It Can be Done: The Wasted Food Solutions Task Force is bringing together organizations from all ends of the food recovery network in Illinois, fighting to reduce food waste through unique initiatives targeting policy, education, and asset-mapping.
Sustainable Business
16 Companies Rethinking Packaging
Food packaging provides a variety of conveniences, from extending the shelf life of products to on-the-go meals. But the waste from this packaging is polluting the environment and posing hazards human and animal life. Food Tank highlights 16 food and beverage companies tackling this problem through innovations in their packaging.
23 Restaurants Giving At-Risk Youth an Opportunity to Succeed
One in five adolescents in New Orleans are neither working nor enrolled in school. Café Reconcile, and 23 similar restaurants worldwide, is creating opportunities in the kitchens through culinary and life skill training programs.
“Startups are pushing big companies to think outside the box”
Food Tank President Danielle Nierenberg moderated a discussion on ways to create sustainability in the food system, consumer habits around snacking, and if businesses can be kind to the planet while still producing delicious foods.
Feed Your Craving with These 18 Sustainably Sourced Foods
According to a report by Nielsen, nearly 75 percent of millennials, 72 percent of Generation Z, and 51 percent of baby boomers are willing to pay more for sustainably sourced products. Feed your craving with these 18 sustainably sourced foods.
Food Lovers Become Waste Fighters at NYC Food Waste Fair 2019
Learn about reducing food waste and taste upcycled culinary creations at the 2019 NYC Food Waste Fair.
Dr. Bronner’s Helps Bring Better Opportunities to Farmers in India
A sustainable soap company is paving the way for using sustainable agricultural practices which can be used to build a better food system.
Calculating Your FoodPrint
Dr. Urvashi Rangan discusses the challenges that consumers face when trying to make sustainable food choices, the power that their food choices hold in shaping our food system, and how FoodPrints can help.
Food Doing Good: Putting Sustainability on Plates in the U.K.
The Sustainable Restaurant Association challenges food businesses in the U.K. to take the lead on sustainability by cutting meat, food waste, and single-use plastic from their plates
Venture-Backed Technology Startup Tackles Industrial Food Waste
A venture-backed technology startup, FoodMaven, is tackling the US$161 billion per year industrial food waste problem with innovative solutions that allow food producers and suppliers to earn a profit from once landfilled- destined food.
Pashon Murray’s Detroit Dirt and Food Waste: A Solution for Industrial Problems
A city known for industry, Detroit is now rallying individuals and corporations around waste and dirt: Pashon Murray is leading the composting collaboration for the climate, economy, and future generation.
12 Orgs Highlighting the True Cost of Food
True cost accounting acknowledges the social, human, and environmental impacts of our food system to reveal what food really costs. These 10 organizations are committed to investigating the true costs of food to make a more sustainable food system for the future.
Creating Boozy Beverages from Food Waste: 10 Brewers Doing it Right
A compiled list of businesses that are diverting food waste from the landfill and transforming it into alcoholic beverages.
Karen Karp: Working with All Stakeholders for a Better Food System
Dani Nierenberg interviews Karen Karp about how her consulting company focuses on economics and works with diverse stakeholders to develop regional food systems, increase access to healthy foods, and expand sustainable agriculture.
15 Must See Events at Natural Products #ExpoWest 2019
Food Tank is traveling to Anaheim, CA to participate in the Natural Products Expo West 2019—an event that hosts thousands of companies in the natural products industry.
7 Ways to Say ‘I Love You’ Without the Waste on VDay
Hallmark holidays are often filled with extra paper, plastic, and general waste. This year, Food Tank is giving you ideas to celebrate love while maintaining environmentally conscious actions.
Opinion | How Salsas Sent Us to College
A Haitian immigrant student of fieldworkers, living in the nation’s leading town of tomato growers, discusses how running a sustainable farm-to-table business gave her the tools needed to succeed in college and beyond.
Meal Kit Deliveries Can Optimize the Food System, Says Uwe Voss
On Food Talk, COO and Managing Director of HelloFresh Uwe Voss talks about the ways meal kits aim to change consumer habits, from food waste to better nutrition.
New Report Sets Clear Targets for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems
The EAT-Lancet Commission for Food, Planet, and Health released its scientific review, publishing the world’s first-ever scientific targets for healthy diets and sustainable food production.
119 Organizations Shaking Up the Food System in 2019
2018 was a great year for Food Tank, but 2019 will be even better! Check out the 119 organizations we’re excited to grow alongside in the coming year.
