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Empowering Haitian Farmers Through Investment in Local Food Systems

Acceso Haiti, a social enterprise, empowers smallholder farming families through market access and investment in local food systems.

Labels Unwrapped: A New Interactive Site Helping Consumers Digest Their Food Labels

The website allows consumers to practice reading food labels and make more informed decision in the supermarket.

How a New Bill Can Help Fight Food Waste and Hunger

A new bipartisan Bill is designed to help food businesses, retailers, farmers, and more donate food to those in need.

This Mission-Led Business Is Finding Climate Solutions With Lentils, Peas, and Beans

The British company is producing pulses in the United Kingdom through climate-smart agricultural practices.

New Restrictions on Fast Food Marketing to Children Not Enough, According to Experts

Gaps in restrictions on digital fast food advertising to children make experts call for more comprehensive measures.

Cook With Food Tank: Live Lively With This Plant-Based Recipe From Youth Health Advocate Haile Thomas

Haile Thomas, CEO of The HAPPY Organization and an internationally recognized youth health advocate, shares her recipe for roasted cauliflower with chimichurri sauce, a delicious plant-based meal from her cookbook Living Lively.

New Book Shows How To Build Resilient Restaurants

Recently released Ten Year Plan details the importance of having a long-term plan for restauranteurs to handle short-term crises.

20 Children’s Books Celebrating Food and Inspiring Young Eaters

This season, Food Tank is highlighting 20 books that encourage young eaters to learn about where their food comes from and the culinary traditions that shape the world.

Taking on the Questions Holding Back Food Systems Transformation: Toward Agroecology, Regenerative Approaches and Indigenous Foodways

Recognizing the validity of different scientific practices and diverse sources of evidence can help promote much needed change in the food system.

Starbucks Employees Want Their Actual—Not Metaphorical—Seat at the Table

Starbucks workers in Buffalo, NY are fighting to unionize.

The Lexicon’s Initiative Highlights Farafena’s Work with Smallholder Farmers

Farafena, a Vancouver-based company, is supporting women smallholder farmers in Mali, developing local economies, and committing to transparent supply chains.

New Mexican Farm and Nonprofit Fights for Restorative Changes to Industrial Food System

La Semilla Food Center, a New Mexico-based nonprofit, champions food sovereignty and sustainable farming practices in the Paso del Norte region.

Building Sustainable Seafood Supply Chains

In partnership with the James Beard Foundation, Postelsia wants to help chefs and restaurants support healthy oceans and a sustainable seafood industry.

Do Good Foods Works For the Plate and the Planet

The new food company is working to combat climate change by fighting food waste.

Livestock Farmers in Afghanistan Face Crisis

The Taliban takeover threatens livestock farmers in Afghanistan, leaving them vulnerable to climate and economic shocks in an increasingly unstable country.

Food Businesses, Nonprofits Urge Congress to Remove Barriers to Food Donation

The Food Donation Improvement Act of 2021 has the potential to cut food waste and help bring safe, quality food to the millions of U.S. residents who experience food insecurity.

Sustainable Food Systems and Stable Climates Are Intertwined. Let’s Treat Them that Way

Food systems are contributing to the climate crisis, but they can also be part of the solution.

Company Raises New Funding to Accelerate Food Waste Prevention

The software company Spoiler Alert partners with consumer packaged goods brands to help them manage inventories and reduce waste.

Is USAID’s Feed The Future Initiative Sustainable?

Feed The Future works in 19 countries across the globe, but hasn’t provided feedback on their progress towards self-reliance in more than two years.

Global Youth Urge Businesses and Policymakers to Center Healthy, Sustainable Diets

Youth from around the world and their allies released an open letter calling for governments and businesses to center sustainable and healthy diets in climate commitments and upcoming global fora.

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