A new alliance of chefs and restaurants hopes to educate the public about the importance of bees for providing most of our food and to advocate for their protection.
Events
Seeds&Chips Global Food Innovation Summit 2017: Get 20-Percent off Tickets
The 2017 Seeds&Chips Global Food Innovation Summit will bring together hundreds of business leaders, academics, investors, policymakers, and agricultural experts to discuss innovation from farm to table, where food and technology meet, in Milano, Italy, from May 8 to 11, 2017. The Summit…
A Global Effort to Fight Food Waste
The Slow Food Youth Network (SFYN) is bringing ugly produce, funk music, and food waste education together for the world’s largest food waste awareness event on April 29: World Disco Soup Day.
Future Food-Tech is Returning to New York City
Investors, start-ups, technology companies, and food and ingredients manufacturers will convene to develop solutions to meet the global food challenge during the two-day event.
Four Earth Day Campaigns Inciting Action Around the Globe
The Earth Day Network spells out national and global campaigns for changing the food system and lowering your environmental impact.
Six Ways to Get Paid for Innovative Food Ideas
Young people working on great ideas relating to agricultural sustainability have the opportunity to earn some money by submitting applications to six competitions spotlighted by Food Tank.
International Day of Peasants’ Struggles 2017
Food sovereignty movement, La Via Campesina, honors small food producers with 21st annual International Day of Peasants’ Struggles on April 17, 2017.
Seven Ways to Host a More Sustainable Passover Seder
Passover Seder, a Jewish tradition taking place from April 10 to 18, 2017, is an opportunity for hosts and guests of the festivities to promote sustainable food practices.
Jane Maland Cady: “Grow something that you can eat and eat it”
Jane Maland Cady, PhD, is hosting a free Food Tank webinar entitled “Research for Resilience: How Farmer Centered Research Powers Ecological Solutions” on April 12, 2017, at 12pm EST.
Watch: CSIS Webcast on the Future of African Food Security
The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) is hosting a live webcast and discussion, from 9 to 10:30 am EST on April 6, to explore the role of biotechnology in the future of African food security.
Crete Cook Cultivates Sustainable Sanctuaries
Interview with Nikki Rose, Founder and Director of Crete’s Culinary Sanctuaries, about the influences of history and traditions on nutrition, sustainability, and biodiversity.
Watch: Food Tank’s Boston Summit
Food Tank was in Boston, Massachusetts, bringing a wide range of voices together—farmers, eaters, businesses, policymakers, academics, youth, funders, media, and civil society—to have uncomfortable conversations that will help make the food system better for all. We had more than 35 amazing…
Food System Leaders Gather in Brooklyn to Benefit Change Food
Fifty-five attendees gathered for a mini-gala dinner on March 27 to raise money for Change Food, an organization which strives to create a healthy food system for all.
Norbert Wilson Calls for the Creation of “Shared Values” Across the Food System
Norbert Wilson talks about the eye-opening experiences he had after college that led to his dedication to research why we eat what we eat and the circumstances that drive food waste. He also shares his ideas about how to create a more accessible food system for all.
Eat and Dance in New York City to Benefit Food Tank
Garjana, a new fitness concept to raise money for Food Tank, is bringing together hundreds of New Yorkers for a one-hour completely immersive dance workout experience on April 26, 2017, at the Highline Ballroom.