Promoting animal welfare is about a global shift away from unsustainable factory farming and inhumane practices.
International Chocolate Producers Showcase Social and Economic Sustainability
ChocoTogo, one of the producers invited to the festival, offers visitors the chance to learn about their handmade chocolate making process.
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Implications for the Indian Food System
The global food crisis has highlighted the fragility and fragmentation of the global food system and its vulnerability to shocks. India must adapt and develop long term plans to address such future shocks.
20 Books on Food and Agriculture to Read this Fall
Food Tank has compiled 20 new books to add to your reading list.
Patagonia Founder Gives Company Away to Fight the Climate Crisis
Funds that are not re-invested into the company will help to protect biodiversity and communities.
H3irloom Food Group Educates to Honor Black Food Culture
Chefs David and Tonya Thomas are honoring the roots of Black food culture through sustainability and education.
With World Food Day Coming Up, We Can’t Mess Up this Opportunity
It’s time to put in the work so everyone recognizes that access to healthy, nourishing, and affordable food is a human right.
Telling the Stories that Don’t Always ‘Make it on the Map’
An Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Dr. Ashanté Reese talks about the power of empathy, uplifting stories that aren’t always told, and the people pushing against anti-blackness in their everyday lives.
The U.N. Food Systems Summit One Year On: Is it Just a Paper Tiger?
On the first anniversary of the U.N. Food Systems Summit, it’s important to ask: Was it all talk and no action? Can the beautiful food system transformation plans come to life?
Raising Sustainability and Gender Standards Across Asia’s Seafood Industry
The Asian Seafood Improvement Collaborative (ASIC) seeks to empower Asian seafood producers, processors, and distributors by establishing place-based social and environmental standards.
With a Guaranteed Market for their Hogs, Farmers Don’t Need to “Get Big or Get Out”
When fifth generation farmer Joe Mickelson transitioned to small-scale diversification, he discovered that raising pigs in the open air was a new—and much more enjoyable—experience.
We All Must Be Citizen Eaters: Notes from the Historic White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health gave the country with a to-do list. Now it’s time to follow through.
Inspiring the Next Generation on Sankofa Farms
Sankofa Farms Agricultural Academy is helping young Black students connect more deeply with the food system while equipping them with career readiness skills and helping them envision new paths for their futures.
UN Global Compact Ocean Stewardship Coalition and Envisible Launch an Accelerator Focused on Oceans, Food, and Finance with Startup Portugal
The new accelerator network will build collective capacity and routes to market for youth, entrepreneurs and start-ups to scale solutions.
How Investing in Livestock Health Can Save People and the Environment
The International Livestock Research Institute recommends 18 key ways to optimize livestock systems and improve animal, human, and environmental health.
Global Seafood Alliance Launches Consumer-Facing Website to Raise Awareness of Sustainable Aquaculture
The website is designed to help consumers understand Global Seafood Alliance’s third-party certification program and encourage the consumption of sustainably sourced seafood.
Food Tech Company Aims to Create Healthy, Sustainable Beef Alternatives
A California-based food tech company is creating cell-based meat to decrease the beef industry’s carbon footprint and increase public health.
The U.S. Infant Formula Crisis Highlights the Dangers of Food Monopolies
The U.S infant formula shortage crisis reveals how the infant formula market is controlled by corporate monopolies, unable to deliver essential services to Americans most in need.
La Canasta Campesina Encourages Youth Engagement in Farming by Giving Youth a Voice
La Canasta Campesina gives youth a place in farming by highlighting the many roles in a modern agribusiness.
A Note on Business, Climate, and White House Action as the U.N. Meets in New York
The world needs policymakers and businesses who will take action now because by 2050, it will be too late.
