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Finding the “Missing Piece of the Puzzle” for a Sustainable Hog Farmer
After joining a network of small farmers and ranchers, Shaun Miller found the resources he needed to build a sustainable farming business.
18 Chefs Promoting Biodiversity For a Healthier Planet
These chefs are using their kitchens to help preserve the world’s biodiversity.
Can Transparent Supply Chains Empower Consumers?
Envisible uses sensor technology to record and verify the freshness of its seafood products.
Global Accelerator Accepting Applications for Food System Solutions
Good Food Makers is a partnership between Barilla’s accelerator group, BLU1877, and the San Francisco-based incubator KitchenTown.
Putting Hunger Prevention Back on the Global Agenda
Global hunger is worsening, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. U.N. FAO Chief Economist Maximo Torero identifies three concerning trends contributing to the crisis.
New Report Finds Consumers Are Increasingly Prioritizing Sustainability
A growing number of consumers want to see businesses adopt more sustainable practices.
UK Paludiculture Project Promotes Carbon Sequestration
Wet farming poses a promising solution for carbon sequestration as peatlands are given new life by Water Works project.
Supreme Court Rules Against California Farm Workers and Unions
Supreme Court decision could make it more difficult for union organizers to recruit farm workers in California.
New Book Addresses Hidden Costs of Food
A new book, the True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale, provides a new way to understand the social, human, economic and environmental costs of the food system.
Research in Malawi Shows How Access Impacts Female Farmers
Malawi research shows that gender does not impact farm yields, access does!
How Fungi Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis
The Fungi Foundation is raising awareness about the essential role mushrooms and other fungi play.
Automated Harvester May Be a Peek into the Future
advanced.farm recently developed an automated harvester that can identify and harvest strawberries using a system of lasers, computers, and robotics. “We are trying to bring agriculture into the 21st century,” Kyle Cobb, CEO of advanced.farm, tells Food Tank. Cobb’s company…
Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Food Assistance
Food donations organizations are looking for innovative ways to reduce packaging waste and their environmental footprint.
Food Tank’s 2021 Podcast List
These 33 podcasts dive into all corners of the food world and offer a wealth of knowledge for the food-curious listener.
Grasslands Are Turning into Carbon Sources, Study Finds
Worldwide, grasslands absorb as much carbon as they emit, but climbing demand for meat and dairy and poor land management threaten this balance.
New Competition Places Youth at the Center of Food Systems Change
Young people aged 13-18 can enter a one-minute video for the chance to have their call to action shared with a global audience.
Minnesota Farmers Turned the COVID-19 Crisis into an Opportunity to Strengthen Community
Covid-19 virus, in general, increased the awareness for people to buy local food, and about how smaller farmers work.
Transparency, Technology, and the Sea: The Story of Envisible
Seafood supply chains are notoriously opaque, but technology company Envisible aims to make the industry more transparent.
Long Food Movement Report Calls for Long-Term and Forward Looking Reform
The report emphasizes the important role that civil society organizations will play in restructuring and improving the global food system.
