The way farmers treated soils a generation ago influences how healthy they—and our food and agriculture systems—are today.
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Shaping U.S. Leadership on Global Food Security Amid Political Shifts
At a time when the U.S. seems to be retreating from the global stage, the Food Security Leadership Council wants to strengthen international relationships to build a food secure world.
Organic Month Kicks Off with New Campaign to Build Trust in the Organic Seal
OTA wants to help shoppers understand how to choose products that are better for them and the planet.
A New Era for Pork: Gene-Edited Pigs Approved for Consumption
The GM hogs are designed to be resistant to PRRS, called “the most economically important viral disease of pigs worldwide.”
Steady Work, Lasting Change: How Maine is Leveraging Federal Nutrition Programs to End Childhood Food Insecurity
Maine understands that hungry kids can’t learn—and that the solutions to end childhood food insecurity are a win for families, farmers, and local economies.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: A Flesh-Eating Parasite Puts Farmers On Alert, Amazon Protection at Risk, and Seaweed Farm Shows Promising Early Signs
This week, the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite is detected in the U.S., a protection for the Amazon rainforest is put under threat, and a new seaweed farm in the EU shows promising early signs.
Immigrant Workers Need Us to Recognize Their Humanity, Not Just Their Labor
Immigrant workers fuel the U.S. food system, but harmful policies put their livelihoods, dignity, and humanity at risk.
On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: What Ethiopian Farmers Taught Me About Resilience
Regenerative agriculture means protecting and improving soil health, enhancing biodiversity, creating diverse and nutritious diets, and ensuring economic sustainability for farmers.
When Aid Declines, Hunger Rises: The Cost of Cutting Humanitarian Support
Shrinking humanitarian aid will hit many sectors—hard. It doesn’t bode well for the hunger and malnutrition on the African continent where food security rates are already deteriorating.
Food for All: Addressing the Allergy Crisis to Build a Better Food System
Food allergies are on the rise. By turning awareness into action and funding new science, we can build a safer food system.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Meat Returns to Eleven Madison Park, Fires Rage in Europe, and Mexico Cuts Poverty
This week, Eleven Madison Park brings back meat, USDA curbs union rights, wildfires rage in Europe, and U.S. agencies delete climate data.
Through Indigenous Seasonal Growing, Local Ingredients and Animals Boost Resilience
From Minnesota to Ethiopia, leaders are proving that food resilience is rooted in community and tradition.
On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: ‘Immediate and Disastrous’ Impacts from the Dismantling of USAID
With no transition time, organizations supported by USAID couldn’t prepare their staff or the communities they served for what was coming.
‘It’s On Us’: Dion’s Chicago Dream Fights Hunger and Builds Wealth
Food is Medicine is a $25 billion market, and the Founder of Dion’s Chicago Dream wants it to serve communities first.
Draft MAHA Report Favors Research, Not Rules
A leaked draft MAHA Strategy to address childhood chronic disease highlights education and research but avoids tougher restrictions on industry.
Lessons from Renewable Energy for an Agri-food Systems Overhaul: Q&A with Zitouni Ould-Dada
The transition to renewable energy offers a blueprint for funding a food and agriculture systems revolution to fight the climate crisis and hunger.
Shelf Life: A New Episode Unpacks the True Price of the American Supermarket
PBS’s Human Footprint returns with a powerful new episode exploring how grocery stores shape our health, environment, and economy.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Agri-Communities, Soil Science Research Gaps, and Sargassum Solutions
Explore how farming communities, chemical policy, and global aid cuts are shaping the week’s most important food stories.
On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: Why Farmers Must Be at the Table in Addis and Beyond
Too often, leaders develop and implement legislation without farmer input. That means laws that affect farmers’ daily lives are written without their lived experience in mind.
240+ Speakers Are Joining Us at Climate Week NYC. Will You Be There Too?
Now more than ever, as a food and agriculture movement, we need to show the world that our systems are both a key solution to the climate crisis and that the climate crisis demands urgent attention.