Food Tank’s 18 summer “must reads” for your tablet or bookshelf.
Agriculture
Celebrating Mothers Who Invest in Their Children and the Land
This May, let’s honor the investment that mothers throughout Rwanda—-and the rest of Africa—-are making in their children and in their land.
Indigenous Crop: Locust Bean—Not a Plant but a Tree
The locust bean tree is valuable in many ways: the fruit provides sustenance, the branches provide shade, and the leaves restore soil to good health.
Food: A Forum: Solutions for a Hungry Planet with Jon Foley
Jonathan Foley opened up Food: A Forum with detailed solutions for meeting the nutritional demands of the world’s growing population.
Food: A Forum Highlights the Big Question Marks for Farming
National Geographic’s executive editor, Dennis R. Dimick, opens the Future of Food Forum, urging a global conversation on agriculture.
IYFF: The National Family Farm Coalition Champions Family Farmers
The National Family Farm Coalition works to support U.S. family farms and healthy, sustainable food production.
10 Baltimore Urban Agriculture Projects You Should Know About
Urban agriculture supports healthy eating, local food production, and green industry in Baltimore.
The Case for Connection: Urban Farming Takes Root in Upper West Chicago
Once vacant land plots of Nicky’s farm have undergone a dramatic transformation- and so has the neighborhood of East Garfield Park in Chicago, IL.
The Smart Gardener Takes the Guesswork Out of Gardening
The Smart Gardener uses technology to help gardeners plan, plant, and harvest their gardens.
IYFF: New Brand in Peru Supports Local Women Organic Farmers
Peru’s AGROECO and ANPE-PERU are promoting a brand that will support the cultivation and sale of organic produce by smallholder women farmers.
China Shapes the Industrial Meat Complex to Meet its Growing Need for Feed
China, now a top player in the industrial meat complex, shapes global soy production.
New Partnership Advocates Closing the Gender Gap and Increasing Youth Participation in Agriculture
Food Tank and The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) announce they will be collaborating during the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF).
Sustainable Business: A Farmers’ Market at Your Fingertips—Farmigo
Bringing farmers’ markets into the Internet age, Farmigo puts the power of community-supported agriculture into the hands of consumers.
Database of Sustainable Grassland Management – Calling for Submissions!
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is calling for submissions to its Database of Best Practices in Sustainable Grassland Management.
Indigenous Crop: Fonio—One of the World’s Oldest Grains
Fonio may be one of the tastiest cereals that you have never tried.
Sunrise Ranch Permaculture Design Course Based on Original Curriculum
Sunrise Ranch intentional community has a long history of practicing sustainable agriculture and teaching permaculture design.
Digging a Green House: Walipini
This underground greenhouse will have you growing tomatoes all year round.
Artificial Fertilizer Use levels-off as regions reach state of diminishing returns
Artificial fertilizer use is leveling off and even decreasing in many regions of the world as countries have started to reach a state of diminishing returns.
Indigenous Crop: Mesquite—Ancient Flour of the Future
Mesquite has a long history of usage by Native-Americans, but is only recently being rediscovered for its tasty flour and nutritional benefits.
FarmHer: A Project By Marji Guyler-Alaniz
FarmHer is a project started by Marji Guyler-Analiz that documents through photography the important role that women play in the agricultural system.
