Whether you have found a chef that speaks to your soul or want to learn more about organic agriculture, Twitter has proven to be a powerful platform for those looking to get involved in the food movement. From the comfort of your home, you can instantly connect with farmers, chefs, researchers, activists, and policymakers around the world working to improve our global food system.
With over 236 million monthly active users, deciding who to follow can become overwhelming. To make it easy, Food Tank has selected 250 of the coolest Twitter accounts we follow in the food movement for you to check out. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Twitter pro or just started tweeting, check this list daily for the latest food and agriculture news from around the globe.
Food Tank presents 250 Twitter accounts that every Food Activist should follow.
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350 – @350
Action for Healthy Kids – @Act4Hlthykids
Ag Innovations Network – @AgInnovations
AgChat Foundation – @agchatfound
AGree – @AGreeAgPolicy
Alice Waters – @AliceWaters
Alliance for a Healthier Generation – @HealthierGen
Alliance for Fair Food – @alliance4ff
Allison Aubrey – @AubreyNPRFood
Allafrica.com – @allafrica
AmpleHarvest.org – @AmpleHarvest
Anna Lappe – @annalappe
Anthony Bourdain – @Bourdain
Andrew Zimmern – @andrewzimmern
Ashoka Innovators for the Public – @Ashoka
Aspen Institute – @AspenInstitute
AVRDC The World Vegetable Center – @go_vegetables
Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) – @BarillaCFN
Beth Hoffman – @BethFoodAg
Beyond Pesticides – @bpncamp
Bioneers- @bioneers
Bioversity International – @BioversityInt
Bread for the World – @bread4theworld
Brian Halweil – @BrianHalweil
Calacea Farm, Not for Sale – @NFS
Carey Gillam – @careygillam
Campus Kitchens – @CampusKitchens
Center for Ecoliteracy – @Ecoliteracy
Center for Environmental Health – @4EnviroHealth
Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHGE) – @CHGEHarvard
Center for Food Safety – @TrueFoodNow
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) – @CIFOR
Center for a Livable Future – @livablefuture
Cambodian Center for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC)- @cedacorg
Change Food – @changeourfood
ChangeLab Solutions – @ChangeLabWorks
Chef Action Network – @ChefAction
Chef Ann Foundation – @chefannfnd
Chefs Collaborative – @chefscollab
Chellie Pingree – @chelliepingree
Chicago Botanic Garden – @chicagobotanic
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs – @ChicagoCouncil
Chipotle – @ChipotleTweets
Civil Eats – @CivilEats
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) – @CIW
CommonHealth ACTION – @CommonHealthACT
Common Threads – @Common_Threads
Community for Zero Hunger – @ZHCommunity
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)- @CGIAR
Cookbook Project – @CookBookPrj
Cornucopia Institute – @Cornucopia_Inst
Corporate Accountability International – @StopCorpAbuse
CropMobster – @cropmobster
Dan Barber – @DanBarber
Dr. Martin Bloem – @mwbloem
D.C. Central Kitchen – @dcck
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)- @USDA
Earth University – @EARTH_Uni
Eataly – @Eataly
Eater – @Eater
EcoAgriculture – @EcoAgPartners
Ecological Farming Association – @Eco_Farm
Edible Communities – @ediblestories
Elevation Burger – @elevationburger
Eliza Barclay – @elizabarclay
Edible D.C. – @Edible_DC
Edible Schoolyard Project – @edibleschoolyrd
EndFoodWaste.org – @EndFoodWaste
Environmental Working Group (EWG) – @ewg
Equal Exchange – @EqExCoop
Fair Food Network – @FairFoodNetwork
Fair Food Fight – @fairfoodfight
Fair Trade Campaigns – @FTCampaigns
Fair Trade USA – @fairtradeusa
FamilyFarmed.org – @FamilyFarmed
Farmers Fishers Bakers – @FarmFishBakeDC
Farm Aid – @FarmAid
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) – @SupportFLOC
Farm-to-Consumer Labor Defense Fund – @FTCLDF
Farmer Veteran Coalition – @Farm_Vet_Co
Farmworker Justice – @FarmwrkrJustice
Fazenda da Toca – @fazendadatoca
Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund – @Federation1967
Feeding America – @FeedingAmerica
First Peoples Worldwide – @FirstPeoples
Food and Environment Reporting Network – @FERNnews
Food & Water Watch – @foodandwater
Food + Tech Connect – @foodtechconnect
Food Chain Workers Alliance – @foodchainworker
FoodCorps – @FoodCorps
Food Day – @FoodDay2015
Food Democracy – @food_democracy
Food Ethics Council – @FoodEthicsNews
Food First – @foodfirstorg
Food Lab – @TheFoodLabUT
Food MythBusters – @FoodMythBusters
Food Recovery Network – @foodrecovery
Food Revolution – @foodrev
Food Policy Action – @FPAction
Food Safety News – @foodsafetynews
Food Trade – @foodtradeHQ
The Food Trust – @thefoodtrust
Food-X – @foodXhealth
Forum for the Future – @Forum4TheFuture
Frances Moore Lappe – @fmlappe
Global Alliance for the Future of Food – @futureoffoodorg
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition – @GAINalliance
The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN)- @foodbanking
Global Crop Diversity Trust – @Croptrust
Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR)- @GFARforum
Global Partnerships for Afghanistan (GPFA) – @_GPFA
GoodPlanet Foundation – @GoodPlanet_
GRACE Communications Foundation – @EcoCentered
Grassroots International – @GrassrootsIntl
Groundswell International – @Groundswellint
