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Food Tank Explains: Food Sovereignty " Food Tank
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (466+ words) Home " Food Tank Explains " Food Tank Explains: Food Sovereignty Food sovereignty is the right of peoples, communities, and countries to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through socially just, ecologically sound, and sustainable methods, and their right to define their…...
Through Collective Action, We Can End Food Waste
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (364+ words) Home " Food Waste " On Stop Food Waste Day, We're Celebrating the Power of Collective Action! I want to share some good news about the state of'food waste in the United States: According to'a new report from Re FED, total surplus…...
Development Aid Sinks, Bangladesh and Rwanda Help Farmers
4+ day, 54+ min ago (1047+ words) Home " Food Tank " Food Tank's Weekly News Roundup: Development Aid Plummets, Rwanda Protects Farmland, Bangladesh Launches New Farmers' Card Each week, Food Tank is rounding up a few news stories that inspire excitement, infuriation, or curiosity. Development Aid Plummeted in…...
Earth Day Is Global'But We Know Food and Climate Solutions Start Locally " Food Tank
1+ day, 54+ min ago (561+ words) Home " Agriculture " Earth Day Is Global'But We Know Food and Climate Solutions Start Locally Earth Day is this week, on Wednesday, April 22. From my vantage point, two of the most impactful forces shaping the health of our planet are converging'the…...
Op-Ed | The Nutritionists Are Right. We Must End Hunger Differently. " Food Tank
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (366+ words) Home " Op-Ed " Op-Ed | The Nutritionists Are Right. We Must End Hunger Differently. In 1946, more than half the world's population faced hunger. Today, this figure has fallen dramatically'to 8 percent'even as the'global population has tripled. Progress the past 20 years has been significant…...
Inside Buffalo Go Green's Approach to Food, Health, and Care " Food Tank
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (425+ words) Home " Food Access " Inside Buffalo Go Green's Approach to Food, Health, and Care In'Buffalo, New York, Buffalo'Go'Green'has spent years advancing food equity by linking food access, education, and health outcomes in communities shaped by long-standing disinvestment'and is now building a…...
Creating Dignified Jobs for Youth through Agricultural Research and Innovation " Food Tank
1+ week, 5+ day ago (240+ words) Home " Agriculture " Creating Dignified Jobs for Youth through Agricultural Research and Innovation The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), headquartered in Nairobi, is working to improve human and planetary health through research on arthropods. Through their research, the…...
Celebrating Our Farmers and Spotlighting Food System Visionaries " Food Tank
1+ week, 6+ day ago (242+ words) Elena Seeley is Food Tank's Content Director. She earned a BA in Biology from Grinnell College and an MA in Food Studies from New York University, where she focused on food policy and food-based social movements. Elena has worked with…...
Food Tank Explains: Food is Medicine " Food Tank
1+ week, 6+ day ago (561+ words) Home " Food Tank Explains " Food Tank Explains: Food is Medicine This article is part of Food Tank's primer series, "Food Tank Explains." Each installment unpacks the ideas, innovations, and challenges shaping today's food and agriculture systems, offering clear insights into…...
The George Washington University to Host a Live Taping of "Forked" " Food Tank
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (155+ words) Home " Agriculture " The George Washington University to Host a Live Taping of "Forked" On April 15, a live taping of "Forked" with award-winning chef Sean Sherman will kick off the Planet Forward Summit at the George Washington University (GW) in Washington,…...