land”—aims to cultivate agricultural self-sufficiency and support market access, providing community-supported solutions during Lebanon’s current socio-economic crisis.

New Study Highlights Traditional Foods as Foundational to the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples

The study underscores the health and nutrition disparities experienced by the First Nations peoples of Canada.

New Mexican Farm and Nonprofit Fights for Restorative Changes to Industrial Food System

La Semilla Food Center, a New Mexico-based nonprofit, champions food sovereignty and sustainable farming practices in the Paso del Norte region.

Civil society organizations and scientists are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit over a lack of democratic inclusion in its agenda-setting process.
Social Movements And Scientists Are Challenging the UN Food Systems Summit’s Agenda

Civil society organizations, scientists and Indigenous peoples are taking a stand against UN Food Systems Summit’s agenda.

NYC Nonprofit Revamps Community Garden in Central Brooklyn, Bringing in Arts and Compost Programs
NYC Nonprofit Gives New Life to Brooklyn Community Garden

Brooklyn Community Garden is transformed by New York City’s largest land conservancy, New York Restoration Project.

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