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Woman in a mask and brown shirt sits working amidst garment equipment and other workers.

Photo by FABRIC Incubator

Diana Quintero

Planet Forward Correspondent | Arizona State University

How Cultural Survival promotes Indigenous sustainable development

(Photos courtesy of Cultural Survival/Jamie Malcom-Brown)

Rebecca Small

George Washington University

Seven ways to support Indigenous Peoples

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest with a winding blue river running through it.

Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. (Neil Palmer/CIAT https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)

Rebecca Small

George Washington University

Essay | Shutters won't stop France's lethal summer heat

Wooden shutters on a window of beige building.

(Pezibear/Pixabay)

Emilie Megnien

George Washington University

Take me to the lakes: How Taylor Swift is reviving nature in music

A photo of Cross with a brain in her hair and wearing a plaid coat, copying the Evermore cover. She has a chicken standing on her shoulder.

The day after the release of 'evermore,' Cross recreated the album cover with her chicken. Her posts can be seen on her Instagram @whatthecluckeggs.

Rebekah Redwine

The George Washington University

Recipes for Food Security | ‘Word of mouth still means a lot’: How sustainability spreads

A man in a red t-shirt, blue jeans, a baseball cap, and glasses stands with his hands on this hips looking to the left of the frame, standing in a field of grain.

Greg McGlinch owns Down Home Farms, a 450-acre family farming operation in Darke County, Ohio. “I hate seeing soil go down the creek because you’re losing a lot of valuable nutrients,” he said on June 26, 2021. “A lot of that you can’t put a monetary value on” (Photo by Jules Struck).

Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

Recipes for Food Security | Dollars and diversity: Why young farmers need investment, representation

A man and woman in casual attire stand several yards apart, looking at one another, in an agricultural feild surrounded by residential houses.

Decker Woods and Sophia Cooper exchange farming tips in Big Muddy Farms’ biggest plot, July 6, 2021 (Photo by Jules Struck).

Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

Recipes for Food Security | Town molds community-driven model for new farmers to buy land

A young woman in glasses and a shirt that reads "America needs Lesbian Farmers." smiles in front of a background of agricultural fields.

Hannah Breckbill, the founder of Humble Hands Harvest, stands near the farm’s vegetable patch, July 2, 2021. “I didn’t grow up in farming, so I didn’t come with any preconceived notions,” she said. “Sustainability seemed like the obvious thing to aim for, as a farmer” (Photo by Jules Struck).

Jules Struck

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | Emerson College

Recipes for Food Security | Sustainability is the goal. Here’s what young farmers need to get there