Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Food Assistance

Food donations organizations are looking for innovative ways to reduce packaging waste and their environmental footprint.

How Sun & Swell Ditched Plastic for Compostable Packaging

Sun & Swell is distributing their organic food products in 100 percent compostable packaging and reusable jars, one of the first companies to do this on a large scale.

Sustainability Today: A Concordia Event in Partnership with Rubicon

This event, hosted by Concordia and Rubicon Technologies, aims to highlight leaders and disruptors seeking to achieve a more sustainable future in America. During this event, Food Tank’s president, Danielle Nierenberg, will moderate a panel on regenerative agriculture.

Expanding Nutrition Initiatives in Lead-Up to U.N. Food Systems Summit

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is playing a key role in improving the nutrition landscape in Ethiopia.

Long Food Movement Report Calls for Long-Term and Forward Looking Reform

The report emphasizes the important role that civil society organizations will play in restructuring and improving the global food system.

Startups Looking to Change the Snack Industry with Planet-Forward Options

A new program is helping startup companies expand their business and promote healthy and environmentally-friendly snacks for the future.

On Sperfslage Farm, Success Means Preserving a Way of Living

Cousins Mark and Mikeal Sperfslage are working to promote sustainable livestock practices while narrowing the gap between eaters and farmers.

Celebrating Sustainable Food Rooted in Place and Tradition

A panel discussion featuring chefs from the United States and Latin America discuss the importance of a diet that works with the environment.

New Report Finds 100 Percent Organic, Plant-Forward School Meals Produce More Than Just Health Benefits

These values-based school meals can also benefit the environment and boost the local economy.

Experts Discuss the Connection Between Human and Planetary Health

During an event co-hosted by Food Tank and the Barilla Foundation, experts argue that food, culture, and environmental health are inseparable.

A Countdown to Earth Day 2021 Featuring Chefs From Across the Planet

Join Food Tank and the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) at 9:00AM ET April 19-22 for four days of panel discussions featuring chefs from around the world. They will discuss BCFN’s cultural pyramids and the way that food intersects with human and planetary health. 

Advocating for Family Farmers: “Spend Just One Day with Me on the Farm”

Darby Knoll wants everyone to see the passion and care farmers show their animals and the land they tend.

One Planet. One Health: Building Solutions for More Sustainable Local Food Systems

Join us Thursday, May 6th at 12PM EST as Food Tank partners with Danone Institute for the event One Planet. One Health: A discussion about building solutions for more sustainable food systems.

The Rodale Institute’s Soil-Carbon Solution and the Future of Regenerative Agriculture

The Rodale Institute published the Soil-Carbon Solution, addressing regenerative agriculture and solutions to climate change

Big Fish Series: Is Aquaculture Breaking Into the Global Food System?

During an event hosted by Stanford University’s Center on Food Security and the Environment and the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture, panelists reflect on past, and the state of aquaculture today.

Coastal Roots Farm Educates Community through New Mini-Film

The new Coastal Roots docu-style film shows how one farm in Encinitas, California cares for its community through food donations, education, and organic farming rooted in Jewish values.

Father-Daughter Miles and Brie Reiter of Driscoll’s Discuss the Past, Present, and Future of their Business

In a recent interview, Brie and Miles Reiter discuss how Driscoll’s is striving for a more sustainable future.

Integrated Approach Is Needed for Food System Change, Says New Report

The FABLE Consortium’s recent report proposes strategies and pathways for 20 countries to develop sustainable land-use and food systems.

Why Ending Factory Farming Must Be Part of Biden’s Plan to Tackle America’s Biggest Issues

Ending factory farms is good for animal welfare, public health, worker safety, and the environment.

Investing in a Better Future of Snacking

CoLab is a new start-up engagement program for entrepreneurs to create healthy snacks that are delicious and good for the planet.

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