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Name: Milan Urban Food Policy Pact: 1st North & Central America Regional Forum
Start: 2026-03-11
End: 2026-03-11
Location: Austin, Texas

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Agriculture

Op-Ed | A Toxic Turn for Our Daily Bread: Why GMO Wheat Raises Serious Concerns

GMO has been kept off American fields because farmers, consumers, and trading partners recognize the serious risks it poses. What happens if that changes?

Agriculture

You’re Invited: We’re Talking ‘All Things Food’ at SXSW and Blue Foods in Boston

Food Tank is bringing regional and global food system leaders together to break bread, share success stories, spotlight creative visionaries, and highlight ways we can build a stronger food and agriculture systems.

Agriculture

As Climate Stress Grows, SEWA Equips Women Farmers With New Tools

“We come together as poor, as women, and as workers, no matter what caste, community, or religion they belong to,” says SEWA’s Reema Nanavaty.

Food Access

ICE’s Impact on Food Security, as Seen Through Joyce Uptown Food Shelf

Minneapolis food shelves have been forced to innovate like never before to meet the community’s need.

Youth

Field to Film Festival Amplifies Indigenous and Rural Youth Voices

The Field to Film Festival shares powerful short films by young people from farming communities, spotlighting women farmers and stories of change in local food systems around the world.

Agriculture

‘Unearthing the Future’ Unpacks the Food and Farming Systems Impacting Human Health

The six episode series is “a call to share long knowledge,” says Laura Howard-Gayeton, Executive Director of The Lexicon of Food.

Agriculture

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: The Next Farm Bill, Producers Stand Their Ground, and the Latest Progress on Deforestation

This week’s roundup covers the latest with the Farm Bill, progress to combat deforestation in Brazil, and the farmers pushing back against data center development.

Agriculture

These Stories Prove How Inspiring Women Are Leading Food System Transformation

Empowering women means strengthening the food system.

Fishing

Astoria’s FisherPoets Give Testimony to Transition

Each February in Astoria, Oregon, commercial fishers take the stage to share powerful stories about their lived experiences in a changing fishing industry.

Agriculture

Collective Action Confronts Food System Inequities in Connecticut

A hip-hop artist turned farmer is building food justice, community power, and regeneration across Connecticut.

Books + Films

Beyond Doom and Gloom: Transforming Climate Anxiety into Agency and Action

Stories can be a powerful tool for climate action and systems change.

Events

How GLP-1 Medications Are Driving Food and Beverage Innovation

GLP-1 drugs are reshaping appetite, sensory preferences, and nutrition priorities, accelerating innovation in food and beverage product design.

School Food

Chefs in the Schools: Equitable Meals Across New York City

A New York City program brings nutritious meals to students. It offers lessons to other cities looking to do the same.

Climate Change

Book Excerpt | Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food―and Our Future

Bruce Friedrich’s new book Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food―and Our Future argues that plant-based and cultivated meat are humanity’s best hope of mitigating the harms of modern animal agriculture. As a part of making…