The global food system contributes to multiple planetary crises—and is vulnerable to them. Climate change, other ecological degradation and socio-economic inequality are all linked to food.

ROCKY RIDGE, Arizona — On a propane stove in a makeshift kitchen, Carlos Deal dreams up Japanese-inspired Navajo dishes. Recent items include lamb noodle soup and seasonal salads with homemade ...

SHIPROCK, New Mexico—Bertha Etsitty spoke in the Navajo language about using traditional cooking methods to mix blue corn meal, water and ash from burned branches and needles of the juniper tree into ...

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.

Everywhere you look, "food systems transformation" is the new buzzword. From U.N. conferences to corporate boardrooms, the ...

In her gloved hand, Nicole Norman holds up a small sea creature: a dark, armored and articulated shell glistening with the slick of seawater. She flips it around, revealing vibrant orange flesh on its ...

The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), a gathering of countries to set food safety and labeling standards, has a reputation for being a slow deliberative body focused more on international trade ...

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison explores the restoration of the Hawaiian Ahupua'a, a traditional watershed-scale food ...

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