Food Tank
Public Policy Offices
Baltimore, MD 28,315 followers
Food Tank is focused on building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters.
About us
Food Tank inspires, motivates, and activates positive transformation in how we produce and consume food. Follow @FoodTank.
- Website
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foodtank.com
External link for Food Tank
- Industry
- Public Policy Offices
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Baltimore, MD
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2012
- Specialties
- Food, Environment, Agriculture, and Climate Change
Locations
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Primary
1915 Bank Street
Baltimore, MD 21231, US
Employees at Food Tank
Updates
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Join Food Tank for an extraordinary Capitol Hill luncheon program on July 25th themed “Food Access, Affordability, Food is Medicine, and Preventing Food Loss and Waste." Confirmed speakers include (many more to be announced soon): -U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-12) -U.S. Representative Jim McGovern (MA-2) -Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) -Catherine Oakar, Special Assistant to the President for Community Public Health and Disparities, The White House -Jean Buzby, Food Loss and Waste Liaison, USDA Office of the Chief Economist -Alberto A. González, Jr., MPP, Senior Advisor for External Engagement, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). -Sophia Adelle, Head of Policy & Advocacy, The Farmlink Project -Amanda Oenbring, CEO, Upcycled Food Association -Regina (Anderson) Harmon, Executive Director, Food Recovery Network -Steven Jennings, Ahold Delhaize USA -Caron Gremont, Director of Food System Resiliency & Innovation, FreshFarm -Alexandra Ashbrook, Food Research & Action Center -Mandy Katz MS, RD, CSP, LDN, Director of Healthy Living, Giant Food, and more to be announced soon! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eFx8AARY
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Support your favorite farmers market and help bring them national recognition by voting now in American Farmland Trust's summer competition! https://lnkd.in/eimhiZ9A
Vote Now to Celebrate America's Farmers Markets – Food Tank
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“Let’s give kids positive, memorable, community building experiences with real food as a way to build preferences for that food,” Mampara tells Food Tank, “build confidence in utilizing and eating that food, and build skills in kitchens and gardens.”
FoodPrints: Cultivating Healthy Futures in D.C. Schools – Food Tank
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On organic farms, workers are exposed to fewer pesticides. “For me, that’s the key. The chemical exposure that conventional agriculture brings is very, very real for the people who are embedded in growing it." (via Susan Shain, The New York Times).
Is Organic Produce Worth the Higher Price?
https://www.nytimes.com
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“We don’t have enough ambition in how we tackle climate change,” -Zitouni Ould-Dada, Senior Advisor at FAIRR Initiative. #ClimateAction. #LCAW2024 (London Climate Action Week).
We Need to Change the Conversation about Food and Climate. Here's What Leaders Have to Say – Food Tank
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Listen Now: Danielle Nierenberg speaks with Christine White of the National FFA Organization. They discuss connecting students with career paths that span the agriculture industry, the factors contributing to a shortage of teachers in U.S. schools as well as opportunities to support educators, and why it’s important to provide a setting that allows students to fail forward. https://lnkd.in/eFTXzck9
Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank): 441. Christine White on Aligning Agricultural Education with the Values of Young People on Apple Podcasts
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“Independent family farms are the bedrock of healthy rural economies." But between 1935 and 2023, the number of farms in the U.S. decreased by 72 percent, while the average farm size nearly tripled. https://lnkd.in/enJAaNFW
Revitalizing Rural Communities Means Supporting Small Farms – Food Tank
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