A look at major policy decisions this week affecting farmers, food systems, and agricultural innovation around the world.
Op-Ed | The Path to Stability and Shared Prosperity: How Food and Water Security Can Transform Regional Cooperation in Middle East and North Africa
The climate crisis is reshaping livelihoods, economies, and security dynamics across the Middle East and North Africa.
Dispatch from COP30: Saturday, Nov. 15
Week One of COP30 has seen valuable and urgent discussions about the food and agriculture systems we can build to more ambitiously tackle the climate crisis.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: COP30 in Brazil, UNHCR Reports on Climate Displacement, and China Resumes U.S. Soybean Imports
From COP30’s climate discussions to new funding for farmers and East Africa’s agroecology commitments, this week marks a turning point for food and climate action.
Dispatch from COP30: Friday, Nov. 14
How do we build a more ambitious, forward-thinking climate model to replace “business as usual”? It starts with putting farmers front and center.
Book Excerpt: Changing Culture
Changing culture is messy and complicated. “This is true in any area, but doubly so with food culture,” writes Sam Kass in his new book. “Food is one of the deepest expressions of our identity.”
Cutting Through the Noise on Food and Climate: Q&A with Jonathan Kung
Jonathan Kung talks about being a third culture cook, combatting misinformation, and plugging into local, grassroots communities to drive change.
Chefs Are Rewriting the Recipe for a Climate-Resilient Future
Modern chefs are far more than food creators—they are frontline climate leaders, panelists said at “Chefs Change the World,” a Climate Week NYC 2025 Summit.
Digital Tools Can Strengthen Transparency, Traceability, and Trust In The Future of Food
A better future food system needs to be a transparent food system, panelists said at “Digital Futures: A Better Food Future Celebration at Climate Week NYC.”
From Beans to Butterflies: Rethinking Food for People and Planet
By bringing creative approaches to business, restaurant cuisine, and packaged food products, we can help consumers support planetary health.
Lighting the Way: Celebrating Arts, Culture, and Food at Climate Week
At Climate Week NYC, the McKnight Foundation, Food Tank, and Broadway Green Alliance unite artists, chefs, and cultural leaders to celebrate arts, culture, and food as drivers of climate action.
The Roots of Regeneration: ‘What You Do To The Planet, You Do To Yourself’
The way farmers treated soils a generation ago influences how healthy they—and our food and agriculture systems—are today.
In the Crossfire of Trade Wars, Food Systems Need a New Plan
Cooperative self-reliance is about boosting public investment and encouraging innovation from the grassroots.
Lessons from Renewable Energy for an Agri-food Systems Overhaul: Q&A with Zitouni Ould-Dada
The transition to renewable energy offers a blueprint for funding a food and agriculture systems revolution to fight the climate crisis and hunger.
What’s Next for Global Food Policy? IFPRI Offers a Roadmap to 2050
From hunger to high prices, IFPRI’s report explores real-world solutions for building stronger food systems by 2050.
Soil First: Protecting Ethiopia’s Farmland for the Next Generation
CIMMYT is working with farmers in Ethiopia to scale sustainable intensification, an approach to boost yields and restore soil health.
Can COP30 Be a Turning Point for Food and Climate?
The COP30 Presidency declared that this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference will focus on implementation.
What the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Means for Food, Farming, and Health
The tax and spending bill signed into law on July 4 will alter food and health systems. Read about the immediate impacts and what’s at stake.
Regenerative Good Growth: A New Way of Thinking About the Future of People and the Planet
UK researchers are proposing a new framework to think about growth—one that focuses on human-centered and climate-friendly policies.
IPES Report Exposes Food System Links to Fossil Fuels and Proposes Solutions
IPES exposes how food systems became the oil and gas industries’ next target—and what to do to break the fossil fuel cycle.
