Good News About Food

Celebrating innovative ways that we're ensuring equitable access to food — and ways that food is being used for good

A lone sign of protest sits on cleared land with the San Salvador volcano looming in the distance.

Women Activists in El Salvador Are Organizing To Prevent Deforestation and Loss of Access To Water

A group of women in rural El Salvador is standing up against a major infrastructure project that threatens to clear hundreds of hectares of forest and cut off access to rivers that provide the community with clean drinking