Climate Change

To Slow Climate Change, We Must Reimagine What It Means to Eat Like an American

Frances Moore Lappé calls the American fascination with animal protein “a fixation.” To mitigate climate change, it’s time for U.S. consumers to reassess their consumption patterns.

National Climate Leadership on Healthy and Sustainable Diets: A Win-win for People and Planet

Climate action plans required by the Paris Agreement are a strategic opportunity to center food systems in government policies.

Green Hope Offers Youth Solutions Around the Globe

Green Hope Foundation creates youth-led localized solutions for sustainable development in regions and communities most affected by climate change.

How Can Nutrition Professionals Help the Food System?

A new paper outlines how dietitians and nutrition professionals can promote sustainable food systems.

Nipah Virus Reemerges in India

Farmers worry how the concerns over the virus might impact demand for their products.

NOLA Nonprofit Provides Hurricane Relief to Culture Bearers

Feed the Second Line works with culture bearers and elders across New Orleans to combat food waste and repair damaged roofs in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

Are Young People Really Eating Less Meat?

Young people are buying and eating more meat than older generations, according to new research from the World Resources Institute.

The Table to Farm Movement Championing Sustainable Agriculture in Colorado

Boulder County’s new program helps restaurants to support regional regenerative farming.

Swette Center Report Calls on Biden-Harris Administration to Prioritize Organic Agriculture

New Swette Center report makes 46 recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration to advance organic agriculture as part of its Build Back Better initiative.

Connecting the Dots During the Super Year of Food

This is the first piece in a series produced by the Global Action Platform on Sustainable Consumption and Diets. Read parts two and three, and learn more by visiting their webpage here. Humanity’s chance of achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable…

Fighting Climate Change With Food

Learn more about local and global actions you can take to lead a more climate-friendly lifestyle.

How a Small California Farm and Tribal Nation are Working Together to Become Part of the Solution to Climate Change

The carbon farming practices sequester carbon, promote soil health, increase biodiversity, and build land resilience.

UK Paludiculture Project Promotes Carbon Sequestration

Wet farming poses a promising solution for carbon sequestration as peatlands are given new life by Water Works project.

How Fungi Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis

The Fungi Foundation is raising awareness about the essential role mushrooms and other fungi play.

Grasslands Are Turning into Carbon Sources, Study Finds

Worldwide, grasslands absorb as much carbon as they emit, but climbing demand for meat and dairy and poor land management threaten this balance.

Expanding Nutrition Initiatives in Lead-Up to U.N. Food Systems Summit

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is playing a key role in improving the nutrition landscape in Ethiopia.

R&DE Stanford Dining Joins Drawdown Labs: Why it Could Mark the Tipping Point for Campus Dining as a Critical Lever for Scaling Climate Solutions

Stanford Dining is the first university-based member in Drawdown Labs’ network of business leaders taking accelerated action against climate change.

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.

Virginia Tech Research Explores Climate Change and the Future of Food in Nepal

Many communities in Nepal heavily rely on natural resources – the consequences of climate change will have a major disproportionate impact.

Agrivoltaics May Offer Fresh Way to Produce Food and Energy

Placing solar panels on America’s farms could generate more than 100,000 rural jobs and eliminate as much carbon from the atmosphere as taking 71,000 cars off the road each year.

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