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Local Corner Store Expands D.C. Food Access

Stanton Supermarket in D.C.’s Ward 8 expanded its produce section to bring fresh food closer to local families.

20 Inspiring Books That Teach Kids About Food, Farming, and the Environment

From gardening adventures to stories of global leaders, these children’s books encourage curiosity about food, nature, community, and diverse foodways.

Join Us on Capitol Hill Next Week to Ask: Are We Eating Ourselves Sick?

Food Tank is heading to Capitol Hill to explore a major public health challenge: ultra-processed foods.

Op-Ed | A Call for Our Survival: Defending Indigenous Fisherfolk Rights

Indigenous peoples are increasingly threatened by agribusiness, extractive industries, and entrenched conservation agendas.

Regen Sydney: Connecting Farmers, Consumers, and Nature

Regen Sydney is building a network that connects communities and reimagines the city’s food system through creativity and collaboration.

Interrupting the Burden of Chronic Disease

The burden of chronic diseases is rising across the U.S. How do we interrupt the trend?

Zambian Natural Farming Pilots Show Early Success

Natural farming methods are helping Zambian farmers grow stronger crops, cut costs, and improve soil health.

UK Sea Bass Market Tied to Senegal Overfishing Crisis

The case highlights the deep flaws in certification and traceability systems.

How Culinary Medicine Could Transform Healthcare: Q&A with Dr. Timothy Harlan on Bringing the Kitchen into Medical Education

For years, medicine and food existed in parallel worlds: one focused on disease, the other on culture and flavor. Dr. Timothy Harlan has spent his career bridging that divide.

Op-Ed | From Comfort to Climate: Why What We Eat Matters for the Planet

Nobody is imposing new eating rules or taking the pleasure out of food. It’s about adaptation.

Dispatch from COP30: Friday, Nov. 21

Powerful countries have the ability to move the needle in significant, meaningful ways. But if they fall short, the work still remains to be done.

Dispatch from COP30: Thursday, Nov. 20

At COP30 two days are dedicated to themes of agriculture, food systems and food security, fisheries, and family farming—and so far, we’ve seen some countries step up.

Dispatch from COP30: Wednesday, Nov. 19

Food and agriculture is missing from the first draft text from the COP30 Presidency. Can we change that before it’s finalized?

Op-Ed | How Cambodia’s NDC 3.0 Puts Food Systems at the Heart of Climate Action

By recognizing that agricultural, nutrition, health, supply chains, and food security are deeply connected climate risks and mitigation potential, it enshrines the principle of integrating action across agendas in ways that are real and meaningful.

Dispatch from COP30: Tuesday, Nov. 18

“We absolutely cannot afford to waste time on tactical delays or stonewalling,” Simon Stiell, who leads the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, said yesterday.

Financing Africa’s Food Systems Transformation: Challenges and Pathways to Drive Growth and Nutrition Security Across the Continent

Funding cuts have Africa’s food and agriculture systems dangerously exposed. These six opportunities can help the national leaders build resilience.

Dispatch from COP30: Monday, Nov. 17

Food and agriculture systems provide a pathway for COP to be more productive, forward-thinking, and action-oriented.

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