The marama plant, a legume can produce crops above and below ground. The marama plant can survive in dry climates by storing water in its roots.
Crops and Commodities
Ecuador’s All Good Fairtrade Banana Company
All Good Fairtrade, Ecuador’s cooperative of family farmers, gains international quality recognition.
Indigenous Crop: Lablab: to Cook or Not to Cook?
It is important to boil mature beans or dried beans to remove the cyanogenic glycosides.
Pearls of Production: A New Tool to Improve Millet Yields
New grain tools allow farmers to thresh pearl millet efficiently, sustainably, and productively, increasing yields and the independence of small family farms.
Flower Power: Saffron Captivates the Senses
Saffron’s flavor, fragrance, and color liven up foods and brighten up clothing throughout the world. It has also been valued for its medicinal properties.
Canada Aims to Achieve Food Security Through Seed Diversity Initiative
The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security aims to achieve food security in Canada by increasing seed diversity.
Think Global, Buy Local: A new study looks at the impact of buying local produce on local economies
Think Globally, Act Locally has been a motto of the sustainable food movement – but does it improve local economies?
Indigenous Crop: The Golden Nugget Squash
The Golden Nugget squash, which also known as the oriental pumpkin, is part of the Cucurbita maxima family.
California drought – time to rethink forgotten grains
Campaign for forgotten grain. Will California’s drought make farmers rethink what they should grow?
Science, Crops, and Food Security: Research at Tel Aviv’s The Manna Center
Researchers at The Manna Center for Plant Biosciences out of Tel Aviv University are studying plant traits to improve global food security.
More Crop Per Drop
On World Water Day this year, Food Tank honors the projects, people, and programs working tirelessly to achieve more with less water.
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.
Indigenous Crop: Umbu Tree Provides Brazilians Citrus in the Desert
This Brazilian citrus fruit tree can survive droughts by holding 3,000 liters of water in its tubers. Imagine what the umbu could do for food security.
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.
Indigenous Crop: The Boston Marrow Squash famed for its custard-like, buttery flavor
The Boston Marrow Squash is an old heirloom winter squash that is well known in Northeast America. It is was featured in Slow Food’s Ark of Taste.
Forests as Providers
Farmers, eaters, and policy makers should be educated on the resilience, health, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability of food forests.
Indigenous Crop: The Chiltepin Pepper, extremely hot!
The chiltepin is infamous for being an extremely hot chili pepper, and ranks very high on the Scoville Scale.
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.
This land is our land: The struggle for land rights in Papua New Guinea
Oakland Institute’s report, On Our Land: Modern Land Grabs Reversing Independence in Papua New Guinea, documents one of the largest land grabs in recent history
Sustainable Business: The Farmery Brings Grocery Store and Greenhouse Closer Together Than Ever
Imagine a grocery store that lets its customers pick fruits and veggies not from a bin, but from hydroponic vertical growing systems at the ends of the aisles.
