Through numerous food distribution schemes, the Food Bank of Iowa hopes to achieve its vision of a hunger-free Iowa.
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Planting the Seed: Cultivating the Next Generation of Farmers
The Center for Land-Based Learning strives to create opportunities for agriculture, youth, the environment, and businesses.
The Crop Trust Calls for Conservation of Genetic Crop Diversity
The Crop Trust works to establish international food security by conserving crop diversity through the collection of seeds from all over the world.
Agriculture as a Gateway to Poverty Alleviation
The Chicago Council of Global Affairs aims to generate discussion of global food security issues.
Whole Foods Partnering with Urban Farming Project to Improve Food Security in Chicago Neighborhood
Whole Foods and local organizations are teaming up to bring a new store to Englewood.
The MINT Standard for Airline Cuisine
Chef Brad Farmerie collaborates with Jet Blue MINT to create a fine dining menu for air travel.
Collaboration is Key to Alaska’s Food Security
The Alaska Food Policy Council is encouraging collaboration in its mission to increase access to healthy, local, and traditional foods.
Campus Kitchen Volunteers Reroute Food Waste
Student volunteers across the U.S. are rerouting food waste from campus cafeterias with the Campus Kitchens Project.
Improving Access to Food to Energize a City
Through its Urban Food Project, REV Birmingham is working to energize the city and promote economic development in Birmingham.
Juicing Up the Economy with Food Makers and Movers
San Francisco strategy for new food wholesalers and distributors not just a West Coast thing.
Empowering the Future Players of the Food System
Young Professionals for Agricultural Development provides a network of youth-to-youth interaction and knowledge sharing.
What Will a UNESCO City of Gastronomy Do for Tucson and for Other Cities?
Tucson, Arizona is using food and farming innovations to fuel the recovery of a lagging urban economy.
Learning Lunchrooms: We Can Change School Food, But Can We Change the Ideology?
It’s about time we made the lunchroom a place of learning, just like every other room in the school. Here’s how it can be done.
Defending the Right to Food at the World Trade Organization
Trade ministers from around the world are concluding a contentious week of negotiations in Nairobi, Kenya under the WTO’s Doha Development Round.
Meat, Paris, and Next Steps
What was off the radar—almost taboo, even—at the Climate Talks in Paris (COP21) was the topic of meat consumption.
Food-X Brings Growth to Start-Ups Affecting Positive Change in the Food System
Find out what businesses shaking up the food system are on the rise.
Investing in Agroecology: Study Reveals Lack of Funding for Sustainable Ag Research
A new study quantifies the amount of U.S. Department of Agriculture dollars funding sustainable agriculture research and development.
Food Tank’s Favorite Books of 2015
Food Tank’s favorite books from 2015 include both fresh and familiar titles, and explore topics ranging from ethical meat consumption to global food security.
The Future of the Organic Movement: Organic 3.0
The International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements calls for a new phase of the organic movement, termed Organic 3.0.
USDA’s New Farmers Web Tool Provides Resources, Training for Farmers of All Kinds
The USDA’s New Farmers web tool provides new and young farmers, veterans, women in agriculture, and farmers in transition with the necessary tools for success.
