When you think about farmers, which images come to mind? A Growing Culture says it’s time to start challenging stereotypes.
Tune In Next Week: Summit Livestream to Feature 40+ Food Leaders
The event is sold-out but you can still join the conversation! The entire Summit will be shown FREE on Facebook Live all day using a five-camera professional crew streaming on the Food Tank Facebook page.
Clare Miflin on Weaving Together Urban and Natural Design Systems
Clare Miflin founded Woven, a consultancy dedicated to weaving together urban and natural systems; metrics and vision; people and place, creating whole system designs that reduce material consumption.
Datz-Romero: “We still have a long way to go to create sustainable systems”
Food Tank had the opportunity to speak with Christine about what inspired her to co-found the Lower East Side Ecology Center and what continues to inspire her today.
Bonnie McClafferty: “Put color on your plate”
Bonnie McClafferty talks to Food Tank about the ability for private enterprise to contribute to the public good, but the work must be additive and practical.
Millstone: Concentration of power hinders food system sustainability
Carina Millstone—sustainability professional, activist, author, and the Executive Director of Feedback—will be speaking at Food Tank’s NYC Summit on September 13, 2017.
Register Now for Project Green Challenge!
Project Green Challenge presents 30 days of environmentally themed challenges including food, fair trade, energy, zero waste, water, etc. Participants are challenged to question the status quo and implement positive change in their daily lives, school campuses, and communities. Visit projectgreenchallenge.com to sign up today!
Pete Pearson: “If we can change food, we can change the world”
Pete Pearson leads zero-waste programming at the World Wildlife Fund, trying to understand how to create a food system that is efficient and balanced with nature.
Brian Roe: “Shop your fridge first!”
Brian Roe spoke to Food Tank about the potential gains from food waste reduction: improving local and global food security, improving our stewardship of natural resources and the environment, and improving the economic efficiency of farms, businesses, and households.
BlueCart’s CEO on Democratizing Technology for Food System Change
BlueCart seeks to democratize technology, ensuring that businesses of all sizes can benefit from it, allowing buyers and sellers to focus on the essence of their industry: hospitality.
Apply to the Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Sustainable Development!
The Earth Institute at Columbia University is seeking applicants for their Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Sustainable Development.
Harlem Grown’s Tony Hillery: “Education is the way out”
Tony Hillery founded Harlem Grown to address the health and academic challenges facing public elementary school students in Harlem.
Amy Keister: “I want to see more food going from farm to table”
Amy Keister, Vice President of Consumer Engagement for Compass Group North America, is inspired by the progress made to reduce food waste, yet humbled by the task at hand.
To change the world, “eat what you buy, and stop buying more than you’ll eat”
Jude Medeiros, Regional Vice President for Sodexo, is inspired to teach a new generation of sustainability advocates to create sustained change within the food system.
Re: Response to Tim Wise on Malawi Seed Policy
In response to the recent op-ed by Timothy Wise: Did Monsanto Write Malawi’s Seed Policy? Supply K. Chisi, Business Officer at the Seed Trade Association of Malawi responded to Food Tank.
Tune In: Danielle Nierenberg Speaks on the Global Citizens for the Future of Food Webinar
BCFN will host the Global Citizens for the Future of Food Webinar on September 21, 2017, from 10 to 11am EST (4 to 5pm CEST).
MUNCHIES Editor-in-Chief Helen Hollyman: “Call your representatives!”
Helen Hollyman spoke with Food Tank about the intersection between food and contemporary culture and our responsibilities as eaters within the context of climate change.
Diane Brady: “The only way to change the world is through partnerships “
In order to fix our food system, Diane Brady feels that more people must get involved in the process of creating food—from growing it to preparing it.
Emily Bachman: “What does it mean to throw something away?”
Emily Bachman challenges us to think about what it actually means to throw something away. Where is “away” and how does our waste get there? What does “away” look, smell, and feel like, now and in the future?
Fast Company’s Eillie Anzilotti: “We rely entirely too much on meat”
Eillie Anzilotti writes about issues in the hopes of bringing them to light, helping her readers understand what other people experience in their day-to-day lives.
