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Name: California Food Choices: Dairy, Plant-based & its Impact
Start: 2019-09-25
End: 2019-09-25
Location: San Francisco, CA

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One woman’s initiative is tackling food waste and revolutionizing the relationship with food in Brazilian favelas.

Food Tank remembers Stuart Levy, a pioneer researcher pushing for better animal husbandry—with only responsible use of antibiotics.

These advances in AI and Big Data are making it easier and less laborious for farmers to understand small occurrences and larger trends on their farms.

A new restaurant in Silver Spring, Maryland is offering customers a plant-based experience that connects eaters to the food system in a burger joint.

A new wave of genetically modified animals is coming. Friends of the Earth's Dana Perls calls for an end to altering animals—in favor of fixing farms.

A Chicago nonprofit sells fresh fruits and vegetables from renovated buses to counteract the lack of full-service grocery stores in local neighborhoods. Well-priced and largely organic, the fresh produce can improve food flavor and nutrition.

A new Report from Santa Clara University finds that more food is lost in the field than previously determined.

To save the world from hunger, obesity, disease and other problems, a combination of approaches is the answer.

The 21st Annual Niman Ranch Farmer Appreciation Weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, focused on resilience for family farmers.

Join Food Tank and The New York Times at the Food Festival This Oct 5–6

Researchers

Remembering Stuart Levy: Scientist Behind Animal Husbandry Advocacy

Food Tank remembers Stuart Levy, a pioneer researcher pushing for better animal husbandry—with only responsible use of antibiotics.

Innovation and Technology

21 Projects Democratizing Data for Farmers

These advances in AI and Big Data are making it easier and less laborious for farmers to understand small occurrences and larger trends on their farms.

Innovation for Sustainability

New Burger Joint Is Celebrating Plant, Planet, and Plenty More

A new restaurant in Silver Spring, Maryland is offering customers a plant-based experience that connects eaters to the food system in a burger joint.

Op-Ed

Opinion | GMO Animals: From Lab to Factory Farm

A new wave of genetically modified animals is coming. Friends of the Earth’s Dana Perls calls for an end to altering animals—in favor of fixing farms.

Food Security

Mobile Markets Improve Fresh Produce Access in Chicago Neighborhoods

A Chicago nonprofit sells fresh fruits and vegetables from renovated buses to counteract the lack of full-service grocery stores in local neighborhoods. Well-priced and largely organic, the fresh produce can improve food flavor and nutrition.

Food Waste

New Report Finds That More Food Is Lost in Fields Than Previously Believed

A new report from Santa Clara University finds that more food is lost in the field than previously determined.

Books + Films

Saving the Food Supply: Technology and Tradition

In a Washington Post book review, Danielle Nierenberg commends Amanda Little’s The Fate of Food for portraying the value of both tech and tradition in food.

Farmers

Strength in Resilience: Niman Ranch Hosts Farm Families in Des Moines

Thee 21st Annual Niman Ranch Farmer Appreciation Weekend in Des Moines, IA gathered media, chefs, and nonprofits focusing on resilience for farmers.

Events

Join Food Tank and The New York Times at the Food Festival This Oct 5–6

Food Tank is a media partner with The New York Times for the upcoming Food Festival, which will be held October 5th–6th in NYC.

Institutional procurement of local food has potential to contribute to a more equitable, resilient food economy for small farmers of color in New Orleans

Agriculture

Creating a Resilient Local Food Economy in New Orleans

Large institutions in New Orleans are not harnessing the value of local, farms in the region; a new analysis says procurement from these farms contributes to an equitable, resilient local food economy.