From refugees from South Sudan, trees form a significant part of their story from when they flee from political war to their arrival in settlements.
Food Security
Numi Organic Teas Working to Put People and the Environment First
For Ahmed Rahim, co-founder of Numi Organic Teas, nothing is more important than the people and environment behind his products.
Food Shift’s Food Waste and Job Training Program Seeks to Grow its Impact
Food Shift gives a second chance to both food and people—but they need help to grow their impact.
Block by Block: Florida Blue and Building Food Secure Communities in Florida
The Block by Block event for building food secure communities in Florida engaged leaders in the conversation of merging food and health and recognized twelve finalists in the Wellbeing Challenge for their efforts to fight food insecurity.
Apply for the Food System Vision Prize to Envision a Better Food System for 2050
The Food System Vision Prize, launched by the Rockefeller Foundation, SecondMuse, and OpenIDEO, will reward proposals that inspire farmers, policymakers, businesspeople, activists, and eaters to build a more sustainable food system.
The Chef Keeping Appalachian Food for Appalachians
Chef Marion Ohlinger works with local farmers to incorporate native Appalachian crops into his dishes while paying homage to other cuisines.
Colorado Springs Food Rescue—Supporting Community-Driven Change
The Colorado Springs Food Rescue community-driven model is overcoming barriers to food access and creating a more sustainable food system.
Florida’s Food Policy Council: Building a Platform to Drive Change
The FLFPC board members give Food Tank insight into the accomplishments achieved and unique challenges that the FLFPC has faced in the last few years.
Meet the Chef Leading Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Scene
Creating a sustainable food system that contains fish is possible, but requires us to look beyond the fillet. Chef Josh Niland from the Australian restaurant Saint Peter talks about how it can be done.
Chefs Uniting to End Waste and Hunger
Keeping gourmet meals from going into the trash not only feeds those in need, it can also improve environmental outcomes and help California reach its waste diversion goal by 2020.
Preventing Food Waste in Brazilian Favelas
Through promoting the use of all parts of vegetables, Favela Orgânica is promoting a nutritious lifestyle for all parts of Rio de Janeiro.
Mobile Markets Improve Fresh Produce Access in Chicago Neighborhoods
A Chicago nonprofit sells fresh fruits and vegetables from renovated buses to counteract the lack of full-service grocery stores in local neighborhoods. Well-priced and largely organic, the fresh produce can improve food flavor and nutrition.
Creating a Resilient Local Food Economy in New Orleans
Large institutions in New Orleans are not harnessing the value of local, farms in the region; a new analysis says procurement from these farms contributes to an equitable, resilient local food economy.
New Bill to Reduce Food Waste Enters Congress
Congress introduced a new bill to create a unified food date label system across the United States to reduce consumer confusion and stop unnecessary food waste.
Restaurants Are Helping to Drive Carbon Farming Practices
By donating a portion of each diner’s check, restaurants can help fund the implementation of carbon farming practices, which can be a key driver in the fight against climate change.
Medically Tailored Meals Need to Be Part of Healthcare
Community Servings delivers medically tailored meals to critically-ill patients with limited resources living in 21 communities in Massachusetts, while trying to address different social and food-related issues in the communities.
City Council Boosting Food Security in the Big Apple
A new report from the NYC Council spells out solutions to give all New Yorkers equal access to food.
Securing Better Land Rights for Women Farmers in Kenya and Burkina Faso
When women farmers in Kenya and Burkina Faso have equal representation in the decision-making process surrounding land governance, food security improves and soils are managed more sustainably.
Food Systems Feeding the Next Superbug?
Investigating outbreaks of Candida auris in different parts of the world stirs talks about the abuse of fungicides in crops and increased resistance to drugs in humans and fungi.
Hawaiian Fishpond Restoration Looks to the Past to Feed the Future
He’eia is the second largest of about 40 fishponds left in the Hawaiian Islands, and this non-profit has worked to rebuild and preserve the traditional structure since 2001, looking at ancient foodways that could, if permitted and desired, feed the entire island.
