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The Bank Takes the Lead?

Jun 23, 2026

Making sense of the World Bank Group’s role supporting livestock projects in the Green Revolution in Africa, with a focus on East and Southern Africa
Our latest report examines the rise in WBG financing for African agriculture since 2021, and the importance of centering farmers and agroecology in any efforts to transform African agriculture.
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One step forward, two steps back for conservation

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Michael Happ
May 26, 2026

Minnesota legislative session ends with little progress to show for agriculture

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Nora Shields-Cutler

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Erin McKee VanSlooten

May 21, 2026

Headwinds for factory farm biogas open doors for better alternatives

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Ben Lilliston

May 15, 2026

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Jan 29, 2025

New Paint on Old Barns

An Assessment of Corporate Strategies to Address Emissions in Agri-Food Supply Chains
Aug 27, 2024

Addressing climate change risks in import dependent and major food producing countries

An analysis of cereals production and trade flows
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Jan 29, 2024

Opening the door for more conservation

The Inflation Reduction Act’s impact on access to Farm Bill conservation programs
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May 30, 2023

Waste and Water Woes

Popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms
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Nov 28, 2022

Carbon farming

How big corporations are driving the EU’s carbon removals agenda

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Jul 2, 2026

Three essential elements for the EU’s forthcoming Livestock Strategy

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Claire Stockwell
On July 7, the EU is expected to publish its strategy for building a competitive, resilient, and sustainable livestock sector. A draft of the Livestock Strategy has leaked. While the text is clearly still a work in progress, there are several worrying signs.
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Jul 2, 2026

Agreements on Reciprocal Trade lock in corporate control over the food system

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Matt Kinsella-Walsh
Since the beginning of his second term, the Trump administration has negotiated bilateral Agreements on Reciprocal Trade (ART) in exchange for easing tariff rates.
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Jun 30, 2026

Open letter on the importance of addressing methane from industrially farmed animals to help slow global warming and build farm resilience

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Claire Stockwell
The following open letter was delivered on June 30, 2026 to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen, in addition to Executive Vice-President, Teresa Ribera; Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra; DG CLIMA Director General, Kurt Vandenberghe; DG AGRI Director General, Elisabeth Werner
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Jun 23, 2026

The Bank Takes the Lead?

Making sense of the World Bank Group’s role supporting livestock projects in the Green Revolution in Africa, with a focus on East and Southern Africa Our latest report examines the rise in WBG financing for African agriculture since 2021, and the importance of centering farmers and agroecology in any efforts to transform African agriculture.
Cattle herd in African landscape overlaid with globe grid
Jun 9, 2026

Agroecology Uprooted Episode Five: System Change

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Lilly Richard
How do we transform food systems to make agroecological transitions possible on a large scale? In the final episode of Agroecology Uprooted, hear from Sophia Murphy, Ernesto Mendez, and Raj Patel on some of the policy changes that help agroecology thrive, and what it takes to make them happen. 
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