After leaving the family farm, Elle Gadient realized that the hard work and uncertainty of farming are part of what made it home.
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The Race to Protect Food Systems: Supporting Farmers Before El Niño
El Niño could bring more drought and flooding, but early action can help protect farmers, food supplies, and vulnerable communities.
In Minnesota, Hear Stories from the Present and Future of Farming
Join Food Tank in Minneapolis for Celebrating Minnesota’s Farmers: A Love Story.
TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation Wants to Build a Food System Grounded in Resilience
This living lab wants to show that farmers can thrive when they transition to regenerative practices.
Food Tank Explains: Land Tenure
Land tenure can shape how farmers invest, how communities make a living, and who has the power to make decisions about land.
How an Opera Singer Found Connection Through Farming
After COVID-19 paused her career, an opera singer found a new calling in farming—and a way to help people reconnect with food, nature, and one another.
Data Centers Want Pennsylvania’s Farmland—This Bill Could Protect It
A GOP bill seeks to restrict data center construction on prime farmland as the rural state faces increasing pressure from developers.
School Meals Nourish Communities Beyond the Classroom
School meal programs can do much more than address hunger—they can transform agriculture, strengthen local economies, and improve children’s futures.
Agroecology Pays Off: Report Highlights Major Gains for Burkina Faso Farmers
In Burkina Faso, farmers using nature-friendly methods are seeing bigger harvests and higher incomes even in areas hit hard by drought, floods, and conflict
From Risk to Resilience in Nebraska’s Hog Industry
After years of financial risk, a Nebraska farm family finds stability and renewed purpose through a different way of raising hogs.
At a Kenya Research Center, Insects Are Helping Farmers Reduce Their Reliance on Synthetic Fertilizers and Pesticides
Scientists at icipe are using insects and nature-based solutions to help farmers grow food more sustainably and strengthen local food systems.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Right to Repair Won, School Enrollment Boosted, an Oil Pipeline Fought
This week’s news roundup covers a right to repair win, the success of a school farm pilot, and Ugandan farmers’ fight against an oil pipeline.
Indigenous-led Project Advances Food Sovereignty in the Amazon
A community-led project is helping the Yawanawá restore degraded Amazon land, rebuild food systems, and protect traditional knowledge.
Investing in Resilience Will Help Farmers Weather the Super El Niño
As El Niño threatens to bring more extreme weather, IFAD says investing in resilience can help farmers adapt before disasters deepen.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: India Acts to Empower Women Farmers, $127 Million in USDA Grants Restored, Nigeria’s Hunger Crisis Worsens
This week, one Indian state looks to pass legislation to support women farmers, a judge orders the USDA to restore millions in grants, and Nigeria’s hunger crisis deepens.
‘Simple But Profound’: Natural Farming Is Changing the Lives of Millions in India
Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming received the 2026 Food Planet Prize for leading one of the world’s largest agroecology programs.
Agriculture Groups Push for Renewal of USMCA Trade Deal
The future of USMCA is uncertain after the U.S. declined renewal, worrying agriculture groups about the risks to the future of agricultural trade.
On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: Differently Abled, Fully Capable
Farmers with disabilities are too often overlooked, but they are growing food, supporting their families, and strengthening their communities every day.
Continuing a Family Legacy with Pig Farming
Raising pigs humanely and in the fresh air and sunshine was never a question for the Calmers.
Op-Ed | Smart Farming Is Not the Future. It Is Already Here.
The next agricultural revolution is underway.