Melbourne, Australia is recognizing the impact food has on the health and well-being of its community and is committed to promoting a healthy food system.
Climate Change
Breaking: Climate Change Threatens Human Health
A groundbreaking study, released May 7th in Nature by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) indicates rising CO2 threatens human nutrition.
Food: A Forum: Addressing Food Security for a Population of Nine Billion
During “Food Security In an Insecure World,” panelists highlighted the importance of working with farmers and investment in nutrition and infrastructure.
Menus of Change: “This is how I’m going to be a leader”
The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard partner for a better food system.
New Report hits home: No one will be untouched by climate change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released it’s 5th International Assessment on the impacts of climate change.
Cool Foods Campaign’s Food & Climate: Connecting the Dots, Choosing the Way Forward
In the face of a changing climate, perhaps organic agriculture was once viewed as “alternative” deserves another look.
Going Against the Grain to Use Less Water: Rice Farmers Experiment with Direct-Seeded Rice
In these water-scarce times, direct-seeded rice can help farmers reduce water and labor inputs while maintaining or even improving rice yields.
NEW REPORT: Food Tank By The Numbers: Family Farming
Food Tank highlights new research showing how family farms, can nourish the world while protecting the environment in a new report, Food Tank by the Numbers.
Researching the links between Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security
Food Tank speaks with Sonja Vermeulen of CCAFS about addressing climate change and improving food security through agriculture.
Real Food Media Contest Films Highlight Sustainable Farming and Agriculture
The Real Food Media Project has selected the top films among the submissions from its Real Food Media Contest.
IYFF: Climate-Smart Villages will help farmers in Nepal adapt to climate change
Climate-Smart Villages in Nepal link smallholder farmers to agricultural markets and teach farming techniques to weather climate change.
The Great Green Wall of Africa: Greening the Sahel to Turn Back the Tide of Desertification
The Great Green Wall is a bold effort to re-forest thousands of kilometers of land in the Sahel while developing local economies and reversing desertification.
World Congress on Agroforestry: a springboard to accelerate the impacts of agroforestry
The World Congress on Agroforestry will increase awareness, support, engagement, and investment in agroforestry this week in Delhi, India.
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Program Lanuches New Microsite
The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security program started by The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research launched a new microsite.
3 Reasons You Need to Support Indigenous Peoples, Even If You Are Not Indigenous
Your trendy new tea or super-fruit of the month was most likely discovered by Indigenous Peoples long before they hit your grocery store shelf.
Five ways System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices and ideas can help “feed the world”
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) practices and ideas can help “feed the world,” support family farmers, and help protect the environment.
Food Tank Book of the Week: The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it
Julian Cribb illuminates what he calls, Humanity’s greatest test—how do we feed a growing population with less?
When Less is More; Farmers Are Reaping the Benefits of No-till Agriculture
No-till agriculture can help farmers reduce erosion, improve soil quality, and sequester carbon in soils.
World’s poorest need land rights to cope with climate change
Families and communities most impacted by climate change –and by our responses to it– do not have secure land rights and therefore face added vulnerabilities.
Meat’s large water footprint: why raising livestock and poultry for meat is so resource-intensive
Why revealing the virtual water hidden in meat and explaining its resource-intensity matters; acknowledging the potential problems and limits for ways forward.
