Food Desert or Food Apartheid?
An excerpt from Hanna Garth's Food Justice Undone on how power dynamics warp progress
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Food - Articles
Innovative ways to increase access to food resources and improve food systems (more)
Transforming Organic Certification
Mexico's participatory guarantee systems are empowering small-scale farmers to compete with larger certified organic producers.
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Food Solidarity Economy
An excerpt from Feeding the Future on civilizational transition to regenerative food systems
Making Behavioral Science Work for Conservation
At its core, conservation is about behavior change. Yet few organizations have put in place the structure, standards, and accountability needed to apply behavioral science effectively.
SSIR’s 2025 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including gun violence prevention, cash transfers, refugees, regenerative agriculture, adapting to climate change, reinventing solidarity, and more.
When USAID Shut Down, Its Lessons Nearly Vanished. AI Helped Recover Them
A final sweep of 60 years of evidence reveals durable truths about how development succeeds and fails.
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Locked In
An excerpt from Sink or Swim on adapting to the climate change we can't prevent
The Impact Collaborative
A new nonprofit alliance model shows how previously siloed organizations can collaborate to scale services while retaining autonomy.
Building Donor Communities for New or Underfunded Issues
Five ways to engage philanthropists and advocates in early-stage or overlooked causes, such as intensive animal agriculture, that have outsized potential for impact.
Farming Without Soil
Soilless Farm Lab's hydroponics approach tackles agricultural challenges to alleviate food insecurity in Nigeria.