Food Tank: The Think Tank For Food

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It is easy to forget how much we depend on the world’s oceans....

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is a Nairobi-based research institute that elevates the role insects play in the creation of environmentally and socially sustainable food systems across Africa.
Founded in 1970, icipe aims to understand how insects can best be introduced across the food system. They recognize the value of insects in agricultural environments and their potential to be used as a primary ingredient in consumer products....

Food & Wine released its list of 17 Game Changers, which recognizes individuals and companies changing the future of cooking, dining, and drinking.
Among this year’s honorees are Rupa Bhattacharya and Chef Roshara Sanders of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA). There, Bhatacharya, who serves as the Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives and Industry Leadership and Sanders, the CIA’s first...

The links between climate and health are well understood. As the world warms and extreme weather events increase in frequency and severity, threats to human health are increasing. That’s very clear at a conceptual level.
But at a practical level these two worlds can find themselves operating in isolation. Whether in policy, programs, research, or finance, siloes form. Focus narrows. Connections fray. Systems thinking becomes confined to the system in which we operate...