Technology & Design
Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson believes that biotechnology can be used to benefit the poor and disenfranchised, but only if the R&D process is democratized.
Tag: Agriculture
Innovations in farming and agronomy that promote sustainability and advance social good
Social Innovations
From Housing Projects to Farmland
A community development corporation starts an urban farm on land that was once home to housing projects.
Review
Food
Food Solutions
The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb
Podcast
Business
Sustainable Water Practices For a Global Corporation
Environmentally sustainable water use practices can be a source of strategic advantage for businesses in water-distressed regions.
Socially Responsible Business
A Bigger Pie
Mission Pie, a for-profit bakery and café, supports local farmers while training at-risk kids.
Nonprofit Management
The Nonprofit Summer Slide
Innovative ideas for preventing summer learning loss in children might benefit nonprofits too.
Environment
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs believes we must lift a billion-plus people out of poverty while reducing our impact on the environment.
Government
Fermenting Innovation
New public-private partnerships have led to big leaps in the exportation of Argentinian wine.
Economic Development
Lucrative but Deadly
As parents spend more time raising their profitable coffee crop, they spend less time attending to their children's needs.
Food
Local Warming
Global warming may end up helping some poor farmers who will be able to sell their crops for higher prices.