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Immune to the Shocks of Climate Change: How Farmers are Creating Resilient Local Food Systems
Here’s how family farmers, food heroes, and organizations around the world are working to create resilient local food systems.
Hannah Freeman: Fair Trade Turns Farmworkers into Change Agents
Fair Trade certified products contribute to better working conditions, health, education, and general wellbeing for farmworkers.
10 Financial Resources for New and Beginning Farmers
In an effort to revitalize farming as a profession, many financing options are available to new and beginning farmers. Food Tank highlights 10 of them.
What’s for School Lunch? Chickens Raised Responsibly
New USDA standard puts chicken raised with responsible antibiotic use within reach of schools.
Maria Finn: Rethinking Our Relationship with Art, Food, and the Sea
Artist and author Maria Finn suggests innovative ways to eat locally and purchase justly in part two of Food Tank’s Q&A.
Civilization Boxset: Is Open Sourced Hardware the Future?
Open Source Ecology is creating open source blueprints for cost-effective and efficient machines to build a “civilization-in-a-box.”
History Repeats as Farce: Giving Away Land Without Consultation in Mozambique
The Mozambique Council of Ministers is considering a massive project along the Lurio River in northern Mozambique without consulting the local people.
Preserving the Seeds of Today for the Food of Tomorrow
“Seeds of Time” draws attention to the consequences of climate change on our food supply if we don’t take action.
15 Protectors of Biodiversity #IDB2015
May 22 is the International Day of Biodiversity—an opportunity to increase understanding and awareness of the Earth’s flora and fauna.
“Global Sustainable Food and Agriculture: A Landscape Assessment” Released at Milan Expo
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is working for strategic and collaborative funding of food and agriculture sustainability initiatives.
California Farmers Use Carbon Sequestration to Reverse Climate Change
Farmers in California are using carbon sequestration to improve soil health, diversify plant life, and reverse climate change.
The Future of Rice: An Interview with Caryl Levine of Lotus Foods on SRI Initiatives
Caryl Levine, co-founder of Lotus Foods Inc. shares her work with SRI Initiatives.
Ben Simon: Imperfect Produce May Be the Bay Area’s Perfect Solution
Food Tank talks with Ben Simon about Imperfect Produce, a new food recovery project that plans to give consumers access to affordable, ugly produce.
Join the Fight for Food Education! #FoodRevolutionDay
May 15th is Food Revolution Day, and Jamie Oliver is asking us to join the fight for food education for every child.
Japanese School Lunch: It’s Not Just About the Food
Educators is Japan emphasize meals as a time for reflection and appreciation: not only savoring the food itself, but a time to reflect on the events of the day.
Growing A Future: The Green Shoots Foundation Works to Empower Cambodian Youth through Agriculture
The Green Shoots Foundation’s Food & Agriculture and Social Entrepreneurship initiative is inspiring change in communities in Southeast Asia.
Turnips Have Never Looked So Good
A rare variety of Vermont turnip is the star of this indigenous recipe spotlight.
Edible Business Conference Unites the Food Chain
The Food Lab at Stony Brook Southampton, N.Y., is hosting the inaugural Edible Business conference this June.
21 Food and Agriculture Organizations Fighting Climate Change
These 21 organizations are taking the lead in the global effort to fight climate change in the food system.
