With climate change posing a major threat to agriculture, scientists and farming communities are working to conserve the genetic diversity of crops for food systems resilience.
Publications
New Project Assesses How Aquatic Species Support Sustainable Food Systems
New research provides a scientific foundation that will help decision makers integrate aquatic species into sustainable food systems.
COVID-19 Is Not the Only Cause Behind Rising Food Insecurity
The annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report finds that food insecurity and malnutrition are steadily increasing despite efforts to reach zero hunger in 2030.
The Global Food Donation Atlas Tackles Food Waste Policy
The new tool identifies challenges to food donation and opportunities to create more sustainable policies.
New Book Addresses Hidden Costs of Food
A new book, the True Cost Accounting for Food: Balancing the Scale, provides a new way to understand the social, human, economic and environmental costs of the food system.
Long Food Movement Report Calls for Long-Term and Forward Looking Reform
The report emphasizes the important role that civil society organizations will play in restructuring and improving the global food system.
Agrivoltaics May Offer Fresh Way to Produce Food and Energy
Placing solar panels on America’s farms could generate more than 100,000 rural jobs and eliminate as much carbon from the atmosphere as taking 71,000 cars off the road each year.
Food Tank’s Spring 2021 Reading List
Food Tank is highlighting 23 books to help readers learn about the food system, cook with new flavors, and grow their own food this spring.
New Report from World Wildlife Fund Explores Planet-Based Diets
WWF’s new report and website show how diet impacts the planet.
26 Children’s Books to Nourish Growing Minds
Food Tank’s list of children’s books to read about food and the food system.
