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Congressman Jason Crow of Colorado's 6th Congressional District joins the Council for a private roundtable chaired by Council Senior Advisor to the CEO Eric Pierce. Congressman Crow will discuss the ...

Devita Davison, Amy Laboy, Roger Thurow, and Catherine Bertini examine why food insecurity persists despite America’s extraordinary abundance and what can be done to expand reliable access to food.

Geopolitical developments are having disruptive impacts on Midwestern agriculture. It is arguable that the Midwest region of the United States is among the most comprehensive centers for agricultural ...

Zach Helder is a senior manager at Petersen & Company, a public affairs and management consulting firm serving the agricultural sector. At Petersen, he serves as vice president of the Agricultural ...

To address global hunger, Congress must reinvest in public research and development. America’s most visible role in fighting hunger abroad is in emergencies. But American agricultural research has, in ...

Experts examine how conflict, trade, AI, and declining agricultural research investment are reshaping global food systems, and what it means for the Midwest and the world. Geopolitical upheaval, ...

Executive Professor, George H.W. Bush School of Government, Texas A&M University Since 2012 Andrew S. Natsios has served as Executive Professor at the George H.W. Bush School of Government at Texas ...

Steven Clemons is an Editor-at-Large at The National Interest and the founding editor of Semafor. Steve is the former Editor-at-Large of The Hill. He was previously Washington Editor-at-Large of The ...

Conflicts will continue to drive food insecurity—unless we intervene. Conflict drives food insecurity at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic levels. While interstate wars can disrupt food ...

A quiet revolution is happening on small farms in Africa and Asia as farmers access better information via AI-powered apps. A quarter of the global population relies on the world’s roughly 570 million ...

Trade helps governments manage food prices in the near term, while growth in agricultural productivity ensures food is plentiful and affordable in the future. Agricultural trade is fundamental to the ...