Food Systems

AgriTech in Africa: Why an AgriTech Innovation Competition?

4 Apr 2023

AgriTech, the use of emerging technologies to help farmers become more efficient and profitable, promises to help revitalize and potentially revolutionize agriculture all over the world. AgriTech innovations can significantly increase farm...

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John Schellhase, Madeleine Cashin, Michael Dunford, William Holden, and Emily Musil, PhD

4 Apr 2023

Power of Ideas

Creating Equitable Food Systems with Holistic, Data-Based Solutions

5 Apr 2023

As executive director of the World Food Programme, I saw firsthand destitute hunger causing pain and suffering in communities around the world. Every year, victims of climate change face the consequences of drought-driven poor agricultural...

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Ertharin Cousin

Founder and CEO, Food Systems for the Future

Power of Ideas

The Wealth and Power Global Food Distribution Conundrum

5 Apr 2023

A troubling reality looms large over the global food system: It is rigged in favor of wealthy nations. With the world’s population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050, the inequalities ingrained in food production, distribution, and...

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Dan Pathomvanich

CEO, NRF Public Company Limited

Power of Ideas

Feedback, Ideation, and Iteration: The Key to Expanding Access to Food as Medicine

30 Nov 2022

Some of America’s biggest health problems are actually food problems. More than one in 10 people in the United States don’t have reliable access to nutritious food, and over 100 million suffer from diet-related disease. Today, 85 percent of...

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Sarah Fleisch Fink

Director for Policy Research & Development, Instacart

Power of Ideas

Why Food Democracy Matters in the Food Is Medicine Movement

30 Nov 2022

What does our food system, health-care system, and American democracy have in common? They all need to be saved. And coming at a critical time, the recent convening of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health galvanized...

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Tambra Raye Stevenson

Founder and CEO, Women Advancing Nutrition Dietetics and Agriculture

Report

Food and Agriculture in Asia: Investing in Resilience, Health, and Sustainability

28 Sep 2022

As the world reels from multiple crises in rapid succession, the opportunities to set food systems on a more sustainable and equitable path have never been more favorable, and in turn, the importance of multi-stakeholder convenings cannot...

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Quintus Lim and Amos Garcia

28 Sep 2022

Statement of Support

Milken Institute Feeding Change Commitment of Support for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

28 Sep 2022

Washington, D.C. – September 28, 2022 – Feeding Change, a program of the Milken Institute, commits to convening its private sector Food Is Medicine (FIM) Task Force to elevate, accelerate, and scale coverage and implementation of a range of...

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Holly Freishtat

Senior Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute Health

Holly Freishtat is the senior director of Feeding Change at the Milken Institute and leads the food systems portfolio.

Report

Hungry for Action: Building Food System Resiliency Amid COVID-19

4 Dec 2020

Explore Inventory The COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight the importance of the food system: all the activities, resources, and relationships that go into producing, distributing, and consuming food. Images of emptying grocery shelves...

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Athena Rae Roesler, Niyeti Shah, and Care Shoaibi

4 Dec 2020

Power of Ideas

Fixing the Food Supply Chain Could Prevent a Future, Even More Nightmarish Pandemic

23 Sep 2020

There is a clear need, post-pandemic, for collaborative thinking on how to build immune resilience into older cohorts to reduce the risks of viruses such as COVID-19—and, potentially worse, deadly bacterial infections. We now know what the...

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Jim Mellon

Entrepreneur and Investor; Chairman, Burnbrae

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Policy Brief

Improving Women, Infants, and Children’s Access to Food and Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

18 Sep 2020

To address the impact that the COVID-19 virus is having on food access, this issue brief highlights recent policies and puts forward a recommendation to ensure that the over 6 million individuals who participate in the Special Supplemental...

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