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Local Corner Store Expands D.C. Food Access

Stanton Supermarket in D.C.’s Ward 8 expanded its produce section to bring fresh food closer to local families.

Food Tank’s Fall Reads for Food, Farming, and Our Future

Our fall reading list spotlights 26 powerful new books that explore food, farming, culture, and climate—and how they shape our future.

“We Are The Environment”: For Farmers, Stories Of Regenerative Food Systems Are Deeply Personal

To conclude Climate Week NYC, ten farmers from around the world took the stage to share deeply personal, moving, inspirational stories of resilient agriculture.

Sustainable Foods Showcase Highlights The Power Of Food Entrepreneurship

Climate Week NYC attendees got a taste of the future of food—and heard directly from the entrepreneurs powering it—at the 2nd annual Sustainable Foods Showcase.

“I Try To Do Things Differently”: A Climate Week Conversation With Brazil’s First Lady ‘Janja’ da Silva

Building political will and addressing complex modern challenges means changing the ways we think about who’s involved in creating solutions, First Lady da Silva says.

New Campaign Highlights Food Education’s Value

A new Food Tank campaign brings chefs, educators, and activists together to share why food education matters for a stronger food system.

Honoring Fred Kirschenmann

Fred Kirschenmann’s legacy is one of transformation—redefining agriculture as a system grounded in ecological balance and resilience and advocating for the vital role of soil and ecological health in sustaining life.

Food for All: Addressing the Allergy Crisis to Build a Better Food System

Food allergies are on the rise. By turning awareness into action and funding new science, we can build a safer food system.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Agri-Communities, Soil Science Research Gaps, and Sargassum Solutions

Explore how farming communities, chemical policy, and global aid cuts are shaping the week’s most important food stories.

Hunger Is a Choice—Brazil Just Proved It

The U.N. confirms Brazil’s removal from the Hunger Map after lifting millions out of food insecurity in just two years.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: A New Platform for Farmers in Tanzania, the Future of the EPA, and New Data on Global Malnutrition

This week, Food Tank’s round up is covering food policy changes, tech-driven agriculture in Africa, and growing concerns about global nutrition progress.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Immigration Raids, Syrian Wildfires, and Tomato Tariffs

A roundup of this week’s biggest food stories, from ICE raids on farmworkers to missed targets on regenerative agriculture.

Milken Institute Report Calls for Employer-Led Nutrition Strategies

Discover how smart nutrition programs at work can boost employee health and transform the future of corporate wellness.

DOGE Now Has Access to Sensitive Farmer and Rancher Information

A DOGE staffer’s access to USDA’s National Payment Service is raising concerns about data privacy, transparency, and agricultural market risks.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: SNAP Cuts, European Heat Waves, and Japanese Food Waste Reductions

This week: SNAP cuts take effect, Europe swelters, Japan curbs food waste, the U.S. targets foreign farmland buyers, and GCF boosts climate funding.

Dispatch from London Climate Action Week 2025

Action starts with education: See what Food Tank is doing at London Climate Action Week and discover 20 books shaping the future of food.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Hunger Hotspots, Fishery Gains, and Cyber Threats

Food Tank brings you the latest on hunger, ocean protections, ICE raids, and more in this week’s global food system update.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: CDC Vaccine Committee Layoffs, Diet-Related NCDs in Kenya, and Deforestation Progress in the Amazon

From Kenya to the Amazon to Bethesda, this week’s stories reveal big shifts in food, health, and climate action.

Building a Different Pork Market: ‘We’re Still Out There Raising Pigs in the Sunshine and Wide-Open Spaces’

In Iowa, one family farm is finding a way to raise pigs humanely—and stay profitable—by building a different kind of pork market.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Formula Milk Marketing Reform, Lab-Grown Meat Bans, and U.K. Farm Funding Cuts

What’s changing in food and health this week? A vaccine contract gets pulled, cultivated meat faces bans, and infant formula ads come under new scrutiny.

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