Applications are now open for the Food Sustainability Media Award, which recognizes the role of media in fighting for a more sustainable global food system.

Applications for Food Sustainability Media Awards Now Open

Applications are now open for the Food Sustainability Media Award, which recognizes excellence in reporting and communicating issues related to food security, sustainability, agriculture, and nutrition.

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Greening innovation for sovereignty, empowerment, and dignity in Iraqi refugee camps.

Urban Agriculture

Greening Iraq’s Refugee Camps: “This garden is my kingdom”

Being a refugee is rarely a brief, temporary situation. Urban agriculture and greening innovation can provide sovereignty, empowerment, and dignity in crisis. We spoke with the Lemon Tree Trust, a UKK nonprofit working in refugee camps across the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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How do forests fit into the picture of tackling food insecurity and hunger?

Food Security

Sustainable Forests for Food Security and Nutrition

Forests represent far more than natural resources and goods: they are part of human culture, identity, knowledge, and history, and for those who live in and near to them, they are central to their lives.

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Hunger

This Human Rights Attorney Believes Hunger Belongs Only in a Museum

Marcos Ezequiel Filardi founded Buenos Aires’ Museo del Hambre with hope that hunger will one day be found only in a museum.

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In response to recent research confirming that very few Americans consume pasta in the healthiest ways, The Barilla Group has released a new portion reference guide to help eaters unlock the health benefits of the Italian staple. When prepared in the right ways, pasta can be a central component of a healthy diet, but American restaurants on average serve portions 480 percent larger than nutritionists recommend.

Nutrition

Tools from Pasta Advisory Council Help Eaters Design Healthy Meals

In response to recent research confirming that very few Americans consume pasta in the healthiest ways, The Barilla Group has released a new portion reference guide to help eaters unlock the health benefits of the Italian staple. When prepared in the right ways, pasta can be a central component of a healthy diet, but American restaurants on average serve portions 480 percent larger than nutritionists recommend.

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Food Waste

The Root Café is Tackling Food Waste

Interested in turning your food waste into tasty meals? We spoke with The Root Café of Little Rock, Arkansas to show you how to use your food waste and to find out more about their restaurant!

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The holidays are a time of celebrating food and abundance, but it’s also a time of tremendous food waste. Fortunately, there are simple ways to avoid waste.

Op-Ed

The Ghosts of Feasts Past: How to Reduce Food Waste

Americans waste more than 165 million kilograms (364 million pounds) of food every day but two-thirds of residential food waste in the United States is edible. Meanwhile, 1 in 8 people in the U.S. do not have regular access to food.

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A new report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reveals a surge in hunger in sub-Saharan Africa due to conflict and climate change.

Researchers

New FAO Report: Build Peace to Reduce Hunger

A new report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reveals the link between conflict and food insecurity and identifies pathways to help build resilience against conflict and contribute to sustaining peace.

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The L.A. Kitchen is teaming up with the Los Angeles Chargers football team and The Summit Series to serve 30,000 meals across the city of L.A.

Food Tank

L.A. Chargers Team Up with L.A. Kitchen for “The One Table Pledge”

The L.A. Kitchen is teaming up with the Los Angeles Chargers football team and The Summit Series to serve 30,000 meals across the city of Los Angeles (L.A.), California in the first iteration of a new initiative called “The One Table Pledge.” They plan to match each of the 30,000 meals served by Summit at an event called SummitLA17 with one meal served to a local community in need.

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Food Waste

Pasta Can Be a Valuable Ally in the Fight Against Food Waste

In the global fight against food waste, pasta can be a valuable ally. A dynamic base for meals central to numerous culinary traditions, pasta’s utility lies in its versatility. Leftovers unable to fill a plate on their own can be incorporated into pasta dishes or served alongside many quick-to-prepare pastas, according to the Passion for Pasta Advisory Council.

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The annual cost of treating the health impacts of obesity is projected to top US$1.2 trillion globally by 2025, according to new estimates on World Obesity Day.

Public Health

Global Obesity Epidemic to Cost US$1.2 Trillion Annually by 2025

The annual cost of treating the negative health impacts of obesity is projected to top US$1.2 trillion globally by 2025, according to new estimates that the World Obesity Federation (WOF) released ahead of October 11, which was World Obesity Day.

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Outrage and Inspire, new podcast from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, tells stories of famine based on the books of Roger Thurow.

Media

Outrage and Inspire: Stories of Hunger and Humanity

Outrage in the title refers to the tragedy of famine and malnutrition in the modern era, where we have the ability to eliminate these maladies. Inspire comes from the stories of those who confront hunger and malnutrition.

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Apeel helps fresh food growers, distributors, and retailers around the world deliver fruit and vegetables with better nutrition and double the shelf life.

Interviews

This Company is Using Food to Preserve Food and Fight Food Waste

Apeel Sciences have developed Edipeel, an invisible peel made from plant material which dramatically slows the rate of produce spoil and providing benefits to growers, distributors, and consumers.

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Strengthening the linkages between rural and urban areas is key to addressing hunger and poverty says the FAO 2017 State of Food and Agriculture report.

Publications

FAO Highlights Rural-Urban Connections to Reduce Hunger

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization have just released the 2017 State of Food and Agriculture report. Connecting rural areas with surrounding cities and towns will create more sustainable food systems and help alleviate rural poverty, the report argues.

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A new United Nations collaborative report finds global hunger is on the rise.

Food Security

U.N. Report Global Hunger Report Highlights Need for “Conflict-Sensitive Approach”

A new United Nations collaborative report finds global hunger, exacerbated by conflict and climate crises around the world, is on the rise.

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The Puerto Rico Real-Time Recovery Fund is directing 100 percent of donations to long-term relief for Hurricane Maria victims.

Climate Change

After Hurricane Maria, Long-Term Recovery Efforts Are Crucial

Hurricane Maria is the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico in almost a century. Major flooding, landslides, and a completely decimated power grid means long-term recovery efforts are crucial.

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Justin Kamine spoke to Food Tank about the ways modeling technology after nature can help solve the issue of food waste.

Interviews

Justin Kamine: “Society needs to move toward the notion of a circular economy”

Justin Kamine, Co-Founder and Partner of KDC Ag, believes looking to nature to form large scale infrastructure solutions is the quickest and most effective way eliminate food waste.

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Loran Cardeli spoke with Food Tank about his work exposing how closley tied agriculture issues are tied to human rights issues.

Interviews

Loren Cardeli: “Agriculture got us here, and agriculture can also save us”

Loren Cardeli, Founder and President of A Growing Culture (AGC), has worked closely with smallholder farmers around the world and helps consumers to reevaluate how their relationships with farmers.

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At EXPO Chicago 2017, Itamar Gilboa’s Food Chain Project installation will highlight global food consumption issues.

Events

At EXPO Chicago, Food Chain Project Will “Highlight Hunger and Obesity”

At EXPO Chicago 2017, Itamar Gilboa’s Food Chain Project installation will highlight global food consumption issues with more than 6,000 plaster cast food items on display.

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A new IFPRI report examines climate change’s effect on global nutrition, and how mitigation and adaptation strategies throughout the food system can help.

Publications

New Report: Climate Change Affects Every Step of the Food Value Chain

A new IFPRI report examines climate change’s effect on nutrition and how a “climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive” food system, as well as mitigation and adaptation strategies, can reduce morbidity and mortality.

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