The climate conversation often centers heavily on carbon. But the pandemic showed us the need for resilient supply chains, and nature-friendly farming has benefits that go beyond that.
Let’s Make 2024 the Year of Food is Medicine!
Successful food is medicine programs must be based in meaningful partnerships, building bridges across sectors, and centering community expertise.
Google Joins Forces with Tufts University to Transform Nutrition
Google partners with the Food is Medicine Institute, marking a significant step in the national movement to prioritize the power of food in healthcare and public health systems.
With the Support of Innovative Businesses, Google Looks to Transition to a Circular Economy
Google is asking companies with innovative packaging solutions to apply for their Single-Use Plastics Challenge.
Google Seeks Sustainable Packaging Options to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics
Google is calling on innovative companies to help them replace single-use plastics with reusable packaging options.
White House Seeking New Commitments to End Hunger and Improve Health by 2030
The White House is seeking new commitments from stakeholders across food and agriculture systems to support the implementation of the National Strategy to end hunger and reduce diet-related diseases.
“Whether You Produce Food or Not, Food Waste Is Still Your Problem,” Says Niyeti Shah
At the Future of Food @ SXSW, panelists discussed the different types of innovation required to end food waste.
R&DE Stanford Dining Joins Drawdown Labs: Why it Could Mark the Tipping Point for Campus Dining as a Critical Lever for Scaling Climate Solutions
Stanford Dining is the first university-based member in Drawdown Labs’ network of business leaders taking accelerated action against climate change.
Harnessing the Power of Data for the Food System
During a panel on the intersection of food and technology, experts discuss what communities need to use data fairly and effectively to build a better food system.
Technology May Change The Entire Food System For Good and Bad: Refresh
For agriculture and tech experts Ali Lange, Ankita Raturi, Don Bustos, and Tom Vilsack, technology is plotting new horizons for agriculture—as long as certain conditions are met.
Food Tank Wraps Up 2018 With Exciting News for 2019
With ground-breaking Summits, reporting, podcasts, and more, Food Tank has gathered a highlight reel to celebrate the coming of the new year.
A Conversation About Artificial Intelligence and Technology in Food Systems
Experts in agriculture, artificial intelligence, and technology sit down to discuss the current and future role of tech in agriculture. Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack opens the discussion.
Food Tank, Google, US Chamber of Commerce, & Cross-Sector Partners Release Report on AI and Food
A new report, Refresh: Food and Tech, from Soil to Supper, is a new approach to talking about technology’s part in agriculture, playing both good and bad roles in the food system.
From Soil to Supper—Technology and the Food System
According to a new report, the food system is on the verge of the new frontier, powered by machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other technologies.
Is the Future of Meat Slaughter-Free?
Dutch startup Mosa Meat secured US$8.8 million funding to mass-produce slaughter-free meat by 2021. The startup produced the world’s first hamburger in 2013 made by growing cow cells in a laboratory instead of slaughtering an animal.
Food, Business, and Sustainability: An Intersection Revolutionizing the Food System
Kristen Rainey works to fight food waste and promote plant-based diets at Google. She spoke with Food Tank about the biggest problems she sees in today’s food system, and discussed innovative solutions to these challenges.
