Tunis, Tunisia – Treatment against Red Palm Weevil in the streets of Tunis, 2013. ©FAO/Daniel Beaumont Red Palm Weevil (RPW) is a key pest of palms originating from South and South East Asian Countries that has significantly expanded its geographical…
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20 Cookbooks For a Better Food System
Food Tank has selected 20 cookbooks that reflect a growing and transforming food system.
Focus on Food: A Conversation with Congressman Dwight Evans
Congressman Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania details his work on food security in America and the importance of strong food policy both domestically and internationally in a conversation with Food Tank.
AI-Powered Food Computers Designing New Ways of Growing Crops
Researchers at OpenAg have developed a series of personal food computers, which are different-sized controlled growing environments that collect thousands of data points on the crops growing inside of them.
Partnership Aims to Train Needed Organic Seed Farmers
A first-of-its-kind educational partnership between the Organic Seed Alliance and the Multinational Exchange for Sustainable Agriculture is stepping up to train hundreds of new seed growers in organic production.
Climate Change Could Kill off Ethiopian Coffee within 70 Years
Warmer temperatures and long droughts might make caffeine harder to come by. The effects of climate change could cause Arabica coffee to be extinct in Ethiopia by 2080.
A Different Type of Union: Indigenous Farm Workers Land New Contract
First New Farm Union in Half-Century signs labor contract to improve wages and working conditions.
Twenty Seed-Saving Initiatives Preserving Biodiversity Around the World
These 20 initiatives across the world are preserving seed biodiversity for future generations.
Africa Needs Better Farm Policy—Not Better Farmers
I’ve recently spent several weeks in Malawi, and for about 15 years I have been working with colleagues on measuring the impacts of agricultural input use in Africa. With American budget cuts looming, I spent some of my time overseas…
Monsanto Faces Labor Law Violations Class Action Suit
Seed-corn workers brought a first of its kind class action suit against seed giant Monsanto for violations to two federal labor laws the day after the release of a two-year investigation into labor violations in the seed-corn industry.
Insights from Tracking Promises: Guatemala
Malnutrition levels comparable to Malawi, hazard risk exposure greater than Haiti, and lower-middle-income status. These perplexing conditions mark the country of Guatemala, the wealthiest country served by the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative Feed the Future.
Advocating for Food Sovereignty at La Via Campesina
La Via Campensina, one of the world’s largest grassroots movements, is holding their seventh International Conference this July to advocate agroecology as the path towards Food Sovereignty.
FAO Places Sustainable Agriculture Center Stage in National Climate Change Plans
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has unveiled new guidelines to help countries place agriculture at the center of climate change adaptation plans.
In India, Farmers Are Taking a Novel Approach to Drought Adaptation
The Doba Livelihood Program is helping Indian farmers adapt to climate change by linking indigenous knowledge with academic research.
Free from Debt and Suicide: India’s Natural Farmers
Ashlesha Khadse’s friends in Bangalore’s hi-tech boom are sometimes envious of her work. It’s true that they have their weekends free, but being immersed in a David and Goliath fight for a fair food system seems like pretty meaty stuff.…
Surviving the Drought with Jamaican Farmer Field Schools
Since winning the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition’s YES! Competition last year, Shaneica Lester and Anne-Teresa Birthwright now run a knowledge transfer project for small-scale farmers in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. Lester and Birthwright’s program, which focuses on irrigation conservation…
22 Women Fighting for Food System Change
Women around the world are pushing the food system to become more sustainable, equitable, and innovative. Food Tank assembled a list of 22 inspiring women farmers, entrepreneurs, and advocates who are changing the food system for the better.
Encouraging Investments in Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture
The More and Better Network, an international network for support of food, agriculture, and rural development to eradicate hunger and poverty, recently released a report, Investments in Small-Scale Sustainable Agriculture, to shed light on the lack of financial investment plans available to small-scale food producers across the globe.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Wins the 2017 World Food Prize
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, was announced as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate at a ceremony at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Stephanie Whalen Speaks With Food Tank About Farming In Hawaii
Food Tank talks specialty crops, local farming, and educating the future generation of sustainable farmers with Hawaii Agriculture Research Center’s Stephanie Whalen.
