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?

Op-Ed | Freedom to Choose What to Eat—and the Power to Build a Better Food Future

Science shows we have the tools to feed a growing population without destroying the planet.

Let’s Work Hand-In-Hand for a Better Future on World Food Day

Join us this World Food Day 2025 to explore powerful solutions to fight hunger, promote healthy diets, and build a sustainable food future—because together, we can nourish the world.

Cutting Through the Noise on Food and Climate: Q&A with Jonathan Kung

Jonathan Kung talks about being a third culture cook, combatting misinformation, and plugging into local, grassroots communities to drive change.

Op-Ed | Aquaculture Is Expanding Fast. Our Understanding of the Animals in These Farms Isn’t

Building a sustainable, nutritious food system while minimizing risks to other animals isn’t a pipe dream.

Food for All: Addressing the Allergy Crisis to Build a Better Food System

Food allergies are on the rise. By turning awareness into action and funding new science, we can build a safer food system.

From Capitol Hill to the School Cafeteria: Q&A with Dan Glickman on Fixing Our Food System

former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman reflects on the evolving politics of food and agriculture, calling for science-driven, bipartisan solutions to meet today’s climate, health, and nutrition challenges.

Food Is Medicine and the Future of Care Delivery

Food Is Medicine is changing how future doctors are trained, encouraging healthcare providers to center nutrition as they work with patients to address diet-related diseases.

Designing Dietary Guidance for Everyone: Q&A with Sameera Talegawkar

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans influence everything from school meals to nutrition education. What does it take to make them work for all eaters?

Milken Institute Report Calls for Employer-Led Nutrition Strategies

Discover how smart nutrition programs at work can boost employee health and transform the future of corporate wellness.

Harnessing the Power of Nutrition: Q&A with Dr. Kofi Essel

The rise in food as medicine represents a renaissance in the healthcare system, says Dr. Kofi Essel.

The Hidden Costs of Food Misinformation: Visualizing the Consequences

The current wave of food anxiety stems, in large part, from a misunderstanding of hazard versus risk.

Op-Ed | Exploring a Just Transition for Livestock Agriculture and Cellular Agriculture

Regenerative livestock farming, cellular agriculture, and precision fermentation each play a role in strengthening the food supply.

Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: SNAP Cuts, Soda Bans, and Avian Flu

A look at soda bans, school meal impacts, and what climate data says about our food future.

Let’s Go to Capitol Hill to Create Action on Food Is Medicine!

Food has incredible power to help us address complex challenges—especially when we consider how transformative Food is Medicine can be.

An Investment in Food Systems Is an Investment in Health

Food is Medicine programs, when designed effectively, can improve eaters’ health, support farmers, and advance nutrition equity.

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