This Spring, be inspired by new recipes, a guidebook for climate action, lessons from the Earth, and much more.
New Book Gives Voice to Black Environmentalists’ Relationship to the Land
With Black Earth Wisdom, author and farmer Leah Penniman sets out to create a book she hopes will inspire others to engage in their own Earth listening practice.
Danielle Nierenberg to Receive 2020 Julia Child Award
As part of the Smithsonian’s Food History Weekend, Food Tank President Danielle Nierenberg will receive the 2020 Julia Child Award.
20 Teachers and Educators Building a Stronger Food System
Through nutrition and garden education, teachers are building a stronger food system.
15 Inspiring Quotes and Questions to Guide the Food System Forward
What does the future of the food system look like? How do we get there? These questions and quotes from food system leaders help shine a light on the road ahead for farmers, advocates, journalists, chefs, agricultural workers, business owners, grocery store employees, scientists, entrepreneurs, and eaters.
Watch: A Growing Culture’s Daylong Broadcast Celebrating Black Voices on Juneteenth
All the conversations are available to stream online. Presenters included Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, farmers Leah Penniman and Karen Washington, and more.
This Essay Collection is a Roadmap Toward A Healthier Post-COVID Food System
The essay collection in the journal Agriculture and Human Values, which Food Tank was honored to help organize along with many other brilliant food system experts, is available for everyone to read for free.
If Farmers of Color Don’t Own Land, “We Don’t Have a Voice in the Food System”
On Food Talk, Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, talks about what justice should look like for farmers and people of color, whose ancestors faced massive injustices in the past.
