Colton Fagundes, Author at Food Tank

Colton Fagundes

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Colton Fagundes is a Research & Writing Fellow with Food Tank. He received his masters in Global Environmental Policy from American University where he focused his studies on sustainable development, food sovereignty/justice, and agricultural policy. Colton has worked and volunteered with nonprofits and grassroots organizations on environmental and agricultural issues.

Entrepreneurs, inventors, and researchers have come up with innovative ways to solve postharvest food loss in developing countries.

Food Waste

Eight Innovations Ending Food Loss in the Global South

From solar-powered cold storage to garden waste powered food dehydrators, we highlight eight examples of how innovators are ending food loss in the developing world.

As society comes to terms with its plastics problem, companies and individuals are finding alternative ways to package their food.

Sustainable Business

Rethinking Food Packaging May Address the Plastic Crisis

A significant amount of the plastic polluting our environment originates from packaging in the food industry. Now that society is demanding something be done about plastics, companies are rethinking how we can package food.

There is an ongoing revolution in food packaging technologies. Can small-scale farmers take advantage of these advances to reduce post-harvest food loss?

Innovation and Technology

Preventing Food Loss with Packaging

There is an ongoing revolution in food packaging technologies. Can small-scale farmers take advantage of these advances to reduce post-harvest food loss?

Food packaging provides a variety of conveniences, from extending the shelf life of products to on-the-go meals. But the waste from this packaging is polluting the environment and posing hazards human and animal life. Food Tank highlights 16 food and beverage companies tackling this problem through innovations in their packaging.

Sustainable Business

16 Companies Rethinking Packaging

Food packaging provides a variety of conveniences, from extending the shelf life of products to on-the-go meals. But the waste from this packaging is polluting the environment and posing hazards human and animal life. Food Tank highlights 16 food and beverage companies tackling this problem through innovations in their packaging.

Food Tank speaks with the CEO of Heifer International about The Hatching Hope Initiative.

Interviews

Cargill and Heifer International Want There to be a Chicken in Every Pot

The Hatching Hope Initiative is a new collaboration between Heifer International and Cargill. Food Tank spoke with the CEO of Heifer International to find out how convincing more women to raise chickens will sustainably reduce hunger and poverty for 100 million people by 2030.