Agriculture Archives

Founder and CEO, Helianti Hilman, shares how Javara Indigenous Indonesia boosts market success for local farmers and bolsters Indonesia’s food biodiversity.

Empowering Indonesia’s Indigenous Farmers and Food Artisans

Working with more than 50,000 farmers and 2,000 food artisans, Helianti Hilman, Founder and CEO of Javara Indigenous Indonesia, shares how her social enterprise empowers farmers and promotes indigenous, biodiverse food.

Dr. Bronner’s is changing the world through Fair Trade Organic practices.

This is the Story of a Soap Company that is Changing the World

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap is creating new markets for Fair Trade Organic products, and practicing dynamic agroforestry.

Farmers expected to mobilize in rural Mexico after López Obrador’s victory with the hope to bring more sustainability to agricultural practices.

Opinion | Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win

López Obrador’s victory in Mexico brings hope for Mexican farmers expecting more self-sufficiency through a reduction in dependence on imports, chemical-intensive production methods, and GMOs. Promises of support for sustainable practices on small and medium-scale farms are on the horizon.

Brian King and Andy Jarvis discuss the new CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, an important milestone in the project for global food security.

Decoding Agriculture: Creating the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

The launch of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is an important milestone for the project of achieving global food security. Brian King, the Coordinator for the Platform, and Andy Jarvis, one of the founders of the Platform, discuss the ideas behind this initiative and their vision for

Farmland in the U.S. decreased by 31 million acres—a territory equivalent to the state of New York in just two decades concludes the American Farmland Trust in its new report.

Farmland Trust Warns About Vanishing U.S. Farmland

The most comprehensive report on U.S. farmland reveals an unexpected reduction in agricultural land at the expense of residential development. One-third of the lost farmland represents the best land for intensive food and crop production, essential for feeding the increasing American population.

Food Tank is highlighting 25 organizations that work to train veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces to feed America.

25 Programs Bringing Veterans Into the New Food Movement

This Fourth of July, Food Tank brings you 25 organizations and initiatives from around the U.S. that are working to help veterans transition to healthy, productive civilian lives through farming and agriculture.

Q&A with Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank and editor of Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System.

Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System: Q&A with Editor Danielle Nierenberg

Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank, discusses her work building transparent and strong communication between all players in the food system. Breaking these barriers and taking action will result in an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable food system.