Food Tank spoke with Harry Rhodes, Executive Director of Growing Home, who will be speaking at the Food Tank Summit in Chicago.
Public Health
More Than 200 Attendees at First DC Food Policy Council Meeting
DC Food Policy Council holds inaugural meeting.
Hunger Doesn’t Take a Summer Vacation: 19 Summer Feeding Programs for Kids
During the summer, community organizations find creative ways to feed children who are food insecure.
New Report Urges African Governments to Increase Sustainable Agricultural Practices
The Montpellier Panel released a report calling on African governments to increase sustainable agricultural efforts.
Seven Questions with Denise O’Brien, Farmer and Founder of Women, Food Agriculture Network
Food Tank spoke with Denise O’Brien, farmer and founder of Women, Food Agriculture Network, who will be speaking at the Food Tank Summit in Chicago.
Healthy Retail Programs Help Transform Local Corner Stores
Innovative healthy retail programs are changing the way we eat, one corner store at a time.
Brazil’s Dietary Guidelines: Eat Real Food, Together
Brazil’s dietary guidelines provide sensible, food-based advice to combat the double burden of undernutrition and obesity.
Students Develop Innovative Solution to Reduce Food Insecurity in Nunavut
Students developed an initiative to reduce food insecurity in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
The Wireless Garden of Edyn: Changing How Gardeners Grow Food
The Edyn Garden Sensor uses the Internet to monitor changes occurring in a garden, so the gardener knows precisely what is needed for her plants to flourish.
20 Native North American Foods with Stories to Tell
Twenty indigenous North American crops important to the histories and cultures of Native Americans and early settlers.
Italian Study Comforts Pasta Lovers
A recent study at the Instituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed in Pozzilli, Italy, states that pasta consumption is negatively associated with obesity.
Philadelphia Soda Tax: A Sweet Plan to Fund City Programs
Mayor Kenney has devised an innovative plan to raise money to combat poverty in Philadelphia.
How the Philippines is Using a Robot to Plan for Natural Disasters
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization embarked on a drone initiative with the Philippine government to reduce disaster risk in the agriculture sector.
Feeding Children When School Meals End for Summer Vacation
Feeding America is working to expand summer food access among low-income children.
NRDC’s Auntie Biotic Petitions for KFC to Reform its Antibiotics Policies
NRDC’s chicken mascot Auntie Biotic petitions to push KFC to stop sourcing chickens that are routinely fed antibiotics even in good health.
New Bill in Congress Dispels Consumer Confusion Surrounding Food Labels
The Food Date Labeling Act in Congress would provide a national-level standard for clear and comprehensible food quality and safety labels.
Eight Countries Taking Action Against Harmful Food Marketing
Countries around the world are taking action to combat harmful junk-food advertising.
Antibiotic Growth Promoters: A Double-edged Sword of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence
Dr. Byeonghwa Jeon discusses foodborne pathogens and antibiotic resistance with Food Tank.
Philadelphia Passes Soda Tax
Philadelphia has become the first major United States city to pass a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Diabetes Rates Are Rising in the Middle East
Rates of type-2 diabetes and other lifestyle diseases are on the rise in parts of the Middle East. Rapid changes in diet and lifestyle are major factors.
