Books + Films

25 Books on Food Tank’s Summer 2021 Reading List

Just in time for summer, Food Tank is highlighting 25 books that celebrate local ingredients, explore the intersection of food and technology, and inspire eaters to take action.

What Dinner Theater Must Learn From the Good Food Movement

How good food enhances taste, nutrition, and storytelling for a deeper theatrical experience.

New Book Addresses Hidden Costs of Food

A new book, the True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale, provides a new way to understand the social, human, economic and environmental costs of the food system.

Food Tank’s 2021 Podcast List

These 33 podcasts dive into all corners of the food world and offer a wealth of knowledge for the food-curious listener.

New Competition Places Youth at the Center of Food Systems Change

Young people aged 13-18 can enter a one-minute video for the chance to have their call to action shared with a global audience.

Our Changing Menu Launches Awareness Campaign About the Climate Crisis

Search the website’s ingredient databases to see how climate change will impact food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

New Book, Uncommonly Good, Shares Recipes and a Story of Shared Dreams

The recently released book by Matthew Wexler and Tesha Buss tells the story of two friends’ efforts to bring the retreat center, Good Commons, to life.

Dr. Mark Hyman Talks Food, COVID-19, and the Pegan Diet

Dr. Mark Hyman reveals how to optimally eat for personal and environmental health.

Food Tank’s Spring 2021 Reading List

Food Tank is highlighting 23 books to help readers learn about the food system, cook with new flavors, and grow their own food this spring.

Michelle Obama’s New Cooking Show Inspires Kids to Try Foods from Around the World

First lady Michelle Obama joins two puppets—Waffles and Mochi—on a culinary journey across the globe in a new family-friendly show.

Michael Moss’s Hooked Explores the Ways Companies Manipulate Our Diets

Hooked by Michael Moss explores food addiction, the importance of government intervention, and companies’ tactics to keep consumers coming back for more.

A Community Fights for Power in “A Reckoning in Boston”

A new film, A Reckoning in Boston, explores the development of Boston’s first urban farming co-op and the racist and misogynistic structures that oppress communities of color.

24 Books About Food Recommended by Food Tank this Winter

Food Tank’s 2021 Winter Book List hopes to reignite hope and spark inspiration to change the global food system for the better.

A New Musical, TREES, Tells the Story of the Forest

Watch the new thirty-minute musical about saving the planet, TREES, until December 27.

Nourishing Community Through Art: Estella Scrooge Benefits Food Tank

“Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist” – a modern take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – premiered this month. Together with Streaming Musicals, the film’s producers are donating a portion of proceeds to support Food Tank.

26 Children’s Books to Nourish Growing Minds

Food Tank’s list of children’s books to read about food and the food system.

How Writers Are Impacting the Food System

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” hear about the authors who are writing about and inspiring change in the food system today. Dani talks with Marion Nestle, Tom Philpott, Hari Pulapaka, and Michael Pollan.

Food Tank’s Fall 2020 Reading List

As the cool weather sets in, Food Tank is here with a list of 22 books to inspire hope for the food system’s future.

Kiss the Ground Documentary Inspires Action to Regenerate the World’s Soils

Kiss the Ground, a new film premiering on Netflix on September 22, aims to inspire action to regenerate the world’s soils

New on the Podcast: Marion Nestle Discusses Her New Book and the Current State of Food Politics

Marion Nestle’s new book Let’s Ask Marion: What You Need to Know about the Politics of Food, Nutrition, and Health examines a wide range of issues from school lunches, cultured meat, superfoods, and self-medicating with dietary supplements.

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