Farming

Unsustainable production presents many challenges for food systems, but agricultural improvements alone won’t solve global food system challenges.

Science has shown that farming can be more productive and resilient in the long term when ecosystems are healthy. People working in agriculture are also seeing the value in healthy wildlife populations.

We are working to make our new normal a world where resilient food systems support self-sufficient communities in harmony and balance within sustainable landscapes.

The Sustainable Farming Collaborative (teaching farm in Uganda) seeks to impart trainees, many of whom are former child soldiers (FCS), with agricultural knowledge.

Business, government, and civil society leaders met in Bellagio to develop an action agenda for scaling landscape partnerships and advancing sustainable agriculture beyond farms and supply chains.

A Peru conservation project helps farmers protect quinoa diversity, strengthen climate resilience, and sustain traditional agricultural systems.

Seattle’s food policy highlights how political culture can shape local food systems, agriculture planning, and sustainable development outcomes.

CAMBio conservation finance helped Guatemalan cardamom farmers recover from economic challenges while supporting sustainable land management.