Black communities have a long, complex relationship with American soil, marked by systemic racism and dispossession. This history directly connects to current "food apartheid" and the rise of the Black farming movement, worker cooperatives, and sustainable practices aimed at ensuring healthy, local food access for all.

The San Francisco Foundation and The Commonwealth Club of California hosted a discussion on November 8, 2021, exploring these critical issues. Doria Robinson, Executive Director of Urban Tilth, and Andrea Talley, Worker-Owner of Mandela Grocery Cooperative, shared insights. Noted author Natalie Baszile moderated the conversation.

The Commonwealth Club, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, makes programs like this possible. Learn more and become a member: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/membership.

Fair Farms is a collaborative movement of consumers, farmers, and environmentalists dedicated to a healthy food future. We advocate for sustainable growing practices that protect our land and waterways.

This initiative operates as a campaign of Waterkeepers Chesapeake, a coalition of 19 Riverkeeper, Shorekeeper, and Coastkeeper organizations across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Betsy Nicholas is the executive director.

COVID-19 has profoundly impacted our food system, causing outbreaks in food markets and plants, increasing food insecurity, and straining supply chains for farmers. Meanwhile, food banks have seen a surge in demand, highlighting critical vulnerabilities.

Explore these challenges and their implications for agriculture, food supply, and diets in a conversation with Lisa Held, senior reporter at Civil Eats, and Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

For more information or to support, visit www.commonwealthclub.org/covid19support. Subscribe for more videos here.

This webinar, originally held on April 29, 2020, explores whether sustainable protein can create a future-fit food system, as reviewed in our Future of Food report. It also examines how the pandemic is straining the current system and what the food industry can do to shape better long-term outcomes.

This recording is valuable for food industry professionals, particularly those in sustainability, nutrition, sourcing, innovation, or strategy. Watch to leverage Forum's futures and system change expertise in navigating today's rapidly evolving context.

Fourteen-year-old Asha O'Reilly encourages families to adopt meatless dinners as a positive collective climate action. She addresses Americans' strong association with meat, advocating for simple changes at the dinner table to combat the macro-level impacts of industrial meat production.

Asha, a 9th-grade expert on the meat industry, delivered a TEDx talk on this topic, empowering families to be part of the solution. Learn more about TEDx events: https://www.ted.com/tedx.

The World Bank Group supports a sustainable cattle ranching program in Colombia's Orinoquía region. This initiative uses silvopastoral methods, integrating trees, forage, and livestock, to help farmers adapt to climate change. As a leading source of funding and knowledge for low-income countries, the World Bank Group is dedicated to reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development.

For more information on this program and other development stories, visit the World Bank Group website, subscribe to our newsletter, or follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn.

Facing climate change, a global disaster, experts Arielle Crawford, Gene Baur, Jodi Monelle, and Liz Dee convened to inspire sustainable solutions. Moderated by Deepika Phakke, they shared insights on combating this urgent threat through everyday actions.

Arielle Crawford, founder of ARIELLE, champions sustainable apparel with regenerative materials. Gene Baur, hailed as the "conscience of the food movement," campaigns against factory farming and influenced animal welfare laws. Jodi Monelle's LIVEKINDLY empowers plant-based living for positive global change. Liz Dee, Co-President of Smarties and CEO of Baleine & Bjorn Capital, invests in solutions to outdated animal products and founded Vegan Ladyboss.

The global distribution of heavy wine bottles, primarily relying on diesel, significantly contributes to the wine industry's environmental footprint.

Napa winemaker Dan Petroski states that this process alone accounts for 40-45% of the sector's total greenhouse gas emissions.

Civil Eats author Twilight Greenaway highlights a profound irony: those who grow our food are among the most vulnerable to climate change's impacts.

Farm workers face significant threats, including extreme heat and soil-borne illnesses, underscoring the severe risks to this essential labor force.

Tero Isokauppila, founder of Four Sigmatic, is a leading expert in functional mushrooms, superfoods, and adaptogens. Recognized as one of the TOP 50 Food Activists, he authored "Healing Mushrooms" and "Santa Sold Shrooms: The Origin Story of the World's Most Famous Person."

His work explores the powerful benefits of the fungi kingdom, detailing why certain mushrooms are potent superfoods. Tero also shares his journey, including how he overcame challenges to innovate a category now admired by the supplement industry.

Discover more in his book: Get the book here

John Wick and the Marin Carbon Project are pioneering carbon farming, a practice that sequesters atmospheric carbon in soil. This research-backed approach enhances soil fertility, increases crop yields, and makes farms more resilient to drought. Adopted globally, carbon farming offers a powerful solution to the climate crisis.

Learn more about carbon farming at Bioneers.

Ranchers, farmers, scientists, and food system activists are collaborating to highlight carbon farming's critical role in addressing climate change and ensuring food security. By stewarding working landscapes, carbon farming sequesters carbon, offering vital solutions and practices.

For more information, visit the Bioneers website. This content was made possible with videography by Guido Lois (Kiss the Ground) and editing by Guido Lois and Stephanie Welch. Special thanks go to Kiss the Ground and The Marin Carbon Project.

Aclima CEO and Co-founder Davida Herzl discusses the critical role of agriculture and food in feeding the global population and combating climate change.

Learn more about her insights on the Climate One Cool CleanTech event page.

Winemaker and sustainability advocate Paul Dolan discusses the wine industry's current efforts to address carbon and its environmental impact.

He believes the sector is "just working around the edges of being sustainable."

Don Cameron, General Manager and farmer at Terranova Ranch, defends growing almonds and other crops.

He maintains this stance despite the significant water required for their cultivation.

Seeds are among Earth's most miraculous and vital elements, revered and treasured since the dawn of humankind.

"SEED: The Untold Story" follows passionate seed keepers dedicated to safeguarding our 12,000-year-old food legacy.

Denise Morrison, President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company, delivered a plenary address at the BSR Conference 2015 in San Francisco, CA.

This address was published on November 6, 2015. Learn more about Denise Morrison.

Ali Partovi is recognized as one of "Silicon Valley's top angel investors," having been involved early with both Facebook and Dropbox.

He is a passionate advocate for sustainable food systems, serving on the board of FoodCorps, a non-profit dedicated to improving school food sourcing and education. Partovi also invests in ventures like BrightFarms, Farmigo, and the Farmland LP real estate fund to scale resource-efficient farming techniques.

This powerful film explores the resurgence of urban farming in American cities. It showcases how diverse individuals are reclaiming lost skills and reconnecting people with their food, especially in Los Angeles.

Three LA residents exemplify this movement: Rishi, who traded a Silicon Valley career for backyard farming; Ron, who fought the city for his right to grow food on a public strip; and Adam and Jenna, a young couple cultivating their relationship through urban farming.

Urban farming is a growing global environmental movement, with unique significance in Los Angeles. This film was distributed by FilmBuff for Grist.

HRH The Prince of Wales discussed "making polluters pay" at the Sustainability Food Trust's True Cost Accounting event in December 2013. This concept aligns with U.S. discussions on externalizing costs and risks.

Further insights come from John Fullerton of the Capital Institute, who addresses externalization, and Larry O'Connor of LaTrobe University, Australia, who focuses on accounting reform.