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Healthy and local is the focus of this special collection around the people who grow and bring organic food to local markets and the people who shop at these markets. Topics also include how farmers grow organic food and the quality of our food supply around issues to include local economy, seeding, use of pestisides and fertilisers, water, food security, availability and pricing.

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Eve Crowley: Transforming agrifood systems to leave no one behind | FAO 80
December 31, 2025

As part of FAO's 80th Anniversary, former Assistant Regional Representative Eve Crowley reflects on the Organization's evolution and key food and agriculture challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean. This interview, part of a special series, highlights milestones that shaped a more integrated, field-oriented, and results-driven FAO.

Crowley discusses critical themes like food access, agrifood systems transformation, and climate change. She also addresses the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on food security, the shift to agile work, and FAO's commitment to underserved communities, including Indigenous Peoples, rural women, and small-scale producers, underscoring the region's leadership toward zero hunger.

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