A round-up of nine ways technology is helping to fight the dual food issues of hunger and obesity.
Hunger
One World Everybody Eats: Pay-What-You-Can Community Cafes
One World Everybody Eats supports cafes that use a pay-what-you-can model to make nutritrious food accessible.
15 Books For Future Foodies
15 books that will make great gifts for your child, niece, nephew, or grandchild this holiday!
Host a Viewing Party for TEDxManhattan’s 4th Annual “Changing the Way We Eat”
TEDxManhattan’s “Changing the Way We Eat” is a full-day event featuring a dynamic and diverse group of speakers addressing issues with food movement.
Community Food Lab Brings Design Thinking to Food Systems
Community Food Lab project is about rebuilding the relationship between cities and food, bringing new value to the health, economy and sustainability of cities.
The True Cost of So-Called Cheap Food
Ellen Gustafson shares the many inputs required to produce food and explains that cheap junk food might not actually be so cheap.
The Pig Idea: where there’s swill there’s a way!
The way we think about meat is beginning to change, both in terms of quantity and quality. The Pig Idea is aiming to get food waste back on the menu for pigs.
Innovation for Sustainability: Driptech Offers Innovative Irrigation Technology for the 21st Century
Driptech is an inexpensive and user-friendly drip irrigation technology which allows farmers in the developing world to save water in these water-scarce times.
Johns Hopkins’ Center for a Livable Future Promotes Food Policy
Food Policy Networks offers resources for food policy advocates.
In a World Full of Holiday Excess, Let’s Stand Up and Combat Food Waste
During the holidays, resolve to make waste in the food system part of our past, not our future.
Get Rid of the ‘Food Desert’ Label
The movement to eradicate food deserts would benefit from, of all things, banishment of the term food desert.
Harvesting Nutrition Contest—Apply Now!
The Harvesting Nutrition Contest calls on applicants with projects that bridge the gaps between agriculture, food security, and nutrition.
TED’s 2014 Fellows are Cultivating a Better Food System
TED’s class of 2014 Fellows will focus on “ideas worth spreading;” among them are three fellows cultivating a better food system.
Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) YES! Finalists Seek Solutions to Food Paradoxes
The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) YES! contest finalists offer creative solutions to reduce environmental impact and achieve global food security.
“Feeding the Planet” Summit Brings Together Experts to Discuss Feeding a Growing Population
The George Washington University’s Planet Forward Project hosted Feeding the Planet Summit, bringing together experts to discuss feeding a growing population.
International Year of Family Farming: Small Grants Go a Long Way for Farmers Markets
Recent evidence shows that grants from USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program were effective in promoting local food systems.
Gather Baltimore: Reducing Food Waste and Combating Hunger in Baltimore
Volunteer organization, Gather Baltimore, collects unsold produce and bread from farmer’s markets, local farms, and produce distributors to sell and distribute.
Urban Agriculture Keeps Pace with Population Growth in India
India’s urban populations are growing, but cities such as Nanded are embracing the change by incorporating agriculture into urban planning.
Innovation for Sustainability: Bhungroo Boosts Incomes and Food Security for Women Farmers
Biplab Paul has developed a technique to improve crop irrigation in Gujaret, raising incomes by more than 1,000 percent within two years.
Small Food Producers Under Threat from Food Safety Modernization Act
Two new Food Safety Modernization Act (2011) rules will place undue burdens on small food producers.
