Food Tank

Healthy soil stores carbon, holds water, supports biodiversity, and helps farms become more resilient. But carbon farming is more complicated than a buzzword or carbon credit. Food Tank's new piece on carbon farming explores the promise, the science, and the debates shaping one of agriculture’s fastest-growing climate conversations. Read more: foodtank.com/news/2026/04/f…

New polling also offered new insight into why 41 percent of Americans identify with the MAHA movement — including 22 percent who said they do so strongly. The top reasons respondents gave were hopes for a healthier country (19 percent), removing or regulating harmful substances in food (15 percent), and improving nutrition and reducing obesity rates (7 percent each). Only 4 percent mentioned vaccines or ‘medical choice,’ and few mentioned President Donald Trump or Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” Rachel Roubein and Scott Clement piece in The Washington Post: washingtonpost.com/health/2026/05…

“Agriculture is the culture.” Christa Barfield founded FarmerJawn, now Pennsylvania’s largest Black-owned farm, with a vision rooted in regenerative agriculture, community, and access to healthy food. Her story is about far more than farming. It’s about rebuilding connections between people, land, and each other while creating good jobs and investing in underserved communities. Read more: foodtank.com/news/2026/05/a…

What if the price we pay at the checkout doesn’t reflect the real cost of our food? From soil degradation and water pollution to diet-related illness and unsafe labor conditions, many of the biggest impacts of our food system remain hidden from consumers, policymakers, and markets. True Cost Accounting is an evolving framework that looks beyond the price tag to measure food’s full impact on people, planet, and society—and help build a food system that values health, fairness, and sustainability alongside profit. Food Tank Explains True Cost Accounting: foodtank.com/news/2026/05/f…

Packed house in Charlotte for the 10th Annual Stop Food Waste Day, co-hosted by Food Tank, Compass Group USA, and Envision Charlotte! Delicious food, amazing band, incredible speakers, and a room full of people actually doing the work! Huge thanks to our amazing speakers Amy Aussieker, Envision Charlotte; Richard Armenia, Feeding Charlotte; Michiel Bakker, The Culinary Institute of America; Eliza Blank, The Farmlink Project; Cate Brinley, Providence Day School; Palmer Brown, Compass Group; Chris Ivens-Brown, Compass Group; Chayil Johnson, Community Matters Cafe; Sam Kass, Acre Venture Partners and Trove; Amy Keister, Compass Group; Riley Nelson, NASCAR; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Kris Steel, Crown Town Compost; Harry Tannenbaum, Mill; Alyssa Wilen, Chef Alyssa's Kitchen; Eleanor Zhang, Providence Day School. Watch the replay here: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H…

“I don’t go to the grocery store hungry anymore. There are these tiny little steps that you can make to reduce food waste. If you collectively add that up, it makes a big difference.” -Amy Aussieker, Executive Director, Envision Charlotte Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

"To have systems change, we need new systems that are better, faster, and cheaper." -Harry Tannenbaum, Co-Founder and President, Mill Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

"Dehydrating food waste is just genius. It creates a closed loop,” Chris Ivens-Brown, Chief Culinary Officer at Compass Group, says about the Mill Food Recycler. Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

For NASCAR, it’s not food waste, it’s food recycling. "If you lump those two words together, inherently people are going to be seeing it as waste.” -Riley Nelson, Head of Sustainability, @NASCAR Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

"We should celebrate the progress we are making in food waste. There’s still so much to be done, but unless you celebrate, it feels like you’re always trying to get somewhere." -Michiel Bakker, President, Culinary Institute of America Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

"I don’t think we’ll get to where we need to be unless we understand truly what it takes to have a plate of food appear before you." -Chef Sam Kass, Partner, Acre Venture Partners and Founder, Trove Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

"Superman isn’t showing up. It’s on us, and it’s in the daily actions that you take" to reduce food waste. -Kris Steele, Crown Town Compost Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

“What connects people more than good food?” -Chayil Johnson, Executive Chef, Community Matters Cafe Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

“Through travel and spending time outdoors, seeing areas deteriorate because of climate change just hurt my little kid’s heart…I realized that there needs to be a shift and people need to protect the world.” -Cate Brinley, Youth Changemaker, Providence Day School Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

"It’s the small farmers that have been the anchor of the food system for generations and generations.” -Palmer Brown, CEO, @compassgroupusa Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

“Reduction of food waste is not a destination, it’s a journey. Let’s not perfection get in the way of progress.” -Palmer Brown, CEO, @compassgroupusa Tune in LIVE now: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

In households alone, nearly a million pounds of food have been saved annually in the past few years. Tune in LIVE now, @daninierenberg is kicking off our Stop Food Waste Day 2026 celebration: youtube.com/live/R8JjiTc9H… #FoodTank

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Niaz Dorry, the Coordinating Director for the North American Marine Alliance. They discuss the forces consolidating and controlling our blue foods systems, celebrating the gifts of the ocean by diversifying our diets, and how we rebuild regional fisheries that center communities. Plus, hear about how the war in Iran could drive a shift to more sustainable packaging in Asia, the anti-immigration laws that are failing to gain traction, the women producers in Kenya who are challenging gender norms, and more. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wom…

Just announced: the extraordinary Charlotte-based band Of Good Nature will kick off our Stop Food Waste Day 10th Anniversary event with Compass Group USA and Envision Charlotte on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Request a ticket invitation by emailing Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com More details: eventbrite.com/e/join-us-in-c…

Most health spending goes to diet-related disease. Put food at the center. Expand access to healthy food, integrate it into health care, and invest in the systems that deliver it. Read more: foodtank.com/news/2026/04/o… By Gene Baur and Aaron Rimmler-Cohen