by MSF Agriculture | Jul 20, 2020 | Agriculture
The United States today is the wealthiest and arguably the most politically powerful country in human history. And yet millions of Americans live in poverty, without access to enough calories to live a healthy and active lifestyle. How can this possibly be the case?...
by MSF Agriculture | Jul 18, 2020 | Agriculture
Soil is (literally) the foundation upon which the entire agricultural industry is built. Healthy and fertile soil can lead to abundant crop outputs. In turn, this provides financial success for independent farmers and their families. Degraded and infertile soil, on...
by MSF Agriculture | Jul 15, 2020 | Agriculture
Throughout the entire history of agriculture, water storage has always been a primary concern for farmers. This is because agriculture traditionally depends on irrigation. And irrigation makes it necessary for farmers to manipulate the flow of water. This necessity,...
by MSF Agriculture | Jul 10, 2020 | Agriculture
In 10,000 BC, the first agricultural revolution swept across the world. For the first time, human beings discovered the power of harnessing technology to control and manipulate food production. Since then, our entire global society has been constructed around...
by MSF Agriculture | Jul 6, 2020 | Agriculture, Finance
The spectre of a global food crisis hangs heavy over the modern world, even in affluent countries like the US. In the past, the global population could rely on relatively stable agricultural systems to uphold the world’s food supply. Today, however, destabilizing...
by MSF Agriculture | Jul 3, 2020 | Agriculture
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, global food security is a subject that’s increasingly becoming more salient than ever. This is true both in countries that have historically struggled with food shortages as well as here in the US. In fact, the fragility of...
