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Pashon Murray's Detroit Dirt is leading a composting collaboration for the climate, economy, and future generation.
Podcast

Pashon Murray’s Detroit Dirt and Food Waste: A Solution for Industrial Problems

Cancer Schmancer President and actress Fran Drescher exposes a health system that downplays the roles of nutrition, spiritual happiness, and whole-body wellbeing in cancer and disease recovery.
Podcast

Cancer Schmancer: “We Are the Boss” in Our Health Says Drescher

Drought tolerant crops that deliver nutrition and income to farmers could bring more food security to the region. Dr. Moses Siambi from the International Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics explains how relying single, water intensive crops during dry periods can be risky.
Food Security

“The farmer is literally hedging their bets” in Eastern and Southern Africa

With the dust now settled from the 2019 SXSW festival, and with Earth Day’s 49th anniversary on the horizon, wasted food and its environmental impact has been on our minds.
Food Waste

Opinion | Winning on Reducing Food Waste—From SXSW to Earth Day

The Rediscovered Food Initiative helps raise awareness about the need for more biodiversity in the global food system through storytelling
Crops and Commodities

Food Organizations Join Forces to Reintroduce Neglected Crops to Global Ecosystems

“I want to be able to say that there is at least access to healthy food in every part of the city. We can do that here in Kansas City,” says Max Kaniger.
Podcast

Maxfield Kaniger’s Kanbe’s Markets: A Piece for the Food Insecurity Puzzle

Food refrigeration in Ethiopia is mostly for exports, not feeding its own (Photograph courtesy of Peyton Fleming)
Crops and Commodities

Cold Conundrum? Getting Nutritious Food to More People in Ethiopia

Canada’s much anticipated revised food guide was released last month and includes some major changes. The revised guide includes new healthy suggestions such as eating more plant-based proteins and reducing consumption of processed foods, but it also eliminates the previous convention of the four food groups as well as specific serving recommendations.
Public Health

Canada’s Revised Food Guide Makes Plant-forward Suggestions

More than 200 changemakers from Southern Africa, Latin America, and U.S. cities tackled the issue of food security at the Global Summit on Food Security in Atlanta.
Thought Leaders

Global Changemakers Meet in Atlanta to Address Food Security

Denmark's groceries to start showing environmental price tags
Policy and Organizing

Climate Labels on Food to Become a Reality in Denmark

Cancer Schmancer President and actress Fran Drescher exposes a health system that downplays the roles of nutrition, spiritual happiness, and whole-body wellbeing in cancer and disease recovery.
Podcast
Cancer Schmancer: “We Are the Boss” in Our Health Says Drescher

“With the right kind of motivation and education, young people can actually become the change we so desperately need” in the health system, says Drescher.

Drought tolerant crops that deliver nutrition and income to farmers could bring more food security to the region. Dr. Moses Siambi from the International Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics explains how relying single, water intensive crops during dry periods can be risky.
Food Security
“The farmer is literally hedging their bets” in Eastern and Southern Africa

Drought tolerant crops that deliver nutrition and income to farmers could bring more food security to the region. Dr. Moses Siambi from ICRISAT explains how relying on single, water-intensive crops during dry periods can be risky.

With the dust now settled from the 2019 SXSW festival, and with Earth Day’s 49th anniversary on the horizon, wasted food and its environmental impact has been on our minds.
Food Waste
Opinion | Winning on Reducing Food Waste—From SXSW to Earth Day

With the dust now settled from the 2019 SXSW festival, and with Earth Day’s 49th anniversary on the horizon, wasted food and its environmental impact has been on our minds.

The Rediscovered Food Initiative helps raise awareness about the need for more biodiversity in the global food system through storytelling
Crops and Commodities
Food Organizations Join Forces to Reintroduce Neglected Crops to Global Ecosystems

Many forgotten foods may hold the key to improving the livelihoods of farmers, reducing hunger, and mitigating the effects of climate change.

“I want to be able to say that there is at least access to healthy food in every part of the city. We can do that here in Kansas City,” says Max Kaniger.
Podcast
Maxfield Kaniger’s Kanbe’s Markets: A Piece for the Food Insecurity Puzzle

With convenient coolers and healthy food, Max Kaniger is helping close the gap between food insecurity and food waste in Kansas City.

Food refrigeration in Ethiopia is mostly for exports, not feeding its own (Photograph courtesy of Peyton Fleming)
Crops and Commodities
Cold Conundrum? Getting Nutritious Food to More People in Ethiopia

While agricultural production of fruits and vegetables has surged in recent decades, millions of Ethiopians are still not eating them. Children are hit the hardest by poor-quality diets, with millions suffering from growth-limiting stunting.

Canada’s much anticipated revised food guide was released last month and includes some major changes. The revised guide includes new healthy suggestions such as eating more plant-based proteins and reducing consumption of processed foods, but it also eliminates the previous convention of the four food groups as well as specific serving recommendations.
Public Health
Canada’s Revised Food Guide Makes Plant-forward Suggestions

Canada’s much anticipated revised food guide includes some major changes, like suggestions to eat more plant-based proteins and reduce consumption of processed foods.

More than 200 changemakers from Southern Africa, Latin America, and U.S. cities tackled the issue of food security at the Global Summit on Food Security in Atlanta.
Thought Leaders
Global Changemakers Meet in Atlanta to Address Food Security

More than 200 changemakers convened at the Global Summit on Food Security in Atlanta. With a community of experts and advocates, Food Tank explored ways to better understand equity issues through the lens of food.

Denmark's groceries to start showing environmental price tags
Policy and Organizing
Climate Labels on Food to Become a Reality in Denmark

The Danish government is proposing to work with supermarkets to place stickers on all food products that clearly indicate their carbon footprint.

The USFRA’s new direction brings farmers together to address sustainability and education in agriculture, holding new standards for agriculture in protecting the climate.
Podcast
Celebrating A Diversity of Opinions Is Key to Collaboration, Says Erin Fitzgerald

To boost transparency in the agricultural industry, Erin Fitzgerald of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance calls upon people to learn more from farmers and the diversity of ways they tend to their land.

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