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October 20, 2016

Visions of the Living Soil

Published in spring of 2016, Visions of the Living Soil will explore the current state of soil on our planet and its intrinsic link to some of the most critical environmental […]
October 20, 2016

Visions of the Living Seed

  Visions of the Living Seed, a newly released collection of compelling photographs and inspiring contributions, explores the vital importance of seed as the source of life on our […]
October 16, 2016

World Food Day 2016

October 16th is World Food Day – “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.” This year’s theme highlights the impact of climate change on food […]
September 17, 2016

UN Celebrates International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September

The United Nations celebrates the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer on 16 September. The ozone layer protects the Earth from the harmful […]
September 14, 2016

Recognizing The Value Of Food To Stop Waste by Alice Cunningham

Read on Huffington Post here, or below. From watermelon and berries to sun-ripened tomatoes and peaches, summer is when we most enjoy local fruits and vegetables, […]
August 16, 2016

Natural Agriculture Takes Root in Italy as a Way of Life 

In Italy, the land where the slow food movement began, there is a growing number of organic and conventional farmers who are converting to a natural […]
July 15, 2016

World Population Day Through the Lens of Food

Feeding the World’s Population According to World O Meters, a website that monitors population growth by day, there are more than 7.4 billion people on Earth […]
July 8, 2016

Remembering The Seeds Of Freedom by Alice Cunningham

Alice Cunningham is the executive director of international affairs for Shumei International. Read the full article on Huffington Post. In America’s early days, the nation’s founders […]
June 17, 2016

International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

Today (6/17/2016), on the international Day to Combat Desertification, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon declared, nearly 800 million people are chronically undernourished as a direct consequence […]
May 20, 2016

True Cost of American Food Conference

True Cost of American Food Conference 14-17 April 2016 San Francisco, California   Last month, Shumei participated in the first-ever conference on the “True Cost of […]
April 9, 2016

66th UN DPI Conference / 5.30.2016 – 6.1.2016

GYEONGJU, REPUBLIC OF KOREA 30 May – 1 June 2016 The 66th United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI)/ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Conference will be held […]