Understanding Farmers Critical Role in Food Systems

Farmers at the Heart of Food Systems

Farmers are the most vital link in the food chain. Their hard work and investment joins up to a vast web of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in order to provide the human population with the food we need. Learn more about farmers critical role in food systems.

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The Importance of Corn

Corn is the feed, the fuel, and the fiber (really!) that runs the world.

The Importance of Corn

Pandemic Demand Shock

The COVID-19 pandemic caused severe disruption of the food chain. The lessons of what happened can make us better prepared for the future.

Pandemic Demand Shock

What’s Preventing Free Trade in Food?

Despite the superiority of free trade, Agricultural markets are routinely disrupted, often unintentionally, by policies aimed at unrelated social and economic objectives. Here’s why.

What’s Preventing Free Trade in Food?

The Food Chain, Digitized

As the world saw during COVID-19, the world’s supply chain is complicated…and fragile. Fortunately, a wholesale digital transformation of a food industry will help forecast demand, boost output, shorten lead times, improve efficiency, and reduce waste.

The Food Chain, Digitized

Building Resilient Food Systems

Even though it imports around 90% of its food, Singapore is one of the most food secure countries in the world, but there are challenges on the horizon.

Building Resilient Food Systems

Success as a Single Source Supplier

Not every farmer is selling crops to the highest bidder of the moment. Some have struck long-term deals with single customers, just ask Kentucky’s Peterson Farms.

Success as a Single Source Supplier

The Singapore Paradox

Food Supply Disruption in the US From Farm to Store to Table

The COVID-19 pandemic caused broad food distribution hiccoughs everywhere, causing adjustments for companies and consumers.

Food Supply Disruption

The Critical Importance of the Cold Chain Globally

Food Sovereignty: Food Sustainability and the Balance to Feed the World

The Critical Importance of the Cold Chain Globally

The global cold chain is a miracle of technology and logistics, making it possible to ship perishable produce all around the world—often at remarkably efficient costs.

Cold Chain Globally

The Future of Food is Diverse

Seed banks around the world are promoting agricultural biodiversity, helping farmers and plant breeders develop new varieties of crops for future generations.

The Future of Food