The Friedman School is expanding its educational portfolio, refocusing its research themes, and deepening its global impact.
How Fair Trade Empowers Farmers and Promotes Sustainability
Fairtrade International is working to empower farmers, promote gender equity, and encourage youth to pursue sustainable careers in agriculture.
New Report Calls for Advancing Equity in Agriculture for the 2023 Farm Bill
With the upcoming Farm Bill, policymakers have the opportunity to support historically underrepresented farmers and ranchers.
Reflections on The World Food Prize
Researchers are using models to understand how the climate crisis is impacting crop yields, identify potential solutions, and stress the urgent need for action.
New York May Be First State to Have Values-Based Food Purchasing
The Good Food NY Bill would make NYC the first to install a values-based approach to food purchasing.
The Global Alliance Releases Toolkit to Help Countries Prioritize Food Systems in Climate Policies
The Global Alliance for the Future of Food recently found that almost all countries overlook critical demand-side measures to integrate food systems transformation into climate policies.
Targeting Hunger and Poverty at the Anti-Hunger Policy Conference
The National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference will feature interactive workshops, networking opportunities, and a day on Capitol Hill.
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.
New Initiative Aims to Improve Transparency and Inclusivity in the Food System
Journey Foods is launching a new collaboration with universities to support student researchers in food tech.
Broadband Expansion Benefits a More Resilient Food System
In a recent panel discussion, experts explain why it is essential to promote broadband expansion in rural communities.
BCAGlobal Discusses Food, Race, and Social Justice
BCAGlobal recently hosted a virtual conversation and fundraiser focused on food, race, and social justice.
New on the Podcast: Olivier De Schutter on Democratic Food Policy Reform
Olivier De Schutter describes his work at the intersection of human rights and food system reform.
Opinion | New Report Profiles 21 Organizations Transforming Food Systems
A new report from the Global Alliance for the Future of Food and Biovision Foundation for Ecological Development points clearly to the nature- and people-based solutions available to us.
Five Ways You’re Responsible for Change in the Food System: Food Tank in L.A.
For these leaders in L.A., the trigger for change in the food system is not startups, corporations, or policies—it is a newly conscious and passionate general public refusing to accept the status quo.
Selecting the Language and Stories to Transform Food
Food Tank’s San Francisco Food For Thought challenged the Bay Area to think more critically about the language and stories we choose to call for change in the food system. The results? More diversity, specificity, and empowerment.
Castanea Fellows Rethink Justice in Food and Economy
The new fellow cohort from the Castanea Fellowship will confront the transformations needed to reintegrate equity and justice into the food system, in urban, rural, and tribal communities.
Cali Food Leaders Talk to Discuss Equity in Food System
West Coast food leaders are fed up with an unaffordable, inaccessible, inequitable food system: in San Francisco and LA, Food Tank is collaborating on solutions with these speakers.
Join Food Tank. Events Coast to Coast on Food Access, Affordability, and Equity
A series of upcoming Food Tank events will take us coast to coast across the United States to bring together incredible speakers and moderators around the issue of how do we increase food access, affordability, and equity in the food system.
Confronting Gender Bias in Agriculture Takes Daily Work, Says Maiga of CORAF
Mariame Maiga of WECARD/CORAF talks about how confronting gender inequity in Africa is a daily obligation for anyone working in agricultural research and sustainable development.
