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There’s a debate simmering across livestock farms from the rolling pastures of New Zealand to the dusty rangelands of East Africa, from the intensive dairy operations of Wisconsin to the smallholder cattle farms of rural India. It doesn’t always happen in conference rooms or agricultural […]

There is a kind of loss happening right now across the farming landscapes of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and beyond that doesn’t make headlines, doesn’t trigger emergency funding, and doesn’t produce the kind of dramatic imagery that moves people to action. It happens quietly, one […]

Imagine you’re in a hospital, battling an infection that just a decade ago would have been cleared up with a standard course of antibiotics. The doctor comes in, looks at your chart, and delivers news that sounds impossible in the twenty-first century — the antibiotics […]

There’s a conversation happening in agricultural science right now that most small and medium-scale livestock farmers in tropical regions aren’t part of. While researchers and climate scientists are increasingly alarmed by data showing that heat stress in livestock is accelerating well beyond historical norms, the […]

If you’ve ever stood in a small farm and watched a farmer go about their daily routine — tossing feed, moving animals from one pen to another, welcoming a neighbor who just came from their own farm — you’d probably think everything looks fine. No […]

Mridul Kachawa IPS Biography Mridul Kachawa was born on August 30, 1989 in Rajasthan, India. His early years were shaped by local schools, coaching and an interest in law and order that eventually led him to prepare for India’s civil services and the police service […]

A conversation happening right now in farming communities, at agricultural conferences, and in the boardrooms of food companies that would have seemed almost surreal to livestock farmers a generation ago. It’s a conversation about whether the way animals feel, the space they have to move, […]

Picture this scenario. You’re standing at the gym on a cold January morning, waiting fifteen minutes for the squat rack to free up while someone does curls in it — which is somehow still a thing that happens despite universal gym etiquette condemning it. The […]

There is a moment that every livestock farmer in sub-Saharan Africa knows intimately — a moment that arrives with the quiet certainty of a calendar page turning. The rains stop. The grass that was lush and abundant just weeks earlier begins to yellow, shrink, and […]

Suleiman Carrim Biography Suleiman Carrim was born on July 12, 1979, in the North West Province of South Africa. His early life was shaped by family ties to business and local community networks. Public records about his schooling and private family are limited, but available […]