The Sicáŋğu Lak̇óta, like other Indigenous communities in the U.S., have seen their traditional food systems dismantled over generations. Now, they’re rebuilding what they lost.
The Path Forward for Food and Farming Is Clear. Now Is the Time to Act!
Funding cuts and the decline in development aid has had devastating consequences. To transform our food and agriculture systems need to lead into new, innovative solutions.
From Checkout to Checkup: Reimagining the Role of the Grocery Aisle in Public Health
Instacart examines how online grocery access, modernized food assistance programs, and food as medicine initiatives can improve nutrition security and public health across the United States.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Shutdown Threatens SNAP, U.N. Calls for Climate Finance, and Nestlé Slashes Jobs
This week’s top stories explore SNAP risks from the shutdown, UN climate finance demands, Nestlé job cuts, coral reef collapse, and U.S. obesity trends.
USDA Ends Key Food Security Report, Leaving Advocates in the Dark
After three decades, the USDA has canceled its Household Food Security report, one of the most reliable measures of hunger in America.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: U.S. Government Shutdown Continues, High Seas Treaty Takes Effect, and Agroecology Model Yields Benefits
This week’s stories cover cuts to SNAP, USDA shutdown impacts, a global ocean treaty, new dietary guidelines, and agroecology in India.
Food Is Medicine Requires Systemic Changes: “It’s No One Discipline’s Job to Solve Food Insecurity”
Amid rising food insecurity and cuts to federal nutrition programs, leaders at Climate Week NYC explore how food can be a tool for health, equity, and community resilience.
‘It’s On Us’: Dion’s Chicago Dream Fights Hunger and Builds Wealth
Food is Medicine is a $25 billion market, and the Founder of Dion’s Chicago Dream wants it to serve communities first.
Draft MAHA Report Favors Research, Not Rules
A leaked draft MAHA Strategy to address childhood chronic disease highlights education and research but avoids tougher restrictions on industry.
Hunger Is a Litmus Test—Of Our Values, Our Faith, and Our Future
Ensuring everyone has enough to eat is about justice, stewardship, and the fabric of our nation. Despite this, the U.S. budget reconciliation bill was recently signed into law. The consequences will be devastating.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Immigration Raids, Syrian Wildfires, and Tomato Tariffs
A roundup of this week’s biggest food stories, from ICE raids on farmworkers to missed targets on regenerative agriculture.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: SNAP Cuts, European Heat Waves, and Japanese Food Waste Reductions
This week: SNAP cuts take effect, Europe swelters, Japan curbs food waste, the U.S. targets foreign farmland buyers, and GCF boosts climate funding.
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.
Op-Ed | We Can’t ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Without SNAP and Medicaid
Protecting SNAP and Medicaid improves health in America.
Harnessing the Power of Nutrition: Q&A with Dr. Kofi Essel
The rise in food as medicine represents a renaissance in the healthcare system, says Dr. Kofi Essel.
‘Hungrier, Poorer, And Sicker’: The Cost of the House Budget Bill
The Bill represents the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: SNAP Cuts, Soda Bans, and Avian Flu
A look at soda bans, school meal impacts, and what climate data says about our food future.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: USDA Departures, Traditional African Food Systems, and El Niño
This week, we’re looking at USDA resignations, food security risks, and whether dairy is making a comeback.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies Before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee
“If you like a McDonald’s cheeseburger or Diet Coke, which my boss loves, you should be able to get them. If you want to eat Hostess Twinkies, you should be able to do that. But you should know what the impacts are on your family and on your health.”
‘Even One Food Insecure Veteran Is One Too Many:’ How the VA Is Tackling Hunger for U.S. Veterans
Post-9/11 veterans and women veterans are at the highest risk of experiencing food insecurity.
