Erasing world hunger—and ensuring the health of our environment—is a challenge that will take creative solutions to solve. In these 10 episodes of “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” experts discuss how they’re rethinking nutrition for our modern world.
Climate Change
Opinion | Changing Agriculture from a GHG Emitter to Absorber
Regenerative agriculture is catching the eye of policymakers and companies that see these farming practices as good for boosting soil health and farmer resilience as well as reducing GHG emissions.
Opinion | How Grocery Lists Can Green the World
The free flow of information about food’s environmental footprint is critical for unleashing the growing eco-consumerism movement.
Sweden’s Dietary Guidelines: “Eat greener, not too much, and be active.”
Sweden’s simple and straightforward approach to dietary recommendations makes it easy for citizens to make informed choices about their impact on the environment and their health.
New Index Helps Countries Boost Food Systems Sustainability
Countries have generally high agrobiodiversity but need to step up to foster sustainability in food and agriculture, a new index from Bioversity International shows.
Chobani Food Tech Residency Using Yogurt for Better Tech
Chobani’s manufacturing facilities are cultivating more than bacteria for yogurt—they’re also working to support early-stage food tech startups.
11 Kitchen Hacks to Cut Down on Food Waste in the Tastiest Way
Use your food to its fullest potential. By using the often-forgotten peels, stems, leaves, and other parts of an ingredient, you can waste less and taste more. Food Tank gives 11 tips for maximizing what you buy at the grocery store.
Opinion | How U.S. Agricultural Subsidies Degrade Land and Soil
Agricultural lands are less productive than five years ago, even though global food production has increased. Agricultural subsidies promote practices that degrade soil health by damaging the nutrient rich microbiomes that help crops grow.
An Unexpected Collaboration Is Reducing Food Waste in Illinois
It Can be Done: The Wasted Food Solutions Task Force is bringing together organizations from all ends of the food recovery network in Illinois, fighting to reduce food waste through unique initiatives targeting policy, education, and asset-mapping.
Severe Weather in the U.S. Is Impacting Global Food Security
Climate change brings heavy rainfall and flooding to key farm states in the Midwestern U.S. causing price spikes globally and a reminder that in a globalized food system the impacts are felt far beyond the farm.
Under Climate Change: the Policy Catalyzing Transformation
According to the panel of experts, food policy addressing GHG emissions, waste, and dietary patterns need this to transform food under climate change.
Opinion | How Fiery Desert Chilis Can Protect Us from Climate Change
A landscape of thorny agaves, cacti, mesquite trees, and rock is not the first place one might imagine searching for the future of food. How could such a hot, dry place contain some of the keys to nourishing the world?
Meat in the Middle: Blended Options Join Eaters in Sustainability
New options on grocery store shelves nationwide this summer remind eaters that flexitarian diets can help even committed meat-eaters limit their impact on the environment.
Opinion | Beyond Hummus
There’s little doubt that chickpea farmers will be sorely challenged by the extremes caused by climate change. But if we find a place at the dinner table for wild relatives, there will be enough hummus, chana masala, and farinata di ceci to go around.
The 29 Books on Food Tank’s Summer Reading List
While summer is normally the season for getting away from it all, instead we challenge our readers to dive deeper into the areas of the food system in which they desire change with these 29 books.
Global Soil Week to Discuss Sustainable Land Management
The 5th Global Soil Week will convene more than 200 experts, policymakers, and civil society representatives to discuss the urgency for investing in sustainable land management.
Our Understanding of Food Isn’t Good Enough in D.C.
As part of Food Tank’s first bi-monthly event on Capitol Hill on May 10, moderator Frank Sesno sat down with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, Geeta Sethi, and Norbert Wilson to talk about the areas of the food system that policies must address for improved health world-wide.
Celebrating the Mediterranean Diet’s Impact on Health and the Planet
This May, International Mediterranean Diet Month acknowledges the impacts conscious eating can have on mental, physical, and planetary health across the world.
Dr. Bronner’s Helps Bring Better Opportunities to Farmers in India
A sustainable soap company is paving the way for using sustainable agricultural practices which can be used to build a better food system.
Adapting Western Africa’s Seed Laws May Be Key to Enhancing Crop Diversity
Policies related to seed law need reform if West African farmers are to improve crop diversity and manage their own seeds.
