A rapidly escalating conflict has exposed a hidden vulnerability at the heart of the global food system. This Field Note is a deep read that examines how disruptions to fertilizer flows are putting millions of African smallholder farmers and hundreds of millions of...
I grew up on a farm in southern Alberta, where the days started before sunrise and ended long after the sun went down. Like every farm family I knew, ours ran on the labour of everyone and that included my mother as a full partner in every sense. Seeding decisions,...
