Ronna Welsh at work in her kitchen studio, Purple Kale Kitchenworks, where she organizes cooking classes, pop-ups, and culinary initiatives to promote ingredient-driven cooking and reduce food waste.
Crops and Commodities
Penn State’s PlantVillage Forum is Making Crop Information Free and Accessible
Penn State’s PlantVillage, an online forum, provides free access to information about plants and plant disease and provides a database of information about a crop’s description, use, and propagation.
On World Food Day One Year After Expo Milano 2015—the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Awards
As part of World Food Day on October 14, Milan’s Mayor Giuseppe Sala declared that “Milan continues to build the global council of urban food.”
More and Better’s Work on the SDGs
Food Tank recently had the opportunity to interview Aksel Naerstad, the international co-coordinator of the More and Better Network, about the Sustainable Development Goals.
New Scorecard: Olive Garden Gets F for Inaction on Antibiotics
“Chain Reaction” report from Friends of the Earth details which American chain restaurants adopted policies restricting antibiotics use by their suppliers.
Tax Reduces Junk Food Consumption in Mexico, Says Study
Researchers conducted a study on the effect of a nonessential food tax on the consumption of energy dense foods in Mexico.
FAO Highlights Increased Drought in Caribbean
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization released a report on the impact of climate change on agriculture in the Caribbean region.
New Study Suggests Americans Could Feed More People by Changing Diet
A study from Tufts University finds that a vegetarian diet with dairy products has the highest carrying capacity of agricultural land.
22 Books That Educate and Inspire #LaborDay2016
Twenty-two new books selected by Food Tank for fall 2016 that enlighten, educate, and inspire changemakers in the food movement.
Nine Questions with Richard Waycott, President and CEO of The Almond Board of California
Food Tank spoke with Richard Waycott, President and CEO of The Almond Board of California, who will be speaking at the Farm Tank Summit in Sacramento.
