The living wage for a family of four in the U.S. is just over US$25 per hour, but the federal minimum wage continues to sit at just US$7.25 per hour.
Feeding Kids an Understanding of Why Food Matters
These 26 organizations around the world are working tirelessly to teach kids about nutrition, gardening, and cooking.
Family Farmers Are the Future. Let’s Celebrate Them!
Family farmers produce more than 80 percent of the world’s food value, but face significant hurdles from land access to market access.
To Solve Climate and Food Challenges, We Need Ambitious Ideas Like These
We have to confront the challenges our world faces head-on. That takes courage, accountability, and a willingness to self-reflect and figure out how to do better.
Dispatch from London Climate Action Week
Tens of thousands of advocates, researchers, business and financial leaders, policymakers, and more have gathered in the the UK to discuss how we can mobilize funding and policy support to transition to a greener climate.
Keep an Ear to the Ground with these Engaging, Urgent Food Stories
These shows are telling urgent, engaging stories about food and agriculture systems that will leave listeners feeling energized and motivated to take action.
These 20 Books Are Your Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of Food and Ag
These books are starting points to explore new topics and go down new pathways as you deepen your understanding of food and agriculture.
Water is Life. Water is Food. Leave No One Behind.
World Food Day is not only a day—it’s a jumping-off point for action year-round.
With Climate Week Coming Up, It’s Time to Act on Climate Change and Food
A stellar lineup of speakers and moderators will inspire and empower at Food Tank’s Climate Week Summit on September 14th!
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?
Finding Childcare is Near-Impossible in Rural Communities. Bipartisan Policies Can Fix That.
In the U.S., about three-quarters of farm families have faced childcare challenges over the past five years.
Why The Right To Repair Agricultural Equipment is Crucial To Food Security
Many farmers in the U.S. are denied the right to repair their tractors, putting their livelihoods at risk. A movement to change this is growing across the country.
The Forum for Farmers and Food Security Is Literally Investing in the Future of Food Producers
Leveraging the power of strategic partnerships to invest in smallholder farmers can support producers’ livelihoods and protect the planet.
At National Events, Let’s Keep Food Businesses Accountable to People and the Planet
While many companies highlight sustainable practices, accountability is crucial to ensure they are reaching realistic climate goals.
What Happens When Alice Waters Jumps On Your Zoom Call to Talk School Food Procurement
The decisions schools make around food procurement shapes how they literally and metaphorically nourish the next generation.
Using Storytelling in Film to Re-Attach Ourselves to Our Food Systems
Films focused on food systems can help tell us specific ways we can make an impact with the information we’re learning and the stories we’re hearing.
Can Food Justice Be a Religion?
Food and faith are both simultaneously deeply personal and inherently community-based.
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: Friday, Nov. 11
The FAO is planning to launch an initiative this year to tackle on-farm emissions as part of the urgent need to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Wednesday, Nov. 9
FoodCOP27 is already off to an incredible start, featuring conversations on the power of youth, the transfer of knowledge from the Global South to the North, and the interconnectedness of climate and nutrition.
