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20 Food Systems Reads that Will Inspire You this Summer

Food Tank

Food Tank is compiling a list of books that will engage, educate, and inspire you this summer. Rethink your relationship with gardening in Tama Matsuoka Wong’s Into the Weeds: How to Garden Like a Forager , or learn about food systems innovations in the face of climate change in Food Systems of the Future. Historian Michelle T.

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From Farms to Flourishing Businesses

Sustainable Harvest International

Family farmers can develop flourishing businesses while supporting local food systems, food sovereignty, and sustainability. SUPPORT FAMILY FARMERS FEEDING THEIR COMMUNITIES Farmers can increase their yields while caring for the land by restoring soil health and adopting agroecological techniques.

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To Solve Climate and Food Challenges, We Need Ambitious Ideas Like These

Food Tank

A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. I’m still reflecting on something Zitouni Ould-Dada, a Senior Advisor at FAIRR, said during Food Tank’s inaugural London Climate Action Week Summit earlier this summer. And as Food Tankers, we need to reflect on ourselves, too.

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20 Organizations Cultivating the Food Movement in Atlanta

Food Tank

Across the city of Atlanta, Georgia, many organizations are working to build a food system that centers community wellbeing with the health of the planet. On April 14, Food Tank is heading to Atlanta to partner with Spelman College and Emory University for the Summit “ Empowering Eaters: Access, Affordability, and Healthy Choices.”

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What is Regenerative Agriculture, and Why Does It Matter?

Sustainable Harvest International

Regenerative agriculture offers a powerful solution to today’s interconnected crises, including the climate crisis, poverty, declining food security, and biodiversity loss. These practices force the soil to produce food with minimal nutrients, and eventually, the soil becomes incapable of supporting plant growth.

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Agroecological Crop Selection, Part 2

ATTRA

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist For the past couple years, NCAT has worked with the Southern Risk Management Education Center to provide training to farmers on how to better decide which crops to plant based on agroecological methods. For me, it’s all about getting to know the plant’s needs. ATTRA.NCAT.ORG.

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Opinion: To Make a Real Impact on Climate Change, We Must Move Beyond the Carbon Footprint

Modern Farmer

As a researcher of urban agriculture, I was shocked to see a recent news article bearing the headline “ Food from urban agriculture has a carbon footprint six times larger than conventional produce, study shows.” with the Berkeley Food Institute, and this conclusion seemed to fly in the face of all that I’d read.