Melbourne, Australia is recognizing the impact food has on the health and well-being of its community and is committed to promoting a healthy food system.
Nutrition
Food Tank’s Summer 2014 Reading List – 18 Books For A Better Food System
Food Tank’s 18 summer “must reads” for your tablet or bookshelf.
Indigenous Crop: Locust Bean—Not a Plant but a Tree
The locust bean tree is valuable in many ways: the fruit provides sustenance, the branches provide shade, and the leaves restore soil to good health.
10 Baltimore Urban Agriculture Projects You Should Know About
Urban agriculture supports healthy eating, local food production, and green industry in Baltimore.
“Battle for the Capitol” ROC United’s 2014 Week of Action
Join the fight for better working conditions in the restaurant industry and show your support for a more sustainable food system.
Flower Power: Saffron Captivates the Senses
Saffron’s flavor, fragrance, and color liven up foods and brighten up clothing throughout the world. It has also been valued for its medicinal properties.
Sustainable Business: A Farmers’ Market at Your Fingertips—Farmigo
Bringing farmers’ markets into the Internet age, Farmigo puts the power of community-supported agriculture into the hands of consumers.
Indigenous Crop: Fonio—One of the World’s Oldest Grains
Fonio may be one of the tastiest cereals that you have never tried.
Artificial Fertilizer Use levels-off as regions reach state of diminishing returns
Artificial fertilizer use is leveling off and even decreasing in many regions of the world as countries have started to reach a state of diminishing returns.
Indigenous Crop: Mesquite—Ancient Flour of the Future
Mesquite has a long history of usage by Native-Americans, but is only recently being rediscovered for its tasty flour and nutritional benefits.
Transforming political will into action for nutrition
Fighting malnutrition requires proactively building political will for effective action—a new core challenge for the nutrition community, according to IFPRI.
Indigenous Crop: The Cape Gooseberry, a Hardy and Healthy Fruit Throughout the World
The cape gooseberry’s pleasant taste makes it a healthy addition to sweet and savory dishes. This hardy fruit also has potential to jumpstart micro-enterprises.
Menus of Change: “This is how I’m going to be a leader”
The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard partner for a better food system.
Jamie Oliver Food Foundation Spreads the Word of Healthy Cooking
Jamie Oliver’s U.S. foundation implements their U.K. model to spread the message of healthy cooking to individuals, schools and businesses.
Innovation for Sustainability: Drying Racks Improve Fish Processing in Burundi
A system of raised drying racks introduced by the FAO has helped improve the livelihood of many in Burundi’s fishing industry.
Indigenous Crop: Finger Millet – high five for nutrition
With more modern technology, finger millet is making a comeback. With its high nutritional value, finger millet can help with malnutrition.
Is Big Food really the next Big Tobacco? New proposals want to hold food manufacturers accountable.
Is Big Food the next Big Tobacco when it comes to holding the food industry accountable for health care costs?
Exploring gender-based inequalities in land ownership in Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute looks to more fully explore the gender-based inequalities in land ownership that exist across Africa.
The Least of Your Problems
Alan Guebert explains how America’s beef industry continues to go shockingly unchecked, while American consumers continue to bear the brunt.
NEW REPORT: Food Tank By The Numbers: Family Farming
Food Tank highlights new research showing how family farms, can nourish the world while protecting the environment in a new report, Food Tank by the Numbers.
