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Community-Based Action Uplifts Small Farms in California
Caroline Radice is building the infrastructure for the food system we need and that all eaters deserve.
Telling Real Stories Through Food: Inside Sammy Monsour’s New Podcast ‘Repertoire’
Chef Sammy Monsour’s podcast Repertoire reveals the personal stories, values, and struggles that drive chefs to cook and advocate for change.
Chefs Are Rewriting the Recipe for a Climate-Resilient Future
Modern chefs are far more than food creators—they are frontline climate leaders, panelists said at “Chefs Change the World,” a Climate Week NYC 2025 Summit.
There Can Be No Climate Advocacy Movement Without Arts, Culture, and Music
During Climate Week NYC, an evening of singers, poets, visual artists, drag queens, chefs, and theater makers demonstrated the transformative power of creativity.
From Beans to Butterflies: Rethinking Food for People and Planet
By bringing creative approaches to business, restaurant cuisine, and packaged food products, we can help consumers support planetary health.
‘Chefs Change the World’ Summit Brings Chefs to the Table at Climate Week NYC
“Chefs are on the frontlines of climate every day, sourcing from farmers, shaping what diners eat, and influencing how communities understand food. Their voices carry far beyond the plate.”
The Performing Arts Are Lighting the Way for Climate Action
“Performing artists and cultural bearers play a vital role. They give us language to express our grief, fear, and curiosity. They remind us that joy and justice go together. They invite us into spaces of imagining that a different world and a different way is possible, and that in some places, it’s already taking shape.”
Lighting the Way: Celebrating Arts, Culture, and Food at Climate Week
At Climate Week NYC, the McKnight Foundation, Food Tank, and Broadway Green Alliance unite artists, chefs, and cultural leaders to celebrate arts, culture, and food as drivers of climate action.
An Investment in Food Systems Is an Investment in Health
Food is Medicine programs, when designed effectively, can improve eaters’ health, support farmers, and advance nutrition equity.
Where Culture Meets Resistance: Celebrating the Work of Black Women Chefs
Spelman College’s annual Food Justice Summit will center Black women chefs reframing culinary traditions as resistance and reclamation work.
21 New Books to Inspire the Movement for Sustainable Food Systems
These 21 books dig deep into the complexities of food, farming, and climate—offering insights for a better future.
The Ripple Effects of Federal Grant Freezes: Small Business Owners Share Their Stories
For small business owners, the impact of federal grant freezes could be devastating.
Op-Ed | The World’s Desert Farmers and Chefs Can Guide the U.S. into a Braised New World
It is time to radically redirect our food system to better adapt to a hotter, drier world. Desert farmers and chefs will be central in this transformation.
Restaurants And Farms Must Lead The Way in Empowering Consumers And Taking Meaningful Climate Action
Chefs and farmers don’t only feed us food. They feed us stories—so they have a responsibility to take climate action, panelists said at a Climate Week event.










