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Food Tank’s assembled list includes children’s books that provoke deep thought about the status of the food system.
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12 Children’s Books to Grow Future Food Leaders

Get outside your cooking comfort zone and whip up something delightful with our favorite group of diverse culinary authors.
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Taste the Revolution: 18 Cookbooks for Building a Diverse and Just Food System

Food Waste

Got Leftovers? Transform Them with OITNB’s Alysia Reiner and Save The Food

This harvest season, Food Tank picked 19 top reads from authors taking back the food system.
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Food Tank’s Fall 2018 Reading List—19 Books To Take the Food System Back

Sam Kass believes there is no single, right way for the world to eat: rather, if everyone eats a little better, we can achieve environmental goals.
Thought Leaders

Recipes for Sustainability, Meal by Meal

The Save The Food campaign has found an adorable ally in the star of the upcoming animated movie “Peter Rabbit.”
Food Waste
Peter Rabbit Joins the Campaign to “Save The Food”

The star of the upcoming animated movie “Peter Rabbit” urges viewers, “Just don’t waste it,” in a Save The Food campaign public service announcement.

These 18 food and farming films unveil the stories, struggles, and triumphs of those working to build a better food of system.
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18 Films about Food to Inspire, Outrage, and Mobilize

Food Tank has curated a list of provocative food and farming films sure to spur debate, inspire action, and illuminate pressing food system issues.

New Netflix documentary series Rotten exposes the scandals and controversies that underlie the global food and agriculture industry.
Books + Films
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.

Food Tank’s reading list for Winter 2018 compiles 22 of the latest food and agriculture books to feed your appetite for reading.
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22 Great Reads to Stay Warm with this Winter

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.

Food Tank has compiled a list of 25 children’s books to nourish young minds and grow future foodies.
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25 Children’s Books to Nourish Curiosity

Food Tank has compiled a list of 25 children’s books to nourish inquisitive young minds and encourages children’s creativity and participation in building healthier food systems.

This video series travels from Monterrey, Mexico, to Toronto, Canada, exploring the work of eight local food and farming initiatives.
Op-Ed
New Video Series Explores Local Food Initiatives Across North America

This 10-part documentary series highlights the work of the farmers, small-businesses, and food advocates that are building stronger and healthier food communities. Read about this filmmaker’s experience of traveling 4,800 kilometers from Monterrey, Mexico, to Toronto, Canada, interviewing the heroes of North American local food.

Author and illustrator Chris Newman is releasing The Perfectly Wonky Carrot, a children’s picture book focused on food waste.
Books + Films
Engaging Children in the Fight Against Food Waste

Author and illustrator Chris Newman is teaching children about food waste and positive body image in his colorful picture book The Perfectly Wonky Carrot.

Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu’s TEDGlobal talk discusses the value of traditional African knowledge in building sustainable agriculture practices.
Small-Scale Farming
The Value of Traditional African Knowledge in Agriculture

Indigenous knowledge expert Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu’s TEDGlobal talk explores traditional African knowledge and practices used by modern farmers, with exceptional results.

In her new book "Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity," Sandra Postel explores water projects around the world that work with, rather than against, nature’s rhythms.
Books + Films
Texas Ranches Manage Cattle to Improve Habitat and Watershed Health

In her new book “Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity,” Sandra Postel explores water projects around the world that work with, rather than against, nature’s rhythms.

Op-Ed
Readers React to GMOs

Food Tank shared an opinion piece by Dr. Gurian-Sherman examining a GMO documentary. Here are several responses we received.

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