Organic farming is more profitable than conventional farming, according to the results of a new meta-analysis.
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Keep It Fresh Day: Using Hip Hop to Make Positive Change
Keep It Fresh uses the power of hip-hop as a force for positive change. This year, Keep It Fresh Day highlights food as medicine.
Global Horticultural Knowledge Bank Emphasizes Farmer-Led Innovations
The Global Horticultural Knowledge Bank is providing an open-access solution to information and technology transfer for specialty crop farmers.
Let It Grow (Locally): A Visit to Crawford Organics in Lancaster County, PA
Lancaster County, PA, organic farm producing high-quality produce since 1998 for wholesale, farmers markets, and Community Supported Agriculture.
Slow Living Summit 2015: Explore the Journey of Food
This summer, learn how redefining community can help us create a more sustainable and equitable food system.
Harvesting the Research: Valuing Ecosystem Services to Offset Global Costs of Agriculture
Dr. Harpinder Sandhu discusses the value of ecosystem services on a global scale.
Immune to the Shocks of Climate Change: How Farmers are Creating Resilient Local Food Systems
Here’s how family farmers, food heroes, and organizations around the world are working to create resilient local food systems.
Hannah Freeman: Fair Trade Turns Farmworkers into Change Agents
Fair Trade certified products contribute to better working conditions, health, education, and general wellbeing for farmworkers.
10 Financial Resources for New and Beginning Farmers
In an effort to revitalize farming as a profession, many financing options are available to new and beginning farmers. Food Tank highlights 10 of them.
California Farmers Use Carbon Sequestration to Reverse Climate Change
Farmers in California are using carbon sequestration to improve soil health, diversify plant life, and reverse climate change.
Edible Business Conference Unites the Food Chain
The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton, N.Y., is hosting the inaugural Edible Business conference this June.
21 Food and Agriculture Organizations Fighting Climate Change
These 21 organizations are taking the lead in the global effort to fight climate change in the food system.
From Blight to Beauty: 10 Urban Agriculture Projects in Detroit
Detroiters turn to urban farming to revitalize their blighted city. Food Tank highlights the city’s top urban agriculture projects.
Big Head Farm has a Big Idea to Revolutionize Farmer Support
Food Tank recently interviewed Karen Warner of Big Head Farms about One Million Seeds, her innovative model that will support small and mid-sized farmers.
Dachas, Small Countryside Properties, Are Essential to Feeding Russia
The Russian dachas are changing from farmland to weekend hideaway with increasing popularity—and reduced self-sufficiency.
Frustration Leads a Farmer and a Programmer to Team Up on Technology
FARMDATA, an innovative web-based program, is streamlining farm operations and can help create more efficient, profitable farms worldwide.
Attention U.S. Government: Farming is a Public Service!
Farming is a public service, and the federal government should treat this vocation as such, says farmer Steven Waldman.
The Farmers and Food System Leaders of Tomorrow
Food Tank’s new partnership with IFAD will work to strengthen the number of youth involved in the agriculture field.
The Ugly Truth: Imperfect Produce Tastes Great and this Retailer is Selling it at a Discount
Canada’s largest grocery retailer launched a new campaign to get ugly produce out of landfills and into grocery aisles.
Dr. Vandana Shiva Forms Coalition in Opposition to ‘Allow Golden Rice’ Campaign
In the midst of a pro-GMO campaign tour of Southeast Asia, Dr. Vandana Shiva has formed a coalition of advocates for biodiversity to reject Golden Rice.
