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Mill City Farmers Markets Innovates Around COVID-19
“The biggest goal will be to keep the distancing possible. So, how do we move customers through quickly and safely, and change what markets have been, which is a place to congregate and socialize?”
School Lunches Are As Important As Ever, Says Fleishman
“When chefs are able to see that they can be creative with school food and they can help change the palates of our youngest generation – I think it brings more culinary talent into this field,” says Fleishman.
Gene Baur Talks Farm Animals In Crisis
“Government policies and laws are very important – and have enabled an inefficient system – and that has to change.”
New Lab Works to Help Bring Plant-Based Food Businesses to Life
New innovation lab helps entrepreneurs grow plant-based food businesses in North Carolina
Bob Martin Talks About Citizen Eaters and COVID-19
“I do think food is kind of the social issue of our time, when we’re not worried about being wiped out by novel flu virus”
We Must Meet The Needs Of Those Most Affected By COVID-19, Says Kimbal & Christiana Musk
Today on “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Kimbal and Christiana Musk. They discuss the importance of providing nutritious meals for students who are food insecure and rely on school lunches for sustenance.
Food Workers Are On The Front Line In The Fight Against COVID-19, Says Patel
Dani Nierenberg talks with Raj Patel, Research Professor in the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, about the impact of COVID-19 on food and farm workers.
Op-Ed: The 2021 Food Systems Summit Has Started on the Wrong Foot – But it Could Still Be Transformational
The opaque process leading up to the Food Systems Summit has fueled concerns that it will in fact ignore the growing consensus on how to fix food systems, and ignore those who are already fixing them,” write Olivier De Schutter and Olivia Yambi, co-chairs of IPES-Food.
Canada’s Agriculture Industry Expected To Receive Three Billion Canadian Dollars
The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a five-year federal, provincial, and territorial project to invest three billion dollars into Canada’s agriculture sector.
General Mills Launches Regenerative Wheat Farming Pilot in Kansas
General Mills launches a regenerative wheat farming pilot program to train farmers on regenerative practices and encourage 1 million acres by 2030
Helping Local Farmers in Madagascar Create Sustainable (And Profitable) Businesses
Dani Nierenberg chats with Tim McCollum, founder and CEO of Beyond Good, an organic chocolate company that exclusively sources cacao from local farmers in Madagascar and Uganda.
20 Heroines Revolutionizing Food Activism to Improve the Planet
Twenty female food activists from around the world aim to improve the global food system on International Women’s Day 2020.
Largest Seed Deposit in a Decade at Svalbard Global Seed Vault Celebrates Diversity
The seed count at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault mounted 1 million with contributions from the Cherokee Nation and more first-time donors.
Opinion | Ditch the Lawn, Save the Wild Bees
The Save the Bees movement should really be “Save the Flowers.” There are many more wild bee species than most people realize, says Deborah Hill.
Opinion | The Last Crop Before the Desert
Breeders from ICARDA are using a crop’s wild cousins to develop barley varieties that can survive on the fringes of the desert.
A New Global Foresight Tool Hopes to Predict the Future of Agriculture
IFPRI has created a new tool that encourages policymakers to use foresight analysis to predict policy implications that ensure a sustainable food system.
North Carolina Group Aims to Promote Local Food
Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture aims to cultivate a connection between local farming and the community with a grassroots, feminist spirit.
Supporting Organic Farms at the Market and the Bank
Raya Carr, Events Coordinator and Shepherdess at Mint Creek Farms, shares new ways that we as consumers and investors can support local organic farmers, and those who want to start their own farms.
Collective Power Can Help Us Buy Better Food, Says Jose Oliva
At a recent Food Tank Live event in Chicago, Dani had the chance to speak with Jose Oliva, campaign director of HEAL Food Alliance. Their mission is to use collective power to create food and farm systems that are healthy for the farmer, the consumer, and the economy.
