A documentary film adapted from the book Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé launched on Kickstarter in May 2017. Fifteen years after the book’s original publication in 2002, Luis Medina, a…
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First Food Authors on Food Habits in the Changing Dietary Landscape of India
Sunita Narain and Vibha Varshney talk about the new book, First Food: Culture of Taste, the importance of local and seasonal food in creating a healthy and diverse diet, and the need to challenge the junk food culture.
ASPCA’s Guide Helps Farmers Choose the Right Welfare Certification
Welfare certification is a small but growing section of the marketplace; ASPCA’s Farm Animal Welfare Certification Guide covers three certifications that s represent a spectrum of higher-welfare ways to raise farm animals, from indoor-enriched systems to outdoor, pasture-based systems.
Oil Crops in the Tropics: Insight on their rise and forecasts for their future
Byerlee, Falcon, and Naylor’s new book explores the oil crop revolution in the tropics, providing insight on its drivers, the impacts of its production, and a look into its future.
Food Tank’s Reading List: 17 Books to Dig into this Spring
Mussels, cheeses, and biofuels. Permaculture and mini farms. Presidential chefs and scientists. Food Tank’s Spring reading list is a feast for the mind and stomach.
Food Values: What We Choose to Eat and What We Throw Away
Tama Matsuoka discusses how modern cultural values about which food is good and which is bad cause consumers to waste food, and how to change that.
Under Contract: Documentary Exposes Hardships of Contract Farming
Under Contract: Farmers and the Fine Print gives a voice to farmers who are trapped in merciless production contracts. The documentary allows farmers and industry experts to describe how production contracts—the new face of modern agriculture—is reshaping rural America
Letters to a Young Farmer: Stone Barns Center Releases Its First Book
Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture released Letters to a Young Farmer, a book which compiles insight from some of the most influential farmers, writers, and leaders in the food system in an anthology of essays and letters.
Food Tank’s Reading List: 17 Books for Winter 2017
Check out these latest and upcoming releases from farmers, biologists, and food leaders to inform and inspire a food revolution in 2017.
Twenty Magazines for People Who Eat, Cook, or Grow
These 19 magazines offer stories, news, and research on the latest food and agriculture news.
One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts focuses on regenerative farming
As a re-generational farmer Will Harris manages a living ecosystem centered on sustainability, animal welfare, and humane agricultural and environmental stewardship.
Meghan Carreau is Making School Lunch More Nutritious—and Fun!
Food Tank spoke with Meghan Carreau, the founder of the new kid-centric meal delivery service, TuckrBox.
17 Big Bets for a Sustainable Future
With contributions from global leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs, 17 Big Bets for a Better World outlines a range of perspectives on reaching SDGs.
22 Books That Educate and Inspire #LaborDay2016
Twenty-two new books selected by Food Tank for fall 2016 that enlighten, educate, and inspire changemakers in the food movement.
Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein on Health and the Microbiome
Food Tank had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein, a pediatric neurologist, herbalist, urban farmer, naturalist, and author of The Dirt Cure.
New Documentary Features Regenerative Farming Practices at Polyface Farm
Joel Salatin\’92s Polyface Farm is featured in a new documentary, Polyfaces.
Food Tank’s Summer 2016 Reading List
Food Tank has hand picked 16 books that educate, inform, and inspire us in a wide range of topics.
The First 1,000 Days by Roger Thurow: Eliminating Global Malnutrition 1,000 Days at a Time
Roger Thurow’s The First 1,000 Days follows 12 women from 4 countries as they struggle to provide the best care for their babies in the crucial first 1000 days.
Eighteen Food-Focused Books You Must Read This Spring
Food Tank has selected 18 books that will inspire and inform readers on topics ranging from food justice to urban composting to local food systems.
Groundbreaking New Book: Eating Planet
The publication addresses three paradoxes in the food system—food waste, the coexistence of malnutrition and obesity, and the overuse of natural resources.
