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Is It Possible to Talk About All Things Food in One Day? We’re Doing It Next Week!

Food Tank

Here’s who will be joining us (alphabetically): Bleu Adams , IndigeHub; Joke Aerts , Tony’s Open Chain, Tony’s Chocolonely; Robert Nathan Allen , Little Herds; Daisy Berg , New Seasons Market; Jayson Berryhill , Wholechain; Carmen Blackwood , EarthRise LLC; Gary Blackwood , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Keliann Blazek , Special Assistant (..)

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

His mom, Christy Walton—widow to Sam’s son John—has a net worth of about $11 billion, which she has used to fund restaurants, large ocean aquaculture projects, and a 40,000-acre ranch that offers a “regenerative experience” to tourists and has acted as a site for research on land and livestock management. Those include $1.65

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125 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2025

Food Tank

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA empowers small-scale farmers, fishers, Indigenous peoples, and rural communities across Asia through advocacy, capacity building, and knowledge sharing. There is no life limit on healthy soil, says farmer Gerardo Martinez, CEO of GALA. agricultural policy.

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124 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2024!

Food Tank

Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) , Asia AFA works to empower and strengthen the capacities of leaders and technical staff to increase resilience and combat hunger. Nobody wants farmers in urban and rural contexts to go hungry,” Reverend Eugene Cho, CEO and President of Bread for the World tells Food Tank.

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Food System Workers’ Mental Health Is at a Tragic Crisis Point. We Need to Turn Things Around

Food Tank

Fishers and those working in aquaculture also face long hours working in isolation, exposed to harsh environmental conditions. Rural Resilience is creating online educational workshops to improve farmer mental healthcare. to build behavioral health access and improve outcomes among agricultural workers.

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USDA Announces Finalists for Twelve New USDA Regional Food Business Centers and $420 Million in Funding to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure

Agritecture Blog

By strengthening connections between rural and urban areas, the Regional Food Business Centers will drive economic opportunities across the region, creating a more diversified and resilient food system. Lead Organization Selected for Each Center: Appalachia USDA Regional Food Business Center , Rural Action Inc. territories.