A new report suggests less than half of U.S. grocery companies commit to eliminating food waste, but other stores can catch up with crucial first steps.

Opinion | When it Comes to Food Waste, Shoppers Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame

According to a new report, 9 out of 10 of the largest U.S. grocery companies still don’t track or publicly report food waste. Their first steps must include changes in promoting and stocking produce.

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Farmers

Opinion | Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win

López Obrador’s victory in Mexico brings hope for Mexican farmers expecting more self-sufficiency through a reduction in dependence on imports, chemical-intensive production methods, and GMOs. Promises of support for sustainable practices on small and medium-scale farms are on the horizon.

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Brian King and Andy Jarvis discuss the new CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, an important milestone in the project for global food security.

Interviews

Decoding Agriculture: Creating the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture

The launch of the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is an important milestone for the project of achieving global food security. Brian King, the Coordinator for the Platform, and Andy Jarvis, one of the founders of the Platform, discuss the ideas behind this initiative and their vision for the future of research in agricultural development.

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AgTech farm development company, 7 Generations, works to provide Native communities and classrooms with better food through indoor vertical farms.

Food Security

Transforming Food and Health in Native Communities Through Vertical Farming

7 Generations, an AgTech farm development country focused on Indian country, looks to indoor vertical farming and STEM education to foster a healthier food system and the next generation of agricultural businesses for Native communities.

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Economic statistician Carl Obst discusses benefits of the universal and comprehensive nature of new evaluation framework for food

Interviews

Piecing Together the Food System Puzzle

Carl Obst talks about how next generation, universal, and comprehensive TEEBAgriFood Report recognizes the complexity of the food system and allows policymakers to compare choices

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ICRISAT and the Akshaya Patra Foundation are joining forces to improve nutrition and food security in schools with nutritious mid-day meals.

School Food

Smarter Lunch Food in India

ICRISAT and the Akshaya Patra Foundation are joining forces to implement a new Smart Food-based mid-day meal program to improve nutrition and food security for Indian schoolchildren.

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Farmland in the U.S. decreased by 31 million acres—a territory equivalent to the state of New York in just two decades concludes the American Farmland Trust in its new report.

Agriculture

Farmland Trust Warns About Vanishing U.S. Farmland

The most comprehensive report on U.S. farmland reveals an unexpected reduction in agricultural land at the expense of residential development. One-third of the lost farmland represents the best land for intensive food and crop production, essential for feeding the increasing American population.

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This project combined training and access to equipment to generate opportunities for women in cashew processing.

Social Entrepreneurs

Cashew Creations for Women’s Employment in Senegal

Cashews are not just grown; they’re also processed. This project generated opportunities for women in Senegal to be part of the process close to home.

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In a scathing critique, 50 organizations demand the U.S. Roundtable on Sustainable Beef to return their sustainability plan back to the drawing board.

Op-Ed

Opinion | 50 Groups Denounce Roundtable on Sustainable Beef as Greenwash

The beef industry’s poor grazing management, unethical treatment, and environmentally unfriendly practices will rule out credible plans for sustainable beef, unless industry leaders take serious action.

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Food Tank is highlighting 25 organizations that work to train veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces to feed America.

Food Tank Lists

25 Programs Bringing Veterans Into the New Food Movement

This Fourth of July, Food Tank brings you 25 organizations and initiatives from around the U.S. that are working to help veterans transition to healthy, productive civilian lives through farming and agriculture.

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This bill would allow the sale of meat from local slaughterhouses without on-site inspectors. That’s good for small farmers, but is it safe?

Small-Scale Farming

PRIME Act Passage Would Help Small Meat Producers Compete, Advocates Say

Many small farmers have to haul their livestock hours away to have them processed. Allowing the sale of meat from smaller, local slaughterhouses could help sustainable farms compete with huge corporations—but is it safe?

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World Food Prize honors Drs. Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro for changing the ways governments and food system actors treat child malnutrition.

Nutrition

World Food Prize Laureates Rise to the Challenge to End Child Malnutrition

2018 World Food Prize Laureates Drs. Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro lead in unifying global nutrition efforts and reducing child malnutrition during the first 1,000 days of a child’s life.

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Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren talks about how groundbreaking, new TEEBAgriFood Report recognizes both negative and positive externalities in food system.

Interviews

Making the Invisible Visible: A Bold Strategy to Change the Food System

Dr. Barbara Gemmill-Herren talks about how groundbreaking, new TEEBAgriFood Report recognizes both negative and positive externalities in food system.

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Interviews

Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System: Q&A with Editor Danielle Nierenberg

Danielle Nierenberg, President of Food Tank, discusses her work building transparent and strong communication between all players in the food system. Breaking these barriers and taking action will result in an environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable food system.

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GAIN aims to improve nutrition for everybody by improving the food system that connecting consumers to farmers.

Food Security

Improving Supply Chains Can Help Ensure Nutritious Food Reaches the Poor and Malnourished

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is aligning supply chains with human need, for a better food system between farmer and consumer.

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Big Food targets children, manipulating their tendency to choose unhealthy foods. Nourished Planet describes needed policy actions to combat food advertising.

Innovations in Nutrition Education

Big Food Can Do Better: An Excerpt from Nourished Planet, Publishing in June 2018

Children and teenagers are the biggest targets of junk food advertising because they are easy to influence and have large spending potential now and in the future. Junk food marketed to children has long term public health consequences.

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Niman Ranch farmer Ron Mardesen talks about his family’s story, his livestock care philosophy, and his vision for future farming communities.

Agriculture

To Cultivate a New Generation of Farmers, “We Need to Open Up to Young Folks”

Ron Mardesen describes his family’s story, his changing community, and his vision for the future of A Frame Acres – led by the next generation.

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As Farm Bill draft move along quickly, some question whether the new Farm Bill will be a win or loss for organic agriculture and conservation.

Op-Ed

Opinion | Time for a Win for Conservation in the New Farm Bill

Another status quo Farm Bill may jeopardize the future of the food system, failing to regulate pesticides, improve water quality, support organic farmers, and more.

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Food Tanks brings William Burke on board

Interviews

William Burke: Food Tank’s Newest Board Member

Agricultural economist, William Burke, joins the Food Tank team as their newest board member

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Innovation for Sustainability

A New Breed of Plant-Based Protein Aims to Compete on Meat-Centric Menus

The Beyond Burger, a new plant-based burger, has won fans from both vegetarian and vegan eaters as well as traditional meat eaters.
At the Butchers Club in Hong Kong, this new trend suggests a growing market for plant-based protein on traditionally meat-centric menus.

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