At a recent Food Tank Live event in Chicago, Dani had the chance to speak with Jose Oliva, campaign director of HEAL Food Alliance. Their mission is to use collective power to create food and farm systems that are healthy for the farmer, the consumer, and the economy.
Sustainable Agriculture
Supporting the Cerrado with Baru Nuts
Regenature, a Brazillian health foods importer and exporter, wants to regenerate the Cerrado by popularizing native baru nuts.
Musk Is Training Young People to Be In Food–And Love It
Kimbal Musk tells Gabriella Gershenson of the Wall Street Journal about creating opportunities for young people in farming—and disrupting current agricultural practices—with indoor farming.
24 Organizations Finding Food Justice
In honor of World Social Justice Day, Food Tank highlights 24 organizations working to help communities create just food systems
Opinion | The University of Maryland’s Cool Food Pledge
The University of Maryland pledges to reduce 25 percent of food-based greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, adding curriculum on campus.
20 Plant-Forward Chefs Loving Vegetables This Valentine’s Day
Food Tank is highlighting 20 chefs proving plants are some of the most versatile ingredients for special occasions—especially this Valentine’s Day.
Creating Sustainable Cold-Brew Brings Tech to Coffee-Producing Communities
Amelia Nierenberg hosts Matt Swenson, Director of Coffee at Chameleon Cold-Brew, to talk about an exciting future for sustainable coffee.
Opinion | Making Coffee Sustainable
Coffee is facing a sustainability crisis. A Global Coffee Fund would help, say Jeff Sachs and Kaitlin Cordes, Columbia University.
Food Tank’s Winter 2020 Recommended Food Book Reading List
The winter may be cold, but Food Tank is staying warm with a list of 21 books to reignite hope for the food system’s future.
A Grandson Continues the Family Legacy at Palmquist Farms
Austin Palmquist discusses his role as a young farmer with Niman Ranch and motivation for sustainably raising 400 hogs annually in this week’s Farmer Friday feature.
18 Organizations Protecting Biodiversity in Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico
The American Southwest is a place of stunning biodiversity, which is being threatened by urbanization and habitat destruction. These organizations, many of which are rooted in indigenous communities, are working to protect and honor the region’s diversity.
We Need More Biodiversity in Our Food System
Ann Tutwiler commends the women who use biodiversity as a powerful tool for global nutrition, soil enrichment, water quality, and climate adaptation.
Supporting Indigenous Foodways Is For Everyone, Says Daniels
A registered Native Hawai’ian, Daniels is using the Good Food Purchasing Program to push public institutions to support diverse food producers.
Miyoko’s Kitchen: Leading the Dairy Revolution
When asked why she uses a political term like revolution to discuss cheese, Miyoko answers matter-of-factly, then elaborates connecting all of the political decisions that get made to take a glass of cow’s milk from subsidy to table.
The Wisdom of Indigenous Foodways
Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, talks about learning from indigenous wisdom in the food system.
Food Is the Cause—And Cure—For Health and Environment, Says Dr. Hyman
Physician and NY Times best selling author Dr.Mark Hyman joins NowThis reporter Lucy Biggers in a conversation on America’s food system’s linkages to health outcomes and the environment and offers a call-to-action on how we can fix it.
Balancing Diets, Carbon, and Nutrition Takes More Than Changing the Menu
Changing eating habits to include more plants and less or no meat is challenging for countries where people still struggle to meet their nutritional needs. Lower carbon diets should be more ambitious to achieve food security.
Wild Crops Boost Food Security in the Sahel
Wild perennial crops, or wild plants that grow all year round, are very resilient to drought in Niger’s Zinder region. Rewild Earth has leveraged that resilience to improve food security for people that otherwise don’t have many food options.
The Dairy Revolution: Vegan CEO Working to Help Dairy Farmers
“We can revolutionize by helping farmers transform their dairies into new enterprises and then we’re helping ourselves and we’re helping them. We’re helping the world.”
Philabundance’s Abundantly Good Cheese Benefiting Dairy Farmers, Hungry Families
While Pennsylvania dairy farmers struggle with surplus milk and Philadelphia area families struggle with hunger, Philabundance is taking the lead to address both issues
