Regenerative agriculture is catching the eye of policymakers and companies that see these farming practices as good for boosting soil health and farmer resilience as well as reducing GHG emissions.
Policy and Organizing
Opinion | How Grocery Lists Can Green the World
The free flow of information about food’s environmental footprint is critical for unleashing the growing eco-consumerism movement.
Opinion | How U.S. Agricultural Subsidies Degrade Land and Soil
Agricultural lands are less productive than five years ago, even though global food production has increased. Agricultural subsidies promote practices that degrade soil health by damaging the nutrient rich microbiomes that help crops grow.
An Unexpected Collaboration Is Reducing Food Waste in Illinois
It Can be Done: The Wasted Food Solutions Task Force is bringing together organizations from all ends of the food recovery network in Illinois, fighting to reduce food waste through unique initiatives targeting policy, education, and asset-mapping.
Under Climate Change: the Policy Catalyzing Transformation
According to the panel of experts, food policy addressing GHG emissions, waste, and dietary patterns need this to transform food under climate change.
Selecting the Language and Stories to Transform Food
Food Tank’s San Francisco Food For Thought challenged the Bay Area to think more critically about the language and stories we choose to call for change in the food system. The results? More diversity, specificity, and empowerment.
Food Is No Longer the Hunger Solution: Food Tank at New York University
The solution to hunger lies in revamping what we understand as the causes: racism, inequity, discrimination, and more.
Castanea Fellows Rethink Justice in Food and Economy
The new fellow cohort from the Castanea Fellowship will confront the transformations needed to reintegrate equity and justice into the food system, in urban, rural, and tribal communities.
Creating Partnerships in Tokyo is Key to Effective Government Food Initiatives
Dr. Naoki Kondo, a social epidemiologist, talks about the Vegi-tabe Life Project implemented for promoting vegetable consumption of Adachi Ward residents in Tokyo, Japan, while emphasizing that creating partnerships is crucial for better results.
To Have and to Throw: Tackling Indian Wedding Food Waste
Culture, rising incomes, and an appetite for global cuisines are fueling massive food waste by Indian weddings.
