These 12 artists have participated in the movement to change the food system, either by teaming up with organizations or influencing their fans to take action.
Agriculture
‘Clean’ Cookstoves Simultaneously Improve Women’s Health and Save Money
Millions of people die each year from smoke exposure due to using open cooking fires in their homes; clean, more efficient cookstoves are a viable alternative.
Food Tank Book of the Week: Sowing Seeds in the Desert by Masanobu Fukuoka
In Sowing Seeds in the Desert, Masanobu Fukuoka tackles much more than superficial solutions to global desertification.
An Overview of Eliminate Poverty Now
Eliminate Poverty Now focuses on investing at the local level by providing funds for projects that address local needs as identified by communities themselves.
A Partnership with Food MythBusters
Food Tank is partnering with Food MythBusters to build an international food community through the power of information.
Study: Crop Yield Trends Not on Track to Meet Global Demand in 2050
A new study warns that global production of food crops is not increasing quickly enough to meet the world’s projected needs in 2050.
Smithsonian Launches Agriculture Innovation and Heritage Archive
The Smithsonian highlights transformations of American agriculture through leveraging stories from the public.
Honey Laundering: Two Honey-Processing Companies Charged in Anti-Dumping Case
A recent investigation has led to charges against two honey-processing companies as well as five individuals for illegal importation of honey.
FAO Promotes New Agroforestry Rules
The U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says new rules and policies will need to be implemented around the world in order to fully realize agroforestr
Raisins Reach the Supreme Court
Raisin producers are going to the Supreme Court to fight marketing restrictions created 64 years ago.
