So many other culinary education and food studies programs are guiding the next generation of leaders to think deeply about human and planetary health.
Mission-Driven Food Businesses Are Stepping Up to Transform Food Systems
Mission-driven food companies aren’t waiting to take climate action.
Funding Food Tech: A Venture Capital Firm Invests in a More Sustainable Future
Supply Change Capital recently closed its inaugural US$40 million fund focused on sustainable food and agriculture technology.
JEDI Collaborative, New Hope Network Launch New Survey to Improve Diversity of Food Business Leaders
JEDI Collaborative and New Hope Network hope to use the survey results to inform efforts to make food businesses more inclusive, equitable, and just.
Expo West 2022
Food Tank will be partnering with New Hope Network at Expo West 2022 in Anaheim, California. Food Tank’s President Danielle Nierenberg will participate in the State of Natural & Organic keynote panel. The panel will focus on how the natural & organic industry can harness innovation and technology to extend its positive impact in the world.
Expo East 2022
Food Tank will be partnering with New Hope Network at Expo East 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 1985, Natural Products Expo East has aimed to encourage the natural products industry to embrace organic and regenerative agriculture, engage in climate action and foster justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
Organic Week DC: Cultivating Diversity X Organic
During this session of Organic Week DC, convened by the Organic Trade Association, Food Tank president Danielle Nierenberg will interview Chef Eric Adjepong on the importance of representation in food. The session will also feature a panel discussion on the impact of pesticides on communities of color.
20 Children’s Books Celebrating Food and Inspiring Young Eaters
This season, Food Tank is highlighting 20 books that encourage young eaters to learn about where their food comes from and the culinary traditions that shape the world.
Nuance Is Our Friend, Ideology Is Our Enemy
To build a better food system, we must welcome solutions that embrace nuance.
Selection by Stone
“We are working with more than 20 farmers around Morocco in a range of agro-ecological zones and will also expand some of our outputs to Senegal, Ethiopia, and Lebanon to achieve the best possible solutions for the barley, lentil, and durum wheat systems,” Filippo says.
Taste the Revolution: 18 Cookbooks for Building a Diverse and Just Food System
Food Tank knows that representation matters. Our team put together this cookbook list to serve not only as inspiration in the kitchen but to combat social injustices through supporting queer and POC authors.
A Woman’s Place: Voices from the Field
When the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC) surveyed more than 3,500 farmers under 40 in 2017, 60 percent of the farmer respondents were women. And in 2012, the USDA Census of Agriculture found that 14 percent of principal farm operators were women, a nearly 300 percent increase since 1978, when it began counting women as farmers.
Fight Hunger and Grow Food with America’s Grow-a-Row
America’s Grow-a-Row grows over 1 million pounds of food annually and they give it all away
New Report Seeks Justice in 2018 Farm Bill
The Farm Bill Law Enterprise’s series of reports call upon Congress to diversify the agricultural economy, improve food access and nutrition, and encourage productivity and risk management in new farm bill.
Fair Trade Conference Explores the Roles of Campuses and Communities in Equity and Trade
The Fair Trade Campaigns Conference renews commitment of universities and communities to conducting operations with equity in trade in mind, opening up opportunities for marginalized producers.
Mailee Walker on Food Leaders: “We can truly be a considered a movement to be reckoned with”
Executive Director of the Claneil Foundation, Mailee Walker seeks to connect complimentary voices and elevate the power of small actions to make big differences in community health.
Agricultural Biodiversity: “Technically, Financially, and Politically” Feasible
Food Tank spoke with Marie Haga, Executive DIrector of the Crop Trust, about its new Food Forever Initiative.
