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James Beard Foundation Announces their Leadership Award Recipients

The James Beard Foundation recently announced the recipients of the sixth annual James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards.

20 Training Kitchens Cultivating Skills Around the World

These 20 training kitchens are helping youth and adults transform their lives and pursue careers in the culinary world.

47 Organizations Fighting Food Loss and Waste

These 47 global organizations are taking serious measures to reduce food waste.

Food-X: Changing the Future of Food

Food-X\’92s fourth cohort of food and agriculture startups includes companies throughout the food supply chain.

Greening the Restaurant Industry: An Interview with Karen Leibowitz

Sustainability is at the forefront of Anthony Myint and Karen Leibowitz’s newest restaurant, The Perennial, which opened in San Francisco in January 2016.

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.

Harvard Law School Brings Food Recovery Entrepreneurs Together for National Conference

The Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic will host a conference this month on reducing food waste.

Interview with Hilal Elver: U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Food Tank spoke with Hilal Elver, law professor and globally distinguished fellow, on the right to food and barriers in the world’s food system.

Food Loves Tech to Showcase Technology from the Fields to the Future

Food Loves Tech invites attendees to see, smell, touch, and taste the transformative technologies of our food system.

17 Farmer Heroes for Sustainability, Equality, and Defense of Traditions

Check out these seventeen farmer heroes who, from poetry to advocacy, are doing more than putting food on our plates.

The Kasiisi Project Harnesses the Power of Human Waste to Cook School Meals

The Kasiisi Project teaches children in rural western Uganda about the importance of caring for the environment with innovative solutions to conservation.

The James Beard Foundation Announces New Culinary Scholarships

The James Beard Foundation\’92s National Scholars Program will be accepting applications for ten new scholarships through May 15.

Interview with Dr. David Katz, President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Dr. David Katz, President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, shares his thought on integrative medicine and nutrition with Food Tank.

Ten Questions with Sam Fromartz, Editor-in-Chief of the Food and Environment Reporting Network

Food Tank spoke with Sam Fromartz from the Food and Environment Reporting Network, who will be speaking at the Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.

Ten Questions with Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director of Sustainability at GWU

Food Tank spoke with Kathleen Merrigan, the Executive Director of Sustainability at GWU, who will be speaking at the Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.

Ten Questions with Tim Carman, Food Writer for The Washington Post

Tim Carman, Food Writer for The Washington Post, will be speaking at Food Tank’s fourth annual Washington, D.C. Summit, “Cultivating the Next Generation of Young Food Leaders,” which will be held on February 28, 2018.

Seven Questions with Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, Creator of Conflict Cuisine

Food Tank spoke with Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, Creator of Conflict Cuisine, which is one of the sponsors of this year’s Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.

Cheap Food Is More Expensive Than You May Think

The True Cost of American Food Conference\’94 will discuss the human health and environmental costs of food and agriculture.

Ten Questions with April Fulton, Writer for National Geographic

Food Tank spoke with April Fulton, a writer for National Geographic, who will be speaking at the Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.

Ten Questions with Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO of Heifer International

Food Tank spoke with Pierre Ferrari, the President and CEO of Heifer International, who will be speaking at the Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C.

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