Sustainable Agriculture & Food Policy

“The Knauss Fellowship offers graduate students the invaluable opportunity to put their academic knowledge to practice in tackling marine, coastal, and Great Lakes management and policy challenges at the federal level.”

The campaign aims to "promote local and regional values-based small scale seafood businesses across North America,” Paloma Henriques told WABI news.

Natalie Lord has launched the new website, A Rising Tide?, highlighting women’s experiences as oyster producers. The project is the first case study to analyze gender in Maine and New Hampshire's aquaculture industry through visual storytelling. Its goal is to share the photographic and narrative data the research participants collected on their experiences owning and operating an oyster farm in Maine and New Hampshire.

COVID-19 exposed a frightening vulnerability that has been decades in the making; Hawaiʻi’s reliance on imported food which is estimated at 85 to 90 percent. How does the community achieve self-sufficiency? What are the first steps and how to get buy-in to make change?

In addition to the environmental impact of single-use waste, foodware can contain toxic chemicals that can lead to serious health issues, including reproductive and developmental toxicity, autoimmune and metabolic disorders, respiratory issues, neurodevelopmental effects, and cancer.

Jennifer Gaddis on how the federal child nutrition program is at risk, and investment in a better model would help.

In his new role, Michael Wironen leads TNC's engagement with the private sector in food, agriculture, freshwater, and fisheries globally.