Water shortages, climate change, and growing demand threaten global water security, with consequences for agriculture, public health, and ecosystems.
Food Tank Explains: Food Labeling
Food labels help consumers understand and compare products through information about nutrition, ingredients, allergens, safety, and other characteristics.
Food Tank Explains: H-2A Visa Program
H-2A workers now fill one in six U.S. agricultural jobs, but the program’s rapid growth has brought new scrutiny of how it works and whom it serves.
Food Tank Explains: Antimicrobial Resistance
Drug-resistant infections are rising worldwide, and antimicrobial use in agriculture is one important part of the problem.
Food Tank Explains: Dryland Farming
Dryland farming supports food production without irrigation, relying entirely on rainfall.
Honoring Wendell Berry
From his home in Kentucky, Berry analyzed the consequences of an agricultural system increasingly defined by consolidation, mechanization, chemicals, and soil degradation.
Food Tank Explains: Food Fraud
Food fraud ranges from adulterated ingredients to mislabeled products, and can threaten public health, producer livelihoods, and the environment.
Food Tank Explains: Land Tenure
Land tenure can shape how farmers invest, how communities make a living, and who has the power to make decisions about land.
Food Tank Explains: Food Justice
This primer on food justice explains how equitable food systems support food equity, worker rights, and self-determination.
Food Tank Explains: Blue Foods
Food Tank’s guide to blue foods explores fisheries, aquaculture, seafood, seaweed, nutrition, food security, and sustainable aquatic food systems.
How One Los Angeles Program Helps Urban Farmers Thrive
LAFPC’s Cultivating Farmers program supports urban farmers in overcoming barriers to land access, business development, and long-term success.
Food Tank Explains: Organic Agriculture
From healthier soils to stronger ecosystems, here’s how organic farming works and why interest in it continues to grow.
Food Tank Explains: Food Loss and Waste
Food loss and waste occur at different stages of the food supply chain, impacting food security, emissions, and natural resource use worldwide.
Food Tank Explains: Functional Foods
Functional foods may support health beyond basic nutrition, but questions remain about how they should be defined, regulated, and evaluated.
Food Tank Explains: El Niño
Changing Pacific Ocean temperatures during El Niño can trigger droughts, floods, and widespread impacts on food systems and marine ecosystems.
Food Tank Explains: Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management helps farmers manage pests through biological, cultural, physical, and chemical controls.
Food Tank Explains: Seed Saving
From ancient farming traditions to modern seed sovereignty movements, seed saving continues to shape food systems worldwide.
Food Tank Explains: CRISPR
How can gene-editing technology help us shape the future of our food and agriculture systems? Learn more in Food Tank’s latest primer.
FoodCorps and Teachers College Launch Food Education Microcredential
FoodCorps and Teachers College launch Food Education in the Classroom (Food-E), a microcredential that helps educators integrate nutrition science and experiential learning into K-5 classrooms.
Food Tank Explains: Agroforestry
Agroforestry integrates trees, crops, and livestock into interconnected systems that can benefit farmers, communities, and ecosystems.