Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Diversification is the key to the resilience of our food systems. By diversifying food systems, we can build a more resilient and sustainable system capable of adapting to climate and market fluctuations while also providing more nutritious food for local consumers. I have also learned about, and advocate for, opportunities.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Exports remain critical for food security and maximizing the value of surplus ag production in the U.S., Exports remain critical for food security and maximizing the value of surplus ag production in the U.S., The demise of global trade as politicians push protectionist policies is overstated, says the head of the U.S. Read More

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A reader, William Haaf, alerted me to this one: California companies required to disclose heavy metal content in baby food As of January 2025, baby food manufacturers selling in California must disclose test results for four heavy metals arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury via an on-pack QR code.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At the 2025 Winter Policy Conference today National Association of State Departments of Agriculture members passed several policy amendments promoting increased programs for local and regional foods through federal policies and programs for states. Currently, USDA allows schools to use local sourcing as a component of food procurement.

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Today at the National Association of State Department of Agriculture 2025 Winter Policy Conference , NASDA members voted to support federal programs and policies that expand “food as medicine” initiatives and strengthen their connection to local and regional food systems. territories. territories.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

At a glance across the country: Meatpacking plants closed at an unprecedented rate this year, accelerated by a number of factors such as rising livestock costs, workforce shortages, food safety violations and foodborne illnesses, and ongoing industry consolidation. Pretty certain: food prices will rise.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

From the report’s introduction THE UK’S FOOD SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING. Deep rooted power imbalances mean that profits and power are concentrated in the middle of the food chain, leaving farmers and citizens feeling the squeeze. It is unsustainable, unhealthy, and unfair. It makes these points with data. I like this one too.

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UnderstandingAg

MARCH 18, 2025

The mineral and phytonutrient content in the majority of the plant and animal foods we consume has declined by between 20% to over 50%. calories consumed come from ultra-processed foods. trillion on food & beverages, but we spend $4.1trillion on healthcare. The EPA estimates food waste in the US at about 38.5

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

FeedSpot, a group with which I am unfamiliar, has just named FoodPolitics.com as one of the top 60 blogs and websites in food science. FeedSpot says that these are the best Food Science blogs from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by relevancy, authority, social media followers & freshness. Take a look at it.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

America has a food problem, and it’s not just about what we’re eating—it’s about how we think about food altogether. Our relationship with food is broken, leading to an uptick in preventable diseases, soaring healthcare costs , and widening divides between those who can afford healthy food and those who can’t.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Grandmothers garden is often the first place that children learn about the benefit of having worms in the soil. They learn from an early age that you dont throw worms away, you put them back into the ground where you found them, says Mike Launer of Annelida Soil Solutions.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The World Health Organization has issued guidelines for taxing unhealthy foods: Fiscal Policies to Promote Healthy Diets. The Global Food Research Program at University of North Carolina also has a database. The post Time to consider: taxing unhealthy foods, supporting healthy foods? It displays the data in maps.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The Food Foundation’s Investor Coalition on Food Policy is working the power of investors to engage with policymakers on issues related to food systems in the United Kingdom. They advocated for the NFS recommendations around mandatory reporting for large food companies.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Comment: The relative contributions of animal foods to greenhouse gas production are under debate. This research, funded by the dairy industry and conducted by authors who work for dairy companies, concludes that restricting dairy foods does not reduce environmental impact but makes diets cost more.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 27, 2024

food system, we’ve seen firsthand how complex, often sobering stories about challenges in food and farming come to life when they include real people trying to fix problems at the local level. Climate change, environmental health issues, and food access are foremost among those challenges.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 9, 2024

But distinguishing between monopoly and monopsony is useful because food businesses can potentially exercise both at the same time. Their potential market power is ‘two-sided’, similar to online platforms for food delivery that could potentially become the only intermediary between restaurants and customers. In the U.S.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 27, 2025

Food Tank is rounding up 25 books about the past, present, and future of global food and agriculture systems to get you through the winter. Insatiable City by Theresa McCulla explores race, power, and social status in New Orleans through the lens of food. In Chop Chop , Ozoz Sokoh celebrates Nigerian cuisine through 100 recipes.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

This is the first part of an articles series based on based on conversations held during COP16 (Cali) and COP29 (Baku) side events by leading food system actors, who explored solutions provided by agroecology. And efforts to make food systems more nature positive, including through agroecology, must be integral to each.

