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You’re Invited: We’re Talking ‘All Things Food’ at SXSW and Blue Foods in Boston
Food Tank is bringing regional and global food system leaders together to break bread, share success stories, spotlight creative visionaries, and highlight ways we can build a stronger food and agriculture systems.
Astoria’s FisherPoets Give Testimony to Transition
Each February in Astoria, Oregon, commercial fishers take the stage to share powerful stories about their lived experiences in a changing fishing industry.
Restoring the Reefs: Growing Oysters in the Baltimore Harbor
Baltimore Harbor’s oyster restoration program aims to grow 5 million oysters by 2030, restoring the ecosystem and supporting local wildlife.
Op-Ed | Seeing Aquaculture Clearly: Why it’s Time to Update Our Perceptions of Salmon Farming
As land-based agriculture faces increasing pressures of limited water, constrained land, and rising emissions, will aquaculture offer the solutions we need?
Op-Ed | Why the Future of Food Must Include Seafood
Seafood is one of the most nutrient-dense, climate-friendly, and scalable food sources, but it’s often left out of the conversation when we talk about food security solutions.
Op-Ed | A Call for Our Survival: Defending Indigenous Fisherfolk Rights
Indigenous peoples are increasingly threatened by agribusiness, extractive industries, and entrenched conservation agendas.
UK Sea Bass Market Tied to Senegal Overfishing Crisis
The case highlights the deep flaws in certification and traceability systems.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: U.S. Government Shutdown Continues, High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, and Agroecology Model Yields Benefits
This week’s stories cover cuts to SNAP, USDA shutdown impacts, a global ocean treaty, new dietary guidelines, and agroecology in India.
Enforcement Gaps Threaten Europe’s Marine Protected Areas
A legal and political battle is unfolding over bottom trawling in Europe’s Marine Protected Areas, as fishers defend their livelihoods against growing calls from environmental groups and EU policymakers to phase out the practice.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: EPA Proposes Emissions Reporting Rollback, Malawi Introduces GenAI for Farmers, WTO Acts on Overfishing
New global rules, AI tools, and trade disputes are changing how farmers, governments, and consumers navigate a shifting food system.
Op-Ed | Aquaculture Is Expanding Fast. Our Understanding of the Animals in These Farms Isn’t
Building a sustainable, nutritious food system while minimizing risks to other animals isn’t a pipe dream.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Child Poverty in a Changing Climate, Increasing Food Prices, and Indigenous Sea Communities in Malaysia
Explore five urgent stories this week, from Climate Week NYC to collapsing coastal ecosystems and ballooning food prices.
Mexican Fishers Use Marine Refuges to Secure Fishing Future
Mexican fishers are securing their fishing future through collaborative marine refuges, ensuring sustainable catches while protecting marine ecosystems.
It’s Not Too Late to Protect Blue Food Systems
Blue food systems are at a crucial tipping point, but it’s not too late to make sustainability the norm.
Migratory Freshwater Fish Populations Have Declined by 81 Percent Due to Habitat Loss and Exploitation
Researchers are calling on policymakers to increase conservation efforts, including more investment and better resource management.
The Idea of a Silver Bullet to Fix the Seafood Industry Is ‘Misguided’
It will take a suite of tools to remove human rights abuses and fraud from the seafood industry, argues Mark Kaplan of Wholechain.
Thriving Oceans Create Nourished Communities and Resilient Food Systems
Even though oceans contain 97 percent of all the water on the planet, it can be surprisingly easy to forget about what can’t be seen.
Study Exposes Extent of Untracked Fishing Vessels
Around 75 percent of global industrial fishing vessels are not publicly tracked.
Revitalizing Seas: Creating a Sustainable Future for Oysters
The MA Oyster Project aims to keep oyster shells out of landfills and create regenerative habitats for the shellfish.