After four decades, commercial hemp is no longer a controlled substance.
Farmers
Become a Revolutionary—Grow Your Own Food!
You too can make a difference in our food system: grow your own food!
Island Farmers Become Energy Producers
In 2007, Samso became the first 100 percent renewable energy powered island. Now, residents are moving towards organic agriculture and away from fossil fuels.
Women Peasants Using Biodiverse Farming to Feed Families
Deccan women peasant farmers use biodiverse planting methods to produce solid agricultural yields.
NY FarmNet is Helping to Reduce the Epidemic of Farmer Suicide On Their Home Soil
Farming has the highest rate of suicide of any job. Food Tank speaks with NY FarmNet, a non-profit organization proactively working to support farmer families.
Food Hero: John Besh, Celebrity Chef and Small Farm Supporter
Through the John Besh Foundation, celebrity chef John Besh selects local farmers to aid with financial loans and business training.
Harvesting Better Access to Information
Farmers’ access to profit-building mobile tech suffers from two C’s: connectivity and content. Governments, NGOs, and private sector can help.
Pearls of Production: A New Tool to Improve Millet Yields
New grain tools allow farmers to thresh pearl millet efficiently, sustainably, and productively, increasing yields and the independence of small family farms.
Food: A Forum Highlights the Big Question Marks for Farming
National Geographic’s executive editor, Dennis R. Dimick, opens the Future of Food Forum, urging a global conversation on agriculture.
IYFF: New Brand in Peru Supports Local Women Organic Farmers
Peru’s AGROECO and ANPE-PERU are promoting a brand that will support the cultivation and sale of organic produce by smallholder women farmers.
New Partnership Advocates Closing the Gender Gap and Increasing Youth Participation in Agriculture
Food Tank and The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) announce they will be collaborating during the International Year of Family Farming (IYFF).
Farm Hack Connects Farmers with Low-Cost Tools
Farm Hack connects farmers with innovative, low-cost equipment designs.
Stories from GFAR: Foresighted Farmers to Face Future Challenge
Ironically, farmers, who are most in need of information about the future of food, agriculture, and rural development, have the least access to it.
Growing Innovation in the International Year of Family Farming
Collaborative campaign to create an open source online library of agricultural innovations and a new book documenting sustainable models developed by farmers.
NEW REPORT: Food Tank By The Numbers: Family Farming
Food Tank highlights new research showing how family farms, can nourish the world while protecting the environment in a new report, Food Tank by the Numbers.
GRuB Institutes Provides Hands-On Training for Farm-based Education Programs
The GRuB institute is a three day workshop that provides hands-on education in community and farm-based youth programs
A Wild Farm
How do we start to become more efficient in our use of land, preserve biodiversity and provide more diverse and healthy food options? The wild farm is a start.
Cross-Breeding Trial in Kenya Attempts to Increase Farmer Income
The One Acre Fund is attempting to increase milk production in Kenya with a new livestock trial.
Three Free Tools That Will Make You a Better Farmer
These three tools make number crunching fast, easy, and fun!
Farm bill quid pro quo
Among the biggest conservation wins in the final bill is a provision linking crop insurance subsidies for farmers to conservation practices that protect land.
