24 Ways Chefs are Cooking up Change Outside of the Kitchen

Chefs have a unique part to play in making the food system more environmentally sustainable, socially just, and delicious.

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Agriculture

Global Horticultural Knowledge Bank Emphasizes Farmer-Led Innovations

The Global Horticultural Knowledge Bank is providing an open-access solution to information and technology transfer for specialty crop farmers.

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Business

Turning Veggies from Sidekick to Star: Talking Tacos with Chaia DC

Sustainably-minded chefs at Chaia offer plant-based tacos to Washington, D.C. market goers.

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Agriculture

Making Strides in India: Helping Women Farmers Generate Income

ICRISAT’s agricultural initiatives in rural India are inspiring leadership and fostering economic growth for female farmers.

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Food Security

Eating Justly: Vermont Law School Conference Addresses Challenges, Solutions to Food Justice

The “Global Food, Local Solutions” conference raised key challenges to achieving food justice.

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Agriculture

Parkway Gardens Bring Healthy Food to Angelenos

The Los Angeles City Council has voted in favor of parkway gardening –community members can now grow healthy food without fearing a fine.

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Agriculture

Slow Living Summit 2015: Explore the Journey of Food

This summer, learn how redefining community can help us create a more sustainable and equitable food system.

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Agriculture

10 Unique Urban Agriculture Projects in Mexico City

Mexico City’s thriving local food system emphasizes urban agriculture.

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Agriculture

Harvesting the Research: Valuing Ecosystem Services to Offset Global Costs of Agriculture

Dr. Harpinder Sandhu discusses the value of ecosystem services on a global scale.

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Agriculture

10 Things We Can All Do to Support a Local Food System

Check out Food Tank’s 10 ideas for how we can all support local food systems.

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Agriculture

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.

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Agriculture

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.

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Agriculture

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.

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Nutrition

What’s for School Lunch? Chickens Raised Responsibly

New USDA standard puts chicken raised with responsible antibiotic use within reach of schools.

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Food Waste

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.

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Agriculture

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.”

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Agriculture

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.

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