Jan 18 2023
Field Note
A single word offered Hadi Ghaemi his first hint that change might be imminent in his native Iran. Forupashi, Persian for collapse. He spotted the word in a series of essays from …
JANUARY 2023
DECEMBER 2022
Dec 09 2022
Human Impact
Three weeks into her pregnancy, Barbara Jacques found out she had a tumor four times the size of her ovary that put both her and her baby at risk. Stunned, she …
NOVEMBER 2022
Nov 10 2022
Human Impact
In elementary school, Kenny A. Joyner decided to become a Marine. His young logic held that Marines must work on submarines, which had become an obsession after a school trip …
Nov 02 2022
Field Note
Naandi Foundation creates compost hubs to supply small farmers while fighting topsoil erosion.
OCTOBER 2022
Oct 31 2022
Human Impact
A Kansas farmer won his battle with the crop insurance company, but not before he went bankrupt.
Oct 27 2022
Human Impact
Scientist/farmers collect and compile data to analyze the impact of sustainable farming.
Oct 26 2022
Field Note
A new fund shifts the power to make resource decisions directly to practitioners while changing the food procurement system.
Oct 10 2022
Human Impact
Burkley Allen, budget committee chairwoman of the Nashville City Council, faced a challenge: how to gather useful feedback on more than 50 spending proposals. “When you have 40 council members, many …
SEPTEMBER 2022
Sep 19 2022
Blueprint
Cameron Stevens’ wife drew a line in the sand. She was tired of “the other woman,” she said a laugh, referring to the company he’d founded in college. It was time …
Sep 16 2022
Field Note
When Kristen Leanderson Abrams, Senior Director for Combatting Human Trafficking at the McCain Institute, received an email from 17 Rooms asking her to co-lead a discussion on partnerships with a …