Agrarian Trust is using a commons approach to help farmers secure land and build stronger, more sustainable food systems.
Farmers
Family Farmer Finds a Connection to Eaters Through Livestock
“Livestock changes the focus of everything,” says third-generation farmer Randy Hutton, Jr. “It completes the loop.”
Michigan CSA Program Brings Local Food to SNAP Families
The Michigan Farm to Family program helps SNAP families access fresh produce through affordable CSA shares while supporting local farmers.
Investing in Farmers for Ecosystem Services: A Path to Healthy Soils
Farmers are essential to build healthy soils and resilient communities.
Farmhand Foundation: Cultivating Organic Change in Southern California
Explore the innovative approach of the Farmhand Foundation in guiding Southern California farmers toward a more sustainable, organic future.
From Service to Soil: Hawaiʻi’s Veteran Farmers
Hoʻōla Farms in Hawaiʻi is helping veterans find new purpose and build community through farming.
Cornell Urban Agriculture Courses Turn Research into Action for Cities
Cornell’s free courses offer hands-on guidance to grow and scale farms in city settings.
Op-Ed | A Missing Investment Strategy: Climate Resilience Hides in Local Food Markets
Territorial markets lie at the center of resilient food systems.
EARTH University Aims to Increase Impact and Improve Global Food Systems through Nature-Positive Strategy
EARTH University’s strategy is designed to improve global food systems and help communities adapt to climate change.
Breaking Barriers: How Malawi’s Largest Smallholder Association Is Empowering Women
NASFAM is empowering Malawi’s women farmers in ways that will benefit generations to come.
Undercover Networks: How the Agrochemical Industry Silences Critics
A private social more than 500 scientists, journalists, environmentalists, and human rights experts critical of the pesticide industry and GMOs.
Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Thursday, Nov. 14
Food Tank is on the ground in Baku for COP29. Follow along and get updates from the Conference.
Op-Ed | A Case for Food Diversification
Diversification is the key to the resilience of our food systems. This is true around our climate-impacted world, but especially so across Africa and in my home country of Zimbabwe. Through both my academic research and my work as a…
EARTH University Alumni Are Leading on Global Sustainable Development
EARTH University’s academic model is creating a network of agricultural leaders and entrepreneurs.
Sustainability Means ‘Freedom to Really Farm How We Should Be Farming’
Farmer Trisha Zachman is hopeful for the future, seeing more companies looking to source responsibly raised ingredients.
FEED Summit Fosters Connections in the Wisconsin Food Entrepreneur Community
The FEED Summit brought together Wisconsin’s food entrepreneurs to connect, team up, and help them thrive in an ever-changing food landscape.
School-Supported Agriculture Can Nourish Students and Communities
School-supported agriculture can to help local farmers, foster equity, and nourish young people with fresh, healthy meals.
Easy and ‘Modern’ Isn’t Always the Best Way: The Promise of Sustainable, Humane Pig Farming
Kody McCleary, a 24 year old producer, says that maintaining the family farm for the next generation is his number one goal.
‘Biodiversity Is Our Real Crop Insurance:’ Good Land Stewardship As A Foundation of Climate Resilience
Strengthening land—and those who steward it—is central to creating a more resilient and nourishing future, panelists said at Climate Week.
Restaurants And Farms Must Lead The Way in Empowering Consumers And Taking Meaningful Climate Action
Chefs and farmers don’t only feed us food. They feed us stories—so they have a responsibility to take climate action, panelists said at a Climate Week event.
