The new accelerator network will build collective capacity and routes to market for youth, entrepreneurs and start-ups to scale solutions.
Food Industry Is Aligning with SDGs—but Not Taking Action
The food industry is taking the steps to monitor and report their environmentally and socially supportive choices—but not taking action to move the needle.
Hilton Properties Takes Additional Steps to Source Local Food
FoodMaven, a technology startup committed to reducing food waste on an industrial scale, is partnering with Hilton Properties to expand Hilton’s efforts to source local food in Colorado and Texas.
Opinion | New Diet, New Destiny? Saving the Planet Takes More Than Changing What We Eat
Can changing our diet save the planet? When the EAT-Lancet Commission launched a new landmark report last month, it was widely interpreted as saying that forking down less red meat and more vegetables should ensure that we can provide nutritious food for 10 billion people while maintaining a healthy Earth.
The World Food Program Uses Innovation to Disrupt Hunger
The World Food Program’s high-tech, groundbreaking projects aim to identify and nurture radical solutions to hunger.
Opinion | Amid Growing Hunger and Obesity, the Right to Food Needs a New Approach for Sustainable Development
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva explains the urgent need to reduce hunger and malnutrition across the globe as the human right to food becomes a growing priority.
Opinion | Investment in Agriculture and the Race to the Bottom
On-farm investment in agriculture has doubled over the past 20 years and as a result agricultural production has grown rapidly. But the bad news is that the key conditions that made these investments viable are deteriorating, and rapidly.
28 Food Waste Warriors
With food waste a growing global concern, Food Tank has created a list of 28 individuals putting their skills to the task of reducing food waste.
The European Union aims to halve food waste by 2030
On April 18, 2018 the European Union passed the first ever European-wide legislation on food waste.
Agroecology: A Path to Sustainable Development
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva writes about the importance of agroecology to put forward sustainable food systems that offer health, nutritious and accessible food for all, ecosystem services, and climate resilience.
Will Agroecology be the Solution to Mitigate Climate Change? Food Tank Goes to the United Nations FAO to Make the Case
Building on a Global Dialogue, the Second International Symposium on Agroecology will generate next steps to “scale-up and scale-out agroecology.”
Sustainable Soil Initiatives Making an Impact
Soils are the foundation for sustainable agricultural development and a key component of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. These innovative soil initiatives are leading the way in sustainable soil management.
BCFN YES! 2018 Research Grant Competition Now Open for Submissions
The 2018 BCFN YES! Research Grant Competition encourages collaborative investigations and research projects from early-career scientists in food, agriculture, nutrition, and sustainability.
The U.N. General Assembly Officially Declares the Decade of Family Farming
The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution aiming to ignite international efforts to support family farmers and their roles in developing hunger and poverty solutions.
BCFN Eighth International Forum On Food and Nutrition
The BCFN Forum is an international platform bringing together policymakers, the scientific community, the private sector, and civil society to share knowledge, analysis, and best practices in sustainable food and agriculture.
Millennials Gather in Denmark to Innovate on Sustainable Development Goals
UNLEASH, a global innovation lab, brought 1,000 individuals from all over the world to Denmark. In 10 days, 199 solutions were created to address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Agricultural Biodiversity: “Technically, Financially, and Politically” Feasible
Food Tank spoke with Marie Haga, Executive DIrector of the Crop Trust, about its new Food Forever Initiative.
Women-Led Sustainable Farming Model Wins United Nations Equator Prize
The United Nations 2017 Equator Prize has been awarded to 15 local and indigenous communities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including Swayam Shikshan Prayog from India for its unique women-led sustainable farming model.
U.N. Report Global Hunger Report Highlights Need for “Conflict-Sensitive Approach”
A new United Nations collaborative report finds global hunger, exacerbated by conflict and climate crises around the world, is on the rise.
WFP Transformers Project Boosts School Meals with Ugly Vegetables
In Nairobi, Kenya, the World Food Programme has piloted a project to include aesthetically rejected ugly vegetables in school meals, feeding 2,200 schoolchildren lunch made with fresh vegetables for 75 school days.
