Sustainable Agriculture

Design Students, Activists Collaborate to Create Sustainable Food Emojis

Sustainable food advocates now have a set of emojis at their disposal.

Can Celebrating Seasonality Create a Rich and Sustainable Food Culture?

Seasonal growing and eating is about much more than fueling our bodies—it’s about culture.

Ten Young People Who Are Changing the Food System

These 10 young entrepreneurs from around the world are changing the way we grow, prepare, consume, and think about food.

Food Hero: Sibella Kraus, Regional Food Leader Winner of the Growing Green Awards 2014

Sibella Kraus carried out various influential projects and initiatives that have been recognized by the jury of the Growing Green Awards.

Reaching Across Boundaries: Broad-Based Investment Strategies For Improved Land Use

Collaborating to improve landscape management: A new report outlines innovative approaches to financing and investment strategies.

Food Hero: Chip Taylor, Pollinator Protector Winner of the Growing Green Awards 2014

Chip Taylor has been awarded for his work as director of Monarch Watch, a program protecting monarch butterflies from extinction.

10 Indigenous Foods You Should Start Eating Today

Is your diet too processed or lacking in nutrients? Try out some of these 10 indigenous foods from around the world!

Smallholders’ Access to Markets for Certified Sustainable Products-Interview with David Cuming

Food Tank interviews David Cuming,of SAMCERT on his views of the success and struggles of the certification project, coffee and cocoa growers, and ‘cupping’.

Field Museum Restaurants, Garden Promote Sustainability

The Field Museum is home to two locally driven restaurants and a vegetable garden, designed to further the Chicago institution’s sustainability initiatives.

Food Hero: Will Harris, Sustainable Livestock Producer Winner of the Growing Green Awards 2014

Will Harris won the Growing Green Awards in Sustainable Livestock Production adopting sustainable practices and making his farm a profitable business.

Shelter From the Storm: RIICE Combines Technology and Insurance to Support Rice Farmers

RIICE is an innovative project that uses crop insurance, crop yield monitoring and the latest satellite technology to support smallholder farms Southeast Asia.

Digging for Solutions in the Ground Beneath Our Feet

Food Tank is recognizing 14 exciting projects and individuals who are facilitating important dialogue about the importance of soil.

Bottom-up Sustainability in Australia’s Livestock Industry

Despite a challenging macroeconomic and political context, sheep and cattle farmers in Australia are building a sustainable industry by 2020 through Target 100.

Starting Sustainability Early Breeds Success

After twenty years, sustainable agriculture and energy production continue to help a small Italian town prosper.

Can Sustainably Raised Fish Feed the World?

Doubling aquaculture’s production is the focus of the next chapter in the 2013-14 World Resources Report: Creating a Sustainable Food Future.

Book of the Week: The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food

Food Tank Book of the Week: The Seed Underground. Saving the world, one seed at a time.

Five Recommendations for Sustaining Agricultural Innovation

Innovation on African smallholder farms is the subject of a new report available through the Global Forum on Agriculture Research.

Grassroots Approach to Reducing Global Food Losses: Interview with Dr. Lisa Kitinoja

Dr. Lisa Kitinoja, founder of The Postharvest Education Foundation, sits down with Food Tank to discuss a grassroots approach to reducing postharvest food loss.

Food Hero: John Reganold, Sustainable Food and Farm Educator Winner of the Growing Green Awards 2014

John Reganold has played an important role in transforming U.S. agriculture through education.

10 Urban Agriculture Projects from Europe’s Greenest City: Freiburg, Germany

Freiburg is historically one of the most environmentally-conscious cities in all of Europe. Food Tank highlights ten urban agriculture projects in Freiburg.

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