El Niño could bring more drought and flooding, but early action can help protect farmers, food supplies, and vulnerable communities.
Op-Ed | A New Future for Farming, Food, and Health
Three key myths continue to undermine progress to transform our food and agriculture systems.
How an Opera Singer Found Connection Through Farming
After COVID-19 paused her career, an opera singer found a new calling in farming—and a way to help people reconnect with food, nature, and one another.
Agroecology Pays Off: Report Highlights Major Gains for Burkina Faso Farmers
In Burkina Faso, farmers using nature-friendly methods are seeing bigger harvests and higher incomes even in areas hit hard by drought, floods, and conflict
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Schools Tackle Child Hunger, What’s Missing from the Cyclospora Conversation, Restored Soils Boost Food Security
Schools leverage a federal option to tackle hunger, what’s missing from the cyclospora outbreak conversation, research reveals the food security potential of healing soils.
Op-Ed | How Soil Health Is Promoted Through Traditional Knowledge and Modern Science
Farmers are learning from researchers—just as researchers are also learning from farmers.
How Transitioning Away from Chemical Fertilizers Pays Off for Farmers
Farmers foregoing chemical inputs are thriving. As fertilizer prices surge, their neighbors are noticing.
In Kenya, Better Information Helps Farmers Manage Risk
Farming is risky, especially in countries like Kenya that are dependent on rainfall. In the face of uncertainty, researchers are helping producers make the best decisions they can.
Food Tank Explains: Carbon Farming
Carbon farming captures carbon in soil while helping farmers build healthier, more resilient land.
Food Tank Explains: Regenerative Agriculture
What is regenerative agriculture? Food Tank Explains breaks down how regenerative practices build soil strength and resilience, driving climate resilience and crop yield.
Award-Winning Film ‘Common Ground’ Returns in Free, Educational Format
A new educational edition of award-winning film “Common Ground” brings regenerative agriculture education and farmer-led solutions into learning spaces.
USDA Launches $700 Million Regenerative Pilot
The USDA’s $700 million regenerative pilot aims to expand regenerative farming and strengthen soil health, even as staffing cuts raise questions about effective rollout.
Growing Food as Medicine in Montana
“Farmers should be paid like pharmacists,” says Bob Quinn, who wants to see producers truly recognized for growing food that nourishes and heals communities.
Remembering Pedro A. Sánchez, Pioneering Soil Scientist and Champion of Sustainable Food Systems
Pedro Sánchez leaves behind a global legacy of soil science that helped farmers restore land, grow food, and reduce hunger.
Food 2050 Visionaries: Rethinking the Roots of Agriculture in The Netherlands
Efficiency has come at the expense of human and animal welfare. What if Dutch farmers and researchers can develop circular food systems that work with natural processes?
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: World Bank Biodiversity Warnings, U.S. Regenerative Farm Funding, and After-School Nutrition Gaps
This week’s roundup looks at biodiversity risks, farm funding, pesticide safety, and why millions of children still miss out on after-school meals.
Dispatch from COP30: Friday, Nov. 14
How do we build a more ambitious, forward-thinking climate model to replace “business as usual”? It starts with putting farmers front and center.
A Story of Two Maize Plans—and a Better Farmer-Led Food System
With access to high-quality seeds, technical support, and new technologies, Ethiopia’s smallholder farmers are becoming more resilient to climate variations.
A Soil Health Journey at Maker’s Mark
Brian Mattingly is an eighth-generation farmer in Marion County, Kentucky, who grew up fascinated by soil. Shortly after college, he was hired at Maker’s Mark, a global whisky brand headquartered just three miles from his childhood home. Now as Director of Star…
Honoring Fred Kirschenmann
Fred Kirschenmann’s legacy is one of transformation—redefining agriculture as a system grounded in ecological balance and resilience and advocating for the vital role of soil and ecological health in sustaining life.