412. Dr. Cary Fowler on Getting the Fundamentals of Food and Agriculture Systems Right

Published: Jan. 18, 2024, 1:05 p.m.

On \u201cFood Talk with Dani Nierenberg,\u201d Dani speaks with Dr. Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for
Global Food Security at the U.S. Department of State about the Vision for Adapted Crops and
Soils, an initiative that aims to boost agricultural productivity and nutrition by developing diverse,\xa0climate-resilient crop varieties and building healthy soils. They discuss the promise of
\u201copportunity crops,\u201d how the initiative is trying to kickstart a new way of thinking, and why it\u2019s so
important for VACS to go back to basics with a focus on crops and healthy, fertile soils.

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