Global Farmer Network

The Global Farmer Network are farmers committed to inserting their voice and perspective in the global dialogue regarding food and nutritional security.

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Johan Sebastian Chavez Mosquera
Opinion
Agriculture as a Path to Peace, Stability, and Opportunity in Colombia
Chemistry allows me to go beyond traditional ag that often is stuck in the past. My goal is to ensure the next student who loves chemistry sees a future in ag – not illegal drug trade.
September 25, 2025 10:51 AM
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Opinion
Generational Wisdom, Disruptive Thinking and Access to Biotechnology Will Change Mexican Agriculture for Good
We can make Mexican agriculture both innovative and aspirational—and turn farming into a career that attracts our best and brightest.
September 04, 2025 09:13 AM
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Opinion
Global Farmer Network: Understanding the Power and Amplifying the Farmers’ Voice
We love what we do, and we’d prefer to focus our time and energy on our vocation of food production. Yet we also know that we need a voice in the corridors of power—and when it comes to farming, nobody’s voice holds more power than the voice of the farmer.
August 29, 2025 08:53 AM
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Opinion
The Modern Potato Success Story Behind Your French Fry
We have ways of coping with just about everything, but we’re always striving to improve—and there are many ways we could do better. We need investment in disease resistance, better predictive tools for managing risk, and a stable policy framework that balances environmental goals with economic viability.
July 15, 2025 04:06 PM
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Shekhar GFN
Opinion
Regenerative Agriculture Builds Up Soil and Souls
Regenerative agriculture is also about the rising generations. It encourages young people to become farmers because they see a future in it.
June 27, 2025 10:51 AM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
Tariffs and Trade Disruption Impact Africa as a Global Trading Partner
Flourishing farms in Africa want U.S. products such as machinery, seeds, and other forms of technology. This is potentially a robust market for Americans—but only if they see Africans as trading partners rather than as economic foes.
June 16, 2025 08:38 AM
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Bill Couser_bees
Opinion
Protecting and Sharing the Beauty and Bounty of our Land
The media is always recounting scary stories about how the environment is supposedly getting worse. They rarely give us the good news—and in my area, the environment is getting better. We can see it with our eyes.
May 27, 2025 01:34 PM
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Opinion
Farmers Speak with One Voice: Regenerative Agriculture is the Future
Our goal in drafting a declaration on regenerative agriculture is to show that farmers, who work all the time in the fields, know that this is the future of food production—and to inform policymakers, who often lack a background in agriculture, about what we’re doing and why.
May 15, 2025 08:50 AM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
Balanced Trade Can Benefit All
Farmers in the US and globally are part of the solution to many of the world’s greatest challenges, including feeding a global growing population while protecting natural resources and adapting to a changing climate. Our voices must be heard.
May 08, 2025 06:18 PM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
Pope Francis Understood and Stood with the World’s Farmers
Since his passing, many have honored his commitment to the world’s most vulnerable. And they’re right. But he also understood something essential: that achieving food security in the 21st century demands science, technology, and a bold commitment to innovation.
April 25, 2025 02:02 PM
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