Op-Ed | Look to Local Food Policies for Climate Hope

Pioneering local governments are transforming food systems in their communities, showing the world that change is possible.

Raising a Toast to Planet-Friendly Wine, Beer, and Spirits

Whether they’re making wine, beer, spirits, or a non-alcoholic beverage, many producers are finding creative and sustainable approaches to biodiversity, carbon-neutrality, and procurement.

Report Finds That Agriculture Is Breaching Several Planetary Boundaries

The planetary boundaries framework looks at human’s impact on the environment more holistically than just focusing on greenhouse gasses and climate change.

The Small Farmer Atlas: Learning Lessons from the Original Influencers

The Small Farmer Atlas is an invitation to companies, policymakers and non-profit organizations to center the perspectives of small-scale farmers in the design of procurement processes and sustainability policies.

To Create Lasting, Collaborative Food System Solutions, We Need to Learn By Listening

If more collaborative research methods can help mitigate climate change, build sustainability, and address inequities, why aren’t they more widespread?

9 Organizations Helping Hawaiian Communities Impacted by Wildfires

These organizations are looking for volunteers, food and other essentials, and funds as they work to help communities impacted by the devastating wildfires on Maui and Big Island.

Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Let Youth Advocates Lead the Way

Youth advocates aren’t just part of the solution—they are the solution. Young people are leading movements and making sustainability a reality.

Food Tank’s 2023 Summer Reading List

Embark on a global literary journey this summer, exploring the intersections of food, culture, and environmental responsibility through our handpicked selection of books.

The Comeback of Natural Fertilizers: A Cost-Effective Alternative for Producers

Cover crops can build soil health, combat the climate crisis, mitigate drought, and boost farmers’ livelihoods.

IPCC Synthesis Report: A Final Alarm For Climate, A Final Alarm For Food Systems

The IPCC Synthesis Report notes that incorporating knowledge from Indigenous Peoples and local communities is essential to ensuring locally appropriate, socially acceptable solutions.

Shellfish Growers Unite to Take On Climate Crisis, Protect Aquatic Ecosystems

A Coalition of shellfish growers in the U.S. and Canada are driving climate action to sustain aquatic ecosystems.

New Welsh Agriculture Bill May Boost Sustainable Production

A Sustainable Land Management policy will pay farmers for protecting the environment while boosting food security and preserving Welsh culture.

Why Cover Crops Are the Solution to Rapid Soil Degradation

About a third of arable land is now moderately to severely degraded, but cover crops offer a potential solution.

Climate Action Must Include Nutrition

The climate crisis exacerbates hunger and malnutrition by threatening the nutritional quality of crops as well as crop productivity.

Op-Ed: Soil Connects Us to the Earth

Soils are living, biodiverse ecosystems, home to microscopic organisms that fix nitrogen and break down organic materials.

A Model for Bold Agricultural Transformation in Kenya

A coalition in West Pokot County, Kenya, hopes to serve as a model for community-led food systems transformation in other countries.

From Farm to Kitchen: Solutions to Address the “Low Hanging Fruit” of Food Loss and Waste

Everyone has a role to play in addressing food loss and waste, say experts at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Tuesday, Nov. 15

Conversations at COP27 are focusing at COP27 on a topic too often ignored in climate conversations: gender equality and women empowerment.

Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Thursday, Nov. 10

AT COP27, experts are highlighting the burden shouldered by farmers, the value of Indigenous knowledge systems, and encouraging investors to finance food systems transformation

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