Making Fish Farming Cool for Rural Youth
Getting teenagers interested in aquaculture seems like a daunting task, but initiatives in Nigeria have proven it is well worth the effort. An organization that focuses on sustainable agriculture, The...
View Article17 Indigenous Agricultural Programs to Recognize International Day of World’s...
Contributing Author: Alex Bezahler In honor of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Food Tank is highlighting 17 global organizations that promote indigenous food systems. Through...
View ArticleHow OzHarvest Is Helping Australia Halve Its Food Waste by 2030
Ronni Kahn started OzHarvest more than a decade ago and since then, the organization has delivered nearly 110 million meals to those in need while keeping over 37,000 tons of food from reaching...
View ArticleCity Council Boosting Food Security in the Big Apple
The New York City Council plans to boost food security in America’s most populated city—more than 1 million New Yorkers currently go hungry or lack access to healthy, nutritious food. With this new...
View Article16 School Garden Initiatives Revitalizing Lunches in the Cafeteria
School meals can be one of the most important sources of nutrition for children around the world. The U.N. World Food Programme estimates that nearly half of all schoolchildren in low- and...
View ArticleNon-Profit Working to Improve Global Food and Beverage Companies
One non-profit organization, Access to Nutrition Foundation (ATNF), is partnering with socially-conscious investors to tackle malnutrition and obesity by evaluating and bringing transparency to the...
View ArticleBuilding School Gardens Across Argentina—Lessons from Huerta Niño Foundation
Huerta Niño Foundation works to bring school gardens to rural and urban areas across Argentina for nearly 20 years. While the main objective of the gardens is to diversify students’ diets, the program...
View ArticlePreventing Food Waste in Brazilian Favelas
The Brazilian organization Favela Orgânica has delivered nearly 110 million meals to people in need while keeping over 37,000 tons of food from reaching landfills over the last 8 years. “Favela...
View Article19 Books on Food Tank’s Fall Book List to Reconnect with the Food System
Contributing Author: Jared Kaufman This fall, Food Tank is inviting you to take time to devote to a good book. We’ve gathered 19 reads that inspire us and challenge us to be better activists,...
View ArticleThe Mobile Kitchen Changing Food Education Across the U.S.
The Charlie Cart Project is an all-in-one, hands-on learning program using a kitchen on wheels to teach both children and adults how to make healthy food choices. “Imagine walking into a classroom of...
View Article19 Organizations Honoring Veterans
November 11 marks Veterans Day, a day honoring military veterans and paying respect to those who have served. With 19.6 million veterans in the United States—1.2 million leaving active duty over the...
View ArticleTeaching Nutrition with Comics
The Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) is working to harness the power of storytelling by launching a comic book project to teach nutrition to adolescents in...
View ArticleThis Season, Focus on Creating Convivial Food Experiences
Contributing Author: Jared Kaufman Eating together does more than make people happier—it can help us all be healthier, especially around the holidays. Conviviality—eating with good company—creates a...
View Article15 Children’s Books Celebrating Food
Contributing Author: Katherine Walla As the holiday season ramps up for many across the world, Food Tank is highlighting 15 children’s books that will introduce young eaters, growers, and innovators to...
View ArticleArizona State University and Food Tank Host Wisdom of Indigenous Food Ways...
Traditional indigenous knowledge is not front and center in most conversations on food system transformation and this needs to be rectified. That is why we are so excited to announce the next Food Tank...
View Article120 Organizations Creating a New Decade for Food
Contributing Authors: Andrea Oyuela, Thea Walmsley, and Katherine Walla 2019 was a great year for Food Tank. We hosted and participated in ground-breaking Summits, innovative events, and global...
View ArticleFood News Is Changing And Inspiring Action
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Amelia Nierenberg of the New York Times and Lucy Biggers of NowThis News join Danielle Nierenberg to talk about the changing—and challenging—field of food...
View ArticleOpinion | The University of Maryland’s Cool Food Pledge
The University of Maryland recently pledged to reduce 25 percent of food-based greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 At the University of Maryland’s South Campus Dining Hall, healthful food choices for...
View ArticleHelping Local Farmers in Madagascar Create Sustainable (And Profitable)...
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Tim McCollum, founder and CEO of Beyond Good, an organic chocolate company that exclusively sources cacao from local farmers in Madagascar. They...
View ArticleBeing Healthy Isn’t a Fad (especially in the face of COVID-19), says Katz
On the podcast “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Dr. David L. Katz, founding director of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center. He touches on the importance of a...
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