Ernesto Fonseca, CEO of Hacienda CDC, highlights the plight of low-income communities in accessing and affording healthy, sustainable food options.
Interviews
Vicki Wilde on the Benefits of Women’s Agricultural Empowerment
Vicki Wilde, senior program officer at the Gates Foundation, explains the importance of women’s role in the agriculture sector and the need to ensure that their voices are heard.
Guy Kilpatric: Growing the Next Generation of Food Leaders
Guy Kilpatric, manager of the University of Maryland’s Terp Farm, weighs in on methods to encourage and teach aspiring farmers about economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable agricultural practices.
Jennifer Schmidt’s Passion for Agriculture is Inspiring Sustainable Practices
Jennifer Schmidt, a farmer and leader in the sustainable farming movement, spoke with Food Tank about a variety of issues facing the agricultural system, like climate change and diminishing opportunities for new farmers, and shared some solutions to these problems.
Meredith Epstein is Transforming Agricultural Education
Meredith Epstein, the head of the University of Maryland’s Sustainable Agriculture program, shares the importance of teaching new farmers, the challenges that new farmers face, and strategies to inspire the next generation of sustainable farmers.
Quality Meat from Quality Care: An Interview with Niman Ranch Farmer Randy Gadient
Randy Gadient, a Niman Rancher and hog farmer, explains why connecting with animals, involving more young farmers, and reviving small farms are key to changing the food system.
Emily Zweber on Organic Farming, Sustainability, and the Next Generation of Farmers
Emily Zweber, an organic, sustainable dairy farmer, sat down with Food Tank to discuss changes in agriculture, the food system, and the role youth can play in transforming the landscape.
Ben Friedman is Taking a Business Approach to Solve Environmental Problems
Ben Friedman shares how restaurants can transform food practices to promote sustainability. He sat down with Food Tank to talk about a range of issues that hurt the food system, and how individuals can help solve these problems.
Food, Business, and Sustainability: An Intersection Revolutionizing the Food System
Kristen Rainey works to fight food waste and promote plant-based diets at Google. She spoke with Food Tank about the biggest problems she sees in today’s food system, and discussed innovative solutions to these challenges.
Mailee Walker on Food Leaders: “We can truly be a considered a movement to be reckoned with”
Executive Director of the Claneil Foundation, Mailee Walker seeks to connect complimentary voices and elevate the power of small actions to make big differences in community health.
Jessie Bovay: “We need to teach young people food literacy”
Jessie Bovay, Director of Business Development at Mercaris: “The solutions to food insecurity and access will come from worldwide collaboration”
Duffield: Crop “Yield does not tell the whole story”
Duffield and is integrating livestock into crop rotations and helps aspiring and transitioning farmers by drawing on more than 20 years of farming experience and a background in teaching.
Lynsi Burton: On Writing, Food Policy, and a Meat-Free Lifestyle
Lynsi Burton opens up about a meat-free lifestyle, food waste, and food policies that can help build a better food system.
Amber Lambke: Returning to our Roots Through Grains
Amber Lambke, President of Maine Grains, Inc., talks about returning to Maine’s grain producing history to strengthen local farmers and the economy.
True Cost Accounting Can Positively Impact All Facets of U.S. Food System
Long-time organic farmer, Anne Schwartz talks about True Cost Accounting, and the positive social and environmental implications of integrating local, organic, and small-farms into food system policy.
Turning a Restaurant Into a Social Movement: A Conversation with Dan Simons of Founding Farmers
Dan Simons of Founding Farmers talks about the importance of responsible, sustainable practices in his business and why supporting independent farmers should matter to everyone.