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Food Politics

MARCH 21, 2025

The United Nations has issued a digital Food Systems Thinking Guide for UN Resident Coordinators and UN Country Teams with tools and information for working collectively towards food system transformation. When you do, you will get to key questions: What is a food systems approach and why does it matter? Happy to have it.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Strengthening local economic markets and smallholders access to them creates a mutually generative cycle of food and ecological resilienceessential to strong local incomes and livelihoods. Specialty crop export and global food trade are still only a minor part of the worlds food story.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 18, 2025

While much of the hype around plant-based foods has subsided from a few years ago, McDonalds is once again exploring whether theres demand in Canada for a meatless burger. Starting March 18, the fast food behemoth is testing a new sandwich, called the McVeggie, at select restaurants in British Columbia, Ontario, and New Brunswick.

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Food Politics

MARCH 6, 2025

The Super Bowl may be about football but it is also very much about food, as this image shows. And here are a few items about all that food: Super Bowl snacking: Facts, figures and fan favourites: The Super Bowl isnt just about touchdowns and halftime shows; its also one of the biggest food consumption events of the year.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued: Food Safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the U.S. We have long reported that the fragmented nature of the federal food safety oversight system causes inconsistent oversight, ineffective coordination, and inefficient use of resources. food supply, both domestic and imported.

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Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

This spring, dig into the complexities of the modern food systemand dont be afraid to get your hands dirty! These books will help satisfy your appetite for knowledge and inspire you to work toward a more just and sustainable food system. Gluten Free for Life: Celiac Disease, Medical Recognition, and the Food Industry by Emily K.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

This designation helps sustain Native culture, reassure public health, and encourage state food sovereignty. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to embrace these benefits. The rise of plantation agriculture uprooted Native communities, replacing local food systems with sprawling sugarcane and pineapple fields.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Food Tank is highlighting 20 books for young readers that will inspire them to think more deeply about food. These activity books, cookbooks, and stories celebrate diverse foodways and farming practices from across the world, uplift the power of community, and celebrate all that pollinators do for global food and farming systems.

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Food Tank

MARCH 19, 2025

Traditional or Indigenous foodsoften defined by locally grown ingredients, unique preparations, and centuries-old customshold a special place in the cultural fabric of societies across the globe, the Journal of Foods describes. Combined with sensations like texture, temperature, and smell, this reaction forms the experience of flavor.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

At the recent Food Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Development (FEED) Summit in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aspiring and new food entrepreneurs came together to address common roadblocks and to share strategies for adding value to small food businesses. This makes entrepreneurs’ needs easy to identify.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

farms producing food for consumption has been steadily declining for years, making us more reliant on other countries as we resort to importing necessary foods. We need Congress to reevaluate the subsidies provided to big ag, and prioritize farmers growing and raising nutritious food for our nation. Whos gonna grow our food?

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Civil Eats

MARCH 11, 2025

Theyve got their eyes on one: the food system.” Theyve got their eyes on one: the food system. The food system is responsible for an estimated one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions driving this crisis. One key reason: the industrial food chain and its ultra-processed foods are deeply dependent on fossil fuels.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 7, 2025

The nonprofit Michigan Fitness Foundation (MFF) is working to connect families in Michigan facing food insecurity with local farms, strengthen local food systems and build community. Participation in the program does create extra steps for food producers. But Hayward believes that its worth the effort for many farmers.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 22, 2025

Through food, residents who have lost everything are finding sustenance for body and soul, and hospitality workers are collaborating to help the best way they know how. The produce will be given for free to families who lost everything and are now living on cereal bars and fast food.

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Food Politics

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This one is especially worth sharing: Talking Points: Anti-obesity medicationsWill the food industry be the biggest loser? It has been oer a year since the food industry finally woke up to the threats and opportunities of the new class of Anti-Obesity Medications (AOMs) such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Brezzell said the farm and design firm’s mission is to be a resource to the community, helping Detroiters achieve food sovereignty by providing fresh, accessible food, some at no cost. We wanted to break down that immediate barrier to accessing food. … Food was never meant to be a commodity.”

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food (CANZA) has announced a $4 million effort, with backing from the federal government, Maple Leaf Foods, and Nutrien, to develop and scale tools to measure, report, and verify (MRV) soil carbon, potentially unlocking new sources of revenue for farmers.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The post How the food industry fights soda taxes appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. This is the entry point for corporations to take a seat at the policy-making table and meddle with the design and implementation of the tax. Soda taxes are up for renewal in Berkeley and are under consideration in Santa Cruz. Stay tuned.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

A vocal advocate for Canadian agriculture in the federal Liberal caucus has been appointed as a parliamentary secretary for agriculture and rural economic development by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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