Vertical Harvest, an urban hydroponic farm, is working to bridge the gap in employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities.
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12 Companies Creating Upcycled Food from Waste Products
Discover how companies are upcycling food waste into delicious solutions, reducing environmental impact and promoting a healthier world.
Project Black and Blue Is Revolutionizing Support for Food Service Workers in Crisis
Kate Meier, the visionary behind Project Black and Blue, shares her mission to uplift food service workers in crisis through emergency aid, driven by her personal commitment and dedication to community wellness.
Lifting the Cap Is Just the Start: Transforming Policies for Street Food Vendors in NYC
The Street Vendor Project is empowering and protecting New York City’s street vendors, ensuring their voices are heard, and fighting for a fairer system.
At National Events, Let’s Keep Food Businesses Accountable to People and the Planet
While many companies highlight sustainable practices, accountability is crucial to ensure they are reaching realistic climate goals.
Is Corporate Consolidation Leading to Higher Egg Prices?
Between December 2021 and December 2022, the cost of eggs more than doubled.
ReFED Launches New Tool to Track Funding Aimed at Food Waste
ReFED’s new tool allows users to follow trends in food waste reduction strategies and the financing that drives them.
Tea As A Catalyst For Social Change
Nepal Tea’s goal is to uplift one million people out of poverty in this generation.
Preparing Chefs for the Modern Culinary Industry
In order to succeed in the modern culinary and hospitality industries, Chef Daryl Shular says chefs must have business skills, understand the science of cooking, and advocate for sustainability.
Food Tech Startup Aims to Offer a More Sustainable Jackfruit-Based Meat Alternative
The Singapore-based food tech startup Karana Foods is working to support biodiversity and benefit farmers, consumers, and chefs, through a meat alternative made from jackfruit.
Is Fake Meat a False Promise? New Report Exposes the Politics of Alternative Proteins
The new Politics of Protein report by IPES-Food finds that fake meats “risk recreating the same problems of our industrial food system.”
The Coalition Fighting to Save Independent Restaurants
Chef and food advocate Tom Colicchio talks about the future of the hospitality industry and the changing culture of restaurants and explains why the issue of food waste is “low hanging fruit.”
Food Tank’s Spring 2022 Book List
Food Tank is rounding up 20 titles that celebrate ancestral farming practices, document the importance of marine ecosystems, introduce readers to new recipes, and more.
“We as Consumers Need to Hold Brands Accountable for Their Commitments,” Says Jillian Semaan
What will the future of sustainable investment look like?
“To help the planet and the Earth, it’s all about connection,” says Adrian Grenier
Grenier’s new documentary series Earth Speed aims to show how both personal development and environmental innovations can contribute to a better world by connecting viewers to stories of the land.
Good for plate and planet: “The future has to be delicious”
According to Kamine, “if one out of every five pieces of chicken that we all ate was a Do Good Chicken, we’d solve food waste in the next five years.”
Vital Farms: “We’re aligned around something much bigger than selling eggs”
At the Future of Food @ SXSW, Jennifer Gregg says companies need to ask what crew members need and rally behind it, rather than telling them what they need.
JEDI Collaborative, New Hope Network Launch New Survey to Improve Diversity of Food Business Leaders
JEDI Collaborative and New Hope Network hope to use the survey results to inform efforts to make food businesses more inclusive, equitable, and just.
New Book Shows How To Build Resilient Restaurants
Recently released Ten Year Plan details the importance of having a long-term plan for restauranteurs to handle short-term crises.
Starbucks Employees Want Their Actual—Not Metaphorical—Seat at the Table
Starbucks workers in Buffalo, NY are fighting to unionize.
