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Reduced Soil Tilling Helps Both Soils and Yields, Stanford Researchers Find
December 2019
Agriculture degrades over 24 million acres of fertile soil every year, raising concerns about meeting the rising global demand for food.
Oceans and the Future of Food
January 2019
Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions and Center on Food Security and the Environment, together with Springer-Nature, are hosting a workshop focused on building a research agenda that, for the...
Connecting food and agriculture professionals
October 2018
The recently launched Stanford Alumni in Food & Ag group aims to bring together Stanford graduates with a background or interest in food and agriculture issues.
David Lobell and Marshall Burke Talk Food Security, Human Health and the Importance of Mitigation
September 2018
When it comes to food security, health and poverty, the impacts of climate change already are evident.
How More Carbon Dioxide In The Air Could Lead To More Human Disease
July 2018
The rising level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means that crops are becoming less nutritious, and that change could lead to higher rates of malnutrition that predispose people to various...
Feeding Africa and the World in the 21st Century
December 2017
Food security experts from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) gathered to discuss transforming food production in Africa at Stanford on Nov. 29.
Revolutionizing Food Security in Africa
November 2017
Food security experts from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) will gather at Stanford for meetings and a symposium on transforming food production on that continent. R.S.V.P by...
FSE in the Field: Casey Maue Oil Palm Research in Ghana
June 2017
Casey Maue, a PhD student in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources alogn with Woods Institute Senior Fellow, Erica Plambeck, spent time this spring examining the oil...
India’s groundwater future is at stake
May 2017
Since the 1960s, India’s groundwater irrigation has increased dramatically, playing an important role in its economy and people’s lives — supporting livelihoods of over 26 crore farmers and...
Tropical Oil Crops - a More Sustainable Future?
February 2017
An interview with authors of the “The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution” predicts the future of soy and palm oil booms by examining the past and present.
Joann de Zegher selected as SAWIT Challenge Finalist
November 2016
FSE is excited to announce that graduate student, Joann de Zegher, is one of the nine innovators chosen in the SAWIT Challenge to pitch her solution to help independent smallholder farmers produce...
The environmental impacts of marijuana in California
July 2015
In a new study in the journal BioScience, a team of researchers including Stanford professor Roz Naylor links marijuana cultivation to widespread environmental damage in California and calls for...
New grant for palm oil research
June 2015
A research team led by FSE director Rosamond Naylor has won a $400,000 multi-year grant to study how to create sustainable palm oil supply chains that promote economic growth and environmental...
FSE director Roz Naylor to give Ned Ames Honorary Lecture
April 2015
FSE director Roz Naylor has been selected to deliver the 6th annual Ned Ames Honorary Lecture at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY on Friday, April 24.
Pioneer of sustainable agriculture calls for intensification of farming
February 2015
In a lecture to the Stanford community Tuesday night, Professor Sir Gordon Conway argued that sustainably intensifying agriculture, especially in Africa, is the only way to feed a growing global...
FSE Director is keynote speaker at Food Systems Summit
May 2014
FSE Director Roz Naylor gave a keynote address at The University of Vermont's Food Systems Summit held in Burlington, VT on June 17-18.
Seeds of Sustainability wins 2013 ESA Sustainability Science Award
June 2013
The Sustainability Science Award Subcommittee was unanimous in its recommendation that the Seeds of Sustainability team of authors (which included seven FSE affiliates) receive this year's award....
Debating the future of food in Africa
February 2013
Africa owns 60% of the world’s uncultivated land suited for crop production, but accounts for 30% of the world’s malnourished and only 3% of global agricultural exports.
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Noah Diffenbaugh Kara J. Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment 
Steven Gorelick Cyrus F. Tolman Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment 
Jillian Deines Postdoctoral Scholar, Center on Food Security and the Environment, Department of Earth System Science 
