Food Tank, NYU, and Rodale Institute will celebrate Marion Nestle’s 90th birthday and her extraordinary legacy in food, nutrition, public health, and food policy.
Op-Ed | Pockets of Possibility: From Food Environments to Nourishing Meals
The solutions we need are already within reach.
Unboxing Breakfast: Marion Nestle on the Hidden Forces Shaping What We Eat
A new book explores the story behind America’s cereal boxes.
Lineup Just Dropped: Are You Joining Food Tank at Climate Week?
We need to show the world that food and ag are key solutions to the climate crisis—but we need to move toward urgent, lifesaving action.
Experts Highlight the Power of Food to Improve Metabolic and Mental Health
“There’s a handful of policies that we could enact to both improve the science and improve the food right now for Americans.”
Op-Ed | The Food System Is Driving Two Crises at Once—and Could Help Solve Both
Meaningful progress on both climate and public health will require addressing some of the same upstream drivers.
Federal Judge Blocks SNAP Waivers in Five States
Evidence shows that SNAP recipients’ diet quality is similar to other Americans.
Op-Ed | Can Understanding the Dark Matter of Food Revolutionize Agriculture?
Natural plant compounds may one day be a tool for reducing the overuse of synthetic herbicides that harm the environment and human health.
Putting Food at the Forefront: Tufts Unveils New Toolkit for Clinicians
Tufts University and Kaiser Permanente integrate food is medicine into the clinical practice by offering guidelines and templates for practitioners.
YumLit Combines Playful Mealtimes With a Mission to End Food Insecurity
YumLit, a new social venture, wants to make family mealtimes fun while doing good for communities.
The Henry Ford Brings Farm to School Film to New York City
Farm to School Lunch Across America proves that school meals can nourish students, strengthen local economies, and support farmers caring for the land.
Regen Nutrition Project Measures Real Food Nutrient Density
Can regenerative systems produce healthier foods? A new project wants to understand how farming practices impact nutritional quality.
Op-Ed | The Future of Protein Is Delicious and Data-Backed
If we want to shift diets at scale, we have to start with taste. As science reveals how protein quality shapes flavor and function, taste is the on ramp to healthy diets from sustainable food systems.
Op-Ed | Dietary Guidelines for (Some) Americans: The Impact of Ignoring Health Equity in the DGA
What happened to health equity in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans?
How GLP-1 Medications Are Driving Food and Beverage Innovation
GLP-1 drugs are reshaping appetite, sensory preferences, and nutrition priorities, accelerating innovation in food and beverage product design.
Aspen Institute Launches Community Roadmap to Scale Food is Medicine
Food & Society’s Executive Director, Corby Kummer, gives Food Tank new insight into the new Community Action Plan.
Join Us on Capitol Hill Next Week to Ask: Are We Eating Ourselves Sick?
Food Tank is heading to Capitol Hill to explore a major public health challenge: ultra-processed foods.
How Culinary Medicine Could Transform Healthcare: Q&A with Dr. Timothy Harlan on Bringing the Kitchen into Medical Education
For years, medicine and food existed in parallel worlds: one focused on disease, the other on culture and flavor. Dr. Timothy Harlan has spent his career bridging that divide.
Op-Ed | From Comfort to Climate: Why What We Eat Matters for the Planet
Nobody is imposing new eating rules or taking the pleasure out of food. It’s about adaptation.
How Obesity and GLP-1s Are Reshaping Food and Public Health
Can drugs like Ozempic help us rethink the forces driving the obesity epidemic?