Food Tank has chosen 118 Twitter accounts for those involved in the food movement, or anyone who just wants to know more about the food system.
Food Heroes
Food Hero: The Sylvia Center: Childhood Education from Farm to Fork
This week’s Food Hero, The Sylvia Center, engages youth in food education from farm to fork.
Food Hero: Janie Simms Hipp, Founder of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
This guest post from Isthmus & Strait’s Kelsey Jones-Casey interviews Janie Simms Hipp, founder of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative.
Food Hero: Bob Martin, Senior Policy Advisor at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
Bob Martin, this week’s Food Hero, has extensively researched recommendations for improving the United States’ livestock agriculture.
Food Hero: Dimitri Gatanas, Founder of Harlem’s Urban Garden Center
Community compost, refurbished pallets, and urban hens make for an out-of-the-ordinary garden center experience.
Family Farming Food Heroes: Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, founders of Beekman 1802, truly epitomize the spirit of family farming.
Food Hero: Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam, Founding President of the New England Complex Systems Institute
This week’s Food Hero, Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam, applies scientific inquiry to help innovate solutions to major social problems.
The High Morality of Protecting the Ecosphere: Wes Jackson’s KU Commencement Speech
Founder of The Land Institute, Wes Jackson, delivers the KU commencement. High morality necessitates the protection of the ecosphere.
Food Hero: Basil Kransdorff, Creator of e’Pap
Basil Kransdorff is an Ashoka fellow and creator of e’Pap, a revolutionary pre-prepared foodstuff packed with nutrients. Kransdorff and his wife, Rose, developed e’Pap, which rapidly improves nutrition, energy, and productivity for those consuming it. e’Pap offers repletion based on nutrients rather than empty calories from…
Food Hero Series: Interview with Selina Juul
Food Tank interviews Selina Juul, Danish food waste expert and founder of the Stop Wasting Food movement in preparation for World Environment Day.
Food Hero Series: Ruth Oniang’o, Kenya’s Voice for Nutrition
Kenya’s Ruth Oniang’o, a renowned leader in food and nutrition issues, has been working to improve nutrition for women in Africa for decades.
Interview with Janelle Kapoor, Director of the Ashevillage Institute’s New Urban Farm School
Food Tank interviews Janell Kapoor about the Ashevillage Institute’s new holistic Urban Farm School in Asheville, North Carolina.
California’s Full Belly Farm Proving That Organic Family Farms Can Also Be Profitable
Full Belly Farm is an innovative example of a small farming enterprise that has pioneered the use of organic agriculture and agricultural diversity.
Food Hero Series: Rose Karimi, Women Going Green
Rose Karimi developed Women Going Green, a project aimed at improving climate change adaptation and food security for smallholder women coffee farmers in Kenya.
Food Hero Series: Brianna Almaguer Sandoval, NRDC Growing Green Urban Nutrition Visionary
Almaguer Sandoval, NRDC Growing Green award winner hopes to tackle childhood obesity through a nation-wide network of Healthy Corner Stores.
Restaurant Opportunities Center Brings Justice to the Food System
Restaurant Opportunities Center is dedicated to improving working conditions for restaurant workers by highlighting and supporting model restaurants
Goldman Environmental Prize Recipient: Rossano Ercolini
Goldman Prize winner, Rossano Ercolini fought to keep a waste incinerator from being built in his village and advocated for sustainable waste management.
Food Hero Series: Larry Jacobs, NRDC Growing Green Organic Farming Pioneer
Food hero Larry Jacobs, a pioneer in the organic food movement, is an NRDC Growing Green winner of the Food Leader award.
Navdanya: Saving Seeds to Save a Culture
Navdanya and its female seed savers work towards the preservation of India’s culture and agriculture.
Ashoka Changemakers Announces “Nutrients for All” Competition
Ashoka Changemakers, the largest organization of social entrepreneurs, is launching a new competition entitled Nutrients for All: Vitality for People and the Pl