Associates of the Collection to Cultivation project feature as key contributors to a forthcoming special issue of the journal Plants, People, Planet on the history of crops and the future of food. You can check out a few articles that have been released in Early View over the past few months: Tad Brown on imperial science and peanut research in Mysore, Dani Sclavo on the complexities of chile conservation in Mexico, Ryan Nehring on industrial pasture development in Brazil, and Helen Anne Curry on agricultural extension and the making of hybrid corn. Stayed tuned for futher team contributions, and to the launch of the full issue (with contributions by many collaborators at other institutions) in 2024.