Gardening has allowed inmates in prisons across America to learn a new skill, and provide fresh produce to surrounding communities.
Agriculture
Enset: Ethiopia’s Ancient Solution for Soil Health
Enset can be utilized as an agricultural tool for protecting soil health.
Food Tank Book of the Week: Cows Save the Planet by Judith Schwartz
Judith Schwartz argues that restoring carbon to soil through an admittedly unlikely candidate – the cow – could yield many lasting benefits.
International Year of Family Farming: Successes of Cover Cropping Explored in National Survey
The Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) recently released a report outlining positive results from a survey on cover cropping practices.
Urban Garden Project Converts Trash into Produce in Masaya, Nicaragua
The Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Masaya Without Borders Association have teamed up to use waste to create community gardens to fight hunger.
The Global FoodBanking Network Helps Turn the Problem of Food Waste into a Humanitarian Solution
The Global FoodBanking Network creates, supplies, and strengthens food banks and food bank networks around the world, using food waste as a solution to hunger.
African Green Revolution Forum 2013: Good examples and policies within a bad model
The African Green Revolution Forum addressed scaling up agribusiness through public-private partnerships, but where were the smallholder farmers?
Northwest Earth Institute Helps People Dig Deeper into Food Issues
Northwest Earth Institute’s new discussion courses explore the interconnections of our food systems and our relationship to and responsibility in these systems.
Food Tank Book of the Week: Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land by Gary Paul Nabhan
Food Tank’s Book of the Week shares sustainable solutions for farmers to prepare for the effects of climate change.
International Year of Family Farming: SELF Helps Family Farmers Conserve Valuable Water Resources
Food Tank interviews Robert Freling, Executive Director of SELF, about water-conserving innovations for family farmers.
