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Previously Cleared: This New Tool is Curbing Deforestation

Agroideal, the online land use planning platform, expands to the Amazon and Cerrado regions of Brazil to prevent deforestation and encourage sustainable agricultural development.

Clover Food Lab is the Future of Fast Food

Ayr Muir, CEO of Clover Food Lab, is changing the way people think about fast food. Consumers are choosing Clover’s local, fresh, and more sustainable ingredients over other fast food chains’ because of outstanding taste.

HelloFresh and Spoiler Alert Team Up to Reduce Food Waste

Using data, this meal kit company was able to divert 65 percent of its food surplus away from landfills and towards America’s food insecure.

Digging Deeper: Annie’s Connects their Products to Healthy Soil

Annie’s unveils new programs in regenerative agriculture for improving soil health, fighting climate change, and connecting customers to the source of their food.

Revealing Food’s Hidden Costs: New Framework for Food and Agriculture

Culminating over a decade of research by dozens of experts, the TEEB for Agriculture & Food (TEEBAgriFood) Scientific and Economic Foundations report evaluates the impacts of the value chain, from farm to fork to disposal, including effects on livelihoods, the environment, and health.

Diabetes is on the Rise in India: Is Fast Food to Blame?

The fast-food industry in India is rapidly growing while 73 million Indians have diabetes, and this number is set to nearly double by 2045. How can the Indian government turn the tide on this public health crisis?

Feeding America: “Americans Struggling with hunger don’t qualify for federal nutrition assistance”

A study by Feeding America reveals that most Americans struggling with hunger do not qualify for federal food assistance. Findings will provide policymakers and influencers with an evidence base to develop integrated hunger strategies.

Preserving Africa’s Cultural Heritage at the Dinner Table

Changing lifestyles and a reliance on imported food is eroding traditional cuisine in Ghana. Through food across the continent, this Ghanaian chef is celebrating and preserving Africa’s culinary heritage, one yassa, maboke, or fonio jollof at a time.

Want to Eat Bugs?

Robert Nathan Allen, the founder of Little Herds, uses insects to promote a nutritious lifestyle and healthy environment as an integral piece of the sustainable food system puzzle.

Report Reveals Groundbreaking Results for Rice Farming

A new report reveals final results from the largest-ever regional project to expand the System of Rice Intensification, an agroecological rice farming methodology.

New Film Shows How the World Can Feed 10 Billion People by 2050

Valentin Thurn’s new film 10 Billion What’s On Your Plate is available now on Video On Demand. Watch to see how we’re going to feed 10 billion people by the year 2050.

Opinion | Valuing the Food System

This piece explores a forthcoming report by the U.N. Environment Initiative on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture & Food (TEEBAgriFood).

Linking the Health of People with the Health of the Planet

Alexander Müller focuses on a holistic view of the food system and talks to us about how the full food system puzzle reveals the true cost of cheap food.

Urgent Call for EU Agricultural Policy Reforms Sends Food Leaders to Forum

The EU Food and Farming Forum on May 29–30, 2018 gathers food leaders in Brussels to create a Plan B to EU agricultural policies.

Farmers Create the Ingredients to Reverse Climate Change

Food Tank asked our readers to share what innovations they find most exciting to deal with climate change on the farm. They responded with diverse examples from around the world.

Winners of Grow Ahead’s 2018 Scholarship Announced

The winners of the Foundation for New York’s Strongest micro-grant winners have been announced, recognizing innovative action against food waste in New York’s bid to be zero waste by 2030.

Opinion | Why Fast Fashion Needs to Slow Down

Have you ever thought about what your clothes are made of? Who makes them, or what happens when you throw them away? The truth about the fashion industry is ugly, but you can be part of the change.

Mali Makes the Case for Sustainable Agriculture with SRI

An article about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Mali describes how this methodology helps farmers deal with climate change.

Opinion | Global Agriculture Fund that is Reducing Hunger, Threatened by Trump

The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program has a proven track record for reducing poverty in Nepal and other countries where food security is a critical issue. Now, the future of this program is in danger as the Trump administration reconsiders the commitment of the United States to multilateral policies.

Farming Land Sustainably Is Our “Obligation to Preserve it for Future Generations

Niman Ranch farmers Paul and Andrea Brown find traditional, sustainable hog raising in the key to cultivating generations of family farming.

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