Waste management and soil scientists meet to discuss using human excretion to fertilize farms and gardens.
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Researching the links between Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security
Food Tank speaks with Sonja Vermeulen of CCAFS about addressing climate change and improving food security through agriculture.
Food Tank’s Spring Reading List
Food Tank has hand-picked 16 books that have educated, inspired, and informed us for your spring reading list.
Bivalves in the Five Boroughs: A History of Oysters in New York City
Where there were once buckets of bivalves, New York harbor is now home to a small, toxic oyster population. Long Island fisheries step in to fill the demand.
Manna to Math: A Conversation with a Food Education Leader
Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, The Academy for Global Citizenship’s dedicated founder, discusses school breakfasts, daily curriculum and widespread implementation.
Prison Inmates Gardening at Cedar Creek Correctional Center: A Volunteer’s Perspective
Prison inmates garden at Cedar Creek Correctional Center through The Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP).
Food Hero: Michael Kelly, founder of Grow It Yourself
Despite the spatial constraints of urban growing, Ireland’s GROW HQ project seeks to reveal the importance of empathy in our relationship with food.
“Sustainable” Agriculture: often debated, rarely understood
Current agricultural practices are diminishing our ability to produce food in the future. Food choices today will influence what is produced in the future.
Tree T Pee Creates Huge Water Savings For Farmers
John Georges invented the Tree T Pee to improve tree growth and conserve water.
Improving the Food Supply Chain in Japan
The analysis of food loss in Japan is now the aim of new institutional initiatives aimed at improving the national food system.