Growing Power – @GrowingPower
Healthy Child Healthy World – @Healthy_Child
Health Fare 4 Kids – @healthyfare4kids
Health Food Action – @HFAction
Heifer International – @Heifer
Helena B. Evich – @hbottemiller
Humanitas Global – @humanitasglobal
Imperfect – @imperfectfruit
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) – @IATP
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) – @ifpri
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – @IFADnews
James Beard Foundation – @beardfoundation
Jamie Oliver – @jamieoliver
Jamie Oliver Food Foundation – @jamiesfoodfdn
Jane Lear – @janelear
Jose Andres – @chefjoseandres
Jose Garces – @chefjosegarces
Just Label it – @JustLabelIt
Kathleen Merrigan – @katmerrigan
Kim O’Donnel- @kimodonnel
Landesa Rural Development Institute – @Landesa_Global
Land Stewardship Project (LSP) – @LSPnow
La Via Campesina – @via_campesina
Livestock Conservancy – @LConservancy
Mark Bittman – @bittman
Maria Godoy – @mgodoyh
Mario Batali – @mariobatali
Mary Beth Albright – @MaryBeth
MAZON – @StopHunger
McKnight Foundation – @McKnightFdn
Meatless Monday – @MeatlessMonday
Michael R. Dimock – @MichaelRDimock
Michael Pollan – @michaelpollan
Michele Simon – @MicheleRSimon
Michael Voltaggio – @MVoltaggio
Millennium Institute- @millenniuminst
Marion Nestle – @Marionnestle
Modern Farmer – @ModFarm
My Plate, My Planet – @myplatemyplanet
Naomi Starkman – @NaomiStarkman
National Black Farmers Association – @DrJohnBoyd
National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCG) – @strongrtogethr
National Farmers Union – @NFUDC
National Family Farm Coalition – @FamilyFarmCo
National Farm to School Network (NFSN) – @FarmtoSchool
National Organic Coalition (NOC) – @NationalOrganic
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) – @sustainableag
National Women in Agriculture Association – @NWIAA
National Young Farmers Coalition (NFYC) – @NYFCNYFC
Natural Gourmet Institute – @naturalgourmet
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)- @NRDC
Nature Conservancy – @nature_org
Non-GMO Project – @NonGMOProject
Nourish – @Nourish_Life
Nutrients for All – @NutrientsforAll
Oakland Institute – @Oak_Institute
Oldways – @OldwaysPT
One Acre Fund – @OneAcreFund
ONE Campaign – @ONECampaign
Organic Center – @OrganicCenter
Organic Consumers Association (OCA) – @OrganicConsumer
Organic Trade Association (OTA) – @OrganicTrade
Oxfam America – @OxfamAmerica
Panera Bread – @panerabread
Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) – @PHAnews
Permaculture Research Institute (PRI) – @PRIaustralia
Pesticide Action Network – @pesticideaction
Pew Charitable Trusts Food Safety Network – @pewtrusts
Planet Forward – @planet_forward
PolicyLink – @policylink
Professor Tim Lang – @ProfTimLang
Prevention Institute – @preventioninst
Rachel’s Food Network – @RachelsNetwork
Rainforest Alliance – @Rnfrstalliance
Raj Patel – @_RajPatel
Rick Bayless – @Rick_Bayless
Real Food Challenge – @realfoodnow
Real Food Media – @RealFoodFilms
Recipe for Success – @R4SFoundation
Restaurant Nora – @restaurantnoras
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United – @rocunited
Revolution Foods – @RevolutionFoods
Robyn O’Brien – @foodawakenings
Rodale Institute – @rodaleinstitute
Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) – @rafius
Rural Coalition – @RuralCo
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity – @UconnRuddCenter
Save our Soils – @natureandmore
Sam Sifton – @SamSifton
Savory Institute – @SavoryInstitute
Seafood Watch – @SeafoodWatch
Share Our Strength – @nokidhungry
ShopHouse – @ShopHouseTweets
Slow Food – @SlowFoodHQ, @SlowFoodUSA
Slow Money – @SlowMoney
Small Planet Institute – @SmallPlanetinst
SoFab Farm to Table Conference – @Farm2Table_Int
Soil Association – @SoilAssociation
Spoons Across America – @SpoonsAAmerica
Stanford’s Center for Food Security and the Environment (FSE) – @FoodSecurity_SU
Sustainable America – @foodfuelfuture
Sustainable Food Trust – @SusFoodTrust
Sustainable GW – @SustainableGW
Sweet Water Foundation – @SweetWaterFDN
Stone Barns Center – @stonebarns
TakePart – @takepart
Think Food Group – @thinkfoodgroup
Tom Colicchio – @tomcolicchio
Tristram Stuart – @TristramStuart
The Christensen Fund – @ChristensenFund
The George Washington University – @GWtweets
The Overbrook Foundation- @OverbrookFnd
Thought for Food Challenge – @tffchallenge
UC Food Observer – @ucfoodobserver
UglyFruitandVeg Campaign – @UglyFruitandVeg
Union of Concerned Scientists – @UCSUSA
United Farm Workers – @UFWupdates
U.N. Environment Programme – @UNEP
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization – @FAOnews
U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance – @foodsovusa
USA Pavilion at Expo – @USAPavilion2015
Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN) – @wfen
Wholesome Wave – @wholesomewave
WhyHunger – @whyhunger
Winrock International – @Winrockintl
Women, Food, and Agriculture Network (WFAN) – @WomenFoodAgNet
Women’s Earth Alliance – @WomensEarthAlly
World Central Kitchen – @WCKitchen
World Farmers’ Organization (WFO) – @worldfarmersorg
World Food Programme – @WFP
World Resources Institute – @WorldResources
World Rural Forum – @WorldRuralForum
WWF – @World_Wildlife
Young Professionals for Agricultural Development (YPARD) – @YPARD
Zero Hunger Challenge – @zerohunger
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