Farmworkers take center stage during Farmworker Awareness Week.
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USDA Report Offers Insight on the Impact of Local Food Systems
Farmers’ market sales might be down, but local food systems are making a notable impact on increasing access to healthy food for all.
101 Facts That Make Us Hopeful About the Future of Food
Food Tank is highlighting 101 stories of hope, innovation, and success, in creating a better food system.
More Food for the Hungry, Less Food in Landfills
How a food bank in Panama broke through government hurdles to gain access to more food for the hungry.
Food Tank Discusses Ending Poverty and Hunger with Heifer International’s Pierre Ferrari
Food Tank speaks with Heifer International CEO Pierre Ferrari.
Better Together: How Collaboration and Market Access Improves Rural Communities
Collaboration and technology use will allow farmers’ to increase productivity, food security and to better understand their rights.
10 Ways You Can Fight for Fair Labor Practices in America’s Fields
Food Chains director Sanjay Rawal and producer Smriti Keshari on worker-driven movements, how consumers contribute, and film as a tool for change.
16 Actors and Actresses at the Forefront of the Food Movement
These 16 actors and actresses are using their star power to shed light on the issues facing our troubled food system.
Farmers’ Rights for Reducing Hunger and Poverty
Juanita Chaves Posada, GFAR Senior Adviser on Genetic Resources, is informing smallholder farmers in developing countries about their rights.
Chef Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen are Committed to Smart Solutions to Hunger and Poverty
Chef Jose Andres, founder of World Central Kitchen and the Chef Network is bringing chefs together to create sustainable food economies in communities.
TechnoServe: Business Solutions to Poverty
Founded in 1968, TechnoServe connects people to the crucial resources they need to lift themselves from poverty.
Five Awesome Food Organizations in Alaska
Alaska has five top organizations named in the James Beard Foundation and Food Tank’s just released 2014 Good Food Org Guide.
To Feed the World in 2050 We Have to Change Course
We can feed the world in 2050 if we change course and if we stop focusing only on producing more agricultural commodities.
The Right Investments Can Help Lift Millions of Farmers from Poverty
“With the right policies and programs in place, solutions can be found,” said Esther Penunia, General Secretary of the Asian Farmers’ Association.
Fighting Poverty in Zanzibar by Feeding School Children
Home Grown School Feeding is fighting to reduce poverty levels in Zanzibar by providing nutritious, locally grown meals to school children.
What We Need to Know About Hunger
Food Tank is highlighting a new fact sheet created by the Small Planet Institute that examines a reality that nearly 1 billion people face every day: hunger.
Exclusive Invitation: Sweets and Snacks Expose Party Hosted by Oxfam America
Join Oxfam America & Rainforest Action Network as they celebrate ways big food companies can protect the environment and empower people to overcome poverty.
Foodshed Pizza and Pasta: Opening the Kitchen to Napa-Area Youth
Foodshed’s internship program gives low-income and at-risk youth restaurant experience that translates to better futures.
Stories from IFAD: Tool Offers Holistic Poverty Assessment View
A recently released International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) assessment tool offers adaptable approaches for development programs.
Fighting Poaching Means Fighting Poverty – Conservation Farming in Zambia
A company in Zambia is fighting biodiversity loss and poverty while improving food security with ‘conservation farming’.
