Mother's Day is a holiday where food plays a central role-as a token of appreciation and a gesture of love.

This Mother's Day, make it a point to create a better, more sustainable celebration with these seven tips:

1. Buy local. Consider cooking your...

On April 22, the world will celebrate Earth Day.

Sustainable food and agriculture systems can play a big role in preserving the environment by helping to improve soil health, protecting biodiversity, and mitigating climate change.

Earth Day is a great opportunity for eaters, farmers, and food businesses to...

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak to an amazing group of 12 to 14 year old adolescents--these kids are Montessori school students who came together to talk about ways to make the food system more just and environmentally sustainable.

Talking with youth is one of the best parts of...

This year, World Health Day focuses on high blood pressure, one of the many chronic diseases that are increasingly common around the world.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that one-third of adults worldwide have high blood pressure, and one in ten adults worldwide have...

The United Nations has designated next year, 2014, the International Year of the Family Farmer (IYFF), and preparations around the world are already beginning.

Food Tank: The Food Think Tank (FAO) is partnering over the next two years with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization to...

As Easter approaches, Food Tank wants to share some ideas on how to have a more healthful and sustainable holiday.

1. Locally sourced eggs
If you choose to celebrate with real eggs, support your local farmer and buy eggs from pasture-raised chickens. Eggs from pasture-raised hens are healthier for...

March 25 to April 1, 2013 marks the Jewish holiday of Passover. Here are five tips to help observers to celebrate this important holiday while keeping in line with their equally important environmental values:

1. Create New Innovative Meals From Holiday Leftovers
An important tenet in Judaism is "bal...

March 22, 2013 is the 20th anniversary of World Water Day. In honor of this important anniversary, this week Food Tank: The Food Think Tank is highlighting 7 Strategies for Reducing Water Waste.

Although the earth has 1.4 billion cubic kilometers of water, only 0.001 percent of that...

Are you Faking Your Fracking Knowledge?

People across America are talking about the effect hydraulic fracturing (often called "fracking") is having on our food, water and health. But even if you don't have time to read all the reports and articles, you are probably curious about fracking, and...

I'm asking for your input and advice.

In 2012, Ellen Gustafson, the co-founder along with me, of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank, and I participated in a panel about transforming the global food security agenda through increasing the role of youth at the World Food Prize/Borlaug...

In 2008, and again in 2010, global food prices soared through the roof, plunging millions worldwide into poverty. Riots occurred in 48 countries, according to the World Food Programme (WFP) and millions of people joined the ranks of the hungry. In developing countries, where many people spend 60...

Co-written by Suzannah Schneider

Grocery shopping can be overwhelming. Many of us are trying to eat at home these days, but we want to know how to enjoy effective grocery shopping to create wonderful, home-cooked meals. The simple chore of buying food involves many variables -- where to shop, seasonal...

By Danielle Nierenberg and April Galarza

Since its launch in 2010, first lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign has made excellent progress empowering parents and caregivers to make healthy choices for their families; serving healthier food in schools; ensuring kids access to healthy, affordable food; and increasing their physical activity....

As we start 2013, many people will be thinking about plans and promises to improve their diets and health. We think a broader collection of farmers, policy-makers, and eaters need new, bigger resolutions for fixing the food system -- real changes with long-term impacts in fields, boardrooms, and on plates...

October 24 is U.S. Food Day, a yearly nationwide celebration of healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. Watch our short, fun video about Food Day by clicking here!

In honor of Food Day 2012, Nourishing the Planet would like to showcase 50 state-by-state programs, projects, individuals, and organizations that...

Take a look at this interesting infographic from The Christensen Fund that evaluates the major differences between agroecology and industrial agriculture.

Downsides of the industrial agricultural system include a huge reliance on petrochemicals and heavy mechanization. Agriculture contributes roughly one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, and...

By Danielle Nierenberg and Dan Morrison

The Obama campaign hit a home run last month, when the Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act can constitutionally require every American to have health care insurance. The ruling will make it difficult for the Romney campaign to hang President Obama on...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet.

Today, the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) and the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet were proud to host "How do we feed (and also nourish) a planet of 7 billion?"

The event featured...

On Thursday, June 28, the Worldwatch Institute's Nourishing the Planet project and the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition will release Eating Planet -- Nutrition Today: A Challenge for Mankind and for the Planet in New York City. Today, Nourishing the Planet highlights a contributing author of Eating Planet, and...

The global population of farm animals increased 23 percent between 1980 and 2010, from 3.5 billion to 4.3 billion, according to research by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online publication. These figures continue a trend of rising farm animal populations, with harmful effects on the environment,...