The 2018 BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition encourages collaborative investigations and research projects from early-career scientists in food, agriculture, nutrition, and sustainability.
Agriculture
New Report: Rural American Workers Still Struggle to Recover from Great Recession
President Trump’s Task Force on Agricultural and Rural Prosperity reveals hardships of rural life after the Great Recession.
Respect Your Elders—Plants!
His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, is using his platform to push world leaders—and world eaters—to respect, honor, value, and most importantly protect the world’s agricultural diversity.
Family Farms and Food System Transparency for Change
Roger Johnson tells the importance of supporting family farms and encouraging a more transparent food system to spark consumer engagement. He will be speaking at the Washington D.C. Food Tank Summit in February.
Ndidi Nwuneli: Unlocking the Potential of Agriculture and Nutrition in West Africa
Focusing on the well-being and improved lives of West African farmers, Ndidi Nwuneli talks about passion and seeking change in her local state and throughout West Africa.
Demand-driven Innovation for the Drylands to “deliver better nutrition for you and economic opportunity for smallholder farmers”
ICRISAT’s goals are to improve food availability and rural livelihoods in drought-prone areas by combining crop commodity research with natural resource management practices. Bergvinson leads its strategic development and is an expert in international agriculture research for development.
“Need to break the cycle of industrial farming, poverty, and poor health”
Nick Jacobs, a specialist in agri-food, trade, and development policies, discusses IPES-Food’s recent report, entitled Unravelling the Food-Health Nexus, and how to change the global food system.
Why Healthy Humans and Ecosystems Need Healthy Soil
BCFN Alumni Emanuela Pille da Silva and Anabel González Hernández are using soil microbes and plant microorganisms to monitor and aid the recovery of degraded lands.
More Investment in Small-Scale Agriculture Needed
A new report by international network More and Better provides an overview of global investments in agriculture, stating that more investment in sustainable small-scale agriculture in needed.
Biodiversity for Resilience Against Natural Disasters
As climate shocks increase in frequency and intensity, agricultural biodiversity—the variety of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms used for agriculture and food production—is an increasingly important part of resilience building.
Celebrating 30 Years of Agricultural Innovation
The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) is Africa’s largest sub-regional research organization working to create long-term, sustainable improvements in agriculture and eliminate food insecurity in West Africa.
Applications for Food Sustainability Media Awards Now Open
Applications are now open for the Food Sustainability Media Award, which recognizes excellence in reporting and communicating issues related to food security, sustainability, agriculture, and nutrition.
Greening Iraq’s Refugee Camps: “This garden is my kingdom”
Being a refugee is rarely a brief, temporary situation. Urban agriculture and greening innovation can provide sovereignty, empowerment, and dignity in crisis. We spoke with the Lemon Tree Trust, a UKK nonprofit working in refugee camps across the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Netflix Reveals Rotten Truths of Industrial Food Industry
New Netflix true-crime documentary series Rotten exposes the corruption and controversies that underlie the global food and agriculture industry.
Sustainable Forests for Food Security and Nutrition
Forests represent far more than natural resources and goods: they are part of human culture, identity, knowledge, and history, and for those who live in and near to them, they are central to their lives.
Food Tank’s Reading List: 22 Books for Winter 2018
Spanning an array of topics, such as land and culinary justice, the rise of the organic food movement, and immigrant and transnational cuisine, Food Tank’s Winter Reading List will help fuel your passion for sustainable food.
To Save Family Farms, We Must Oppose Monsanto-Bayer Merger
The pending Monstanto-Bayer merger will increasingly limit farmers choices while increasing the price of required agricultural inputs. Congressional candidate Austin Frerick is out to right this wrong, restore competition within the market, and save family farms.
Robotics and Automation Are Transforming Food System Labor
From seed to table, a revolution in technology that prioritizes robotics and automation is on the cusp of transforming what the work required to produce, transport, sell, and serve food looks like.
16 Young Entrepreneurs Revolutionizing Food and Farming
These 16 young entrepreneurs are at the forefront of reducing food loss and waste, increasing crop yields, improving market access, developing novel technologies, and increasing urban and sustainable farming practices across the globe.
118 Organizations to Watch in 2018
2017 was an exciting year for Food Tank, and we’re looking forward to more progress and sharing more interesting food and agriculture stories in 2018! Here’s a look at some of the organizations we think we’ll be talking more about.
