Food isn’t immune to technology’s influence as AI and Big Data create opportunities for innovation—as well as risks. At Food Tank’s second monthly conversation at NYU, experts evaluate the fork in the road for the future dividing good and bad food tech.
Food Systems Feeding the Next Superbug?
Investigating outbreaks of Candida auris in different parts of the world stirs talks about the abuse of fungicides in crops and increased resistance to drugs in humans and fungi.
Opinion | We Can Stop the Climate Crisis
As extreme weather events become more frequent, agricultural systems must become more resilient. Our research has found that organic crops have the potential to produce yields up to 40 percent higher in times of inclement weather—like flooding or drought—than conventional systems.
Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration Looks to the Past to Feed the Future
He’eia is the second largest of about 40 fishponds left in the Hawaiian Islands, and this non-profit has worked to rebuild and preserve the traditional structure since 2001, looking at ancient foodways that could, if permitted and desired, feed the entire island.
David Nabarro Aims to Equip Leaders to Meet U.N. Sustainability Goals
“If [4SD] can work on food systems, we believe it can work on many other areas of human endeavor,” says founder and World Food Prize laureate David Nabarro.
Partnerships to End Eating Disorders at Project HEAL
Project HEAL CEO Kristina Saffran talks about the key to fostering better relationships with food through closer relationships with peers.
Brazil’s Uncertain Future: President Jair Bolsonaro on Indigenous Rights, Environmental Conservation, and NGOs
Facing policy reforms which encourage deforestation, the people and resources of the Amazon are at serious risk.
Using Greenhouses to Help Farmers Build Climate Resilience
Nonprofit Kheyti has designed an affordable greenhouse which allows farmers to grow seven times the amount of food using 90 percent less water, stabilize incomes, and build climate resilience.
Report: Soil Carbon Sequestration Key to Solving Climate Crisis
U.N. Environment Programme report shows that land-use practices that store carbon could be key in the fight against climate change.
Finding Farmland in the Backyard
As a multi-locational market garden, Grow with the Flow presents its successful business model and how the community stepped up to support a hyper-local food source for the City of Tucker, Georgia.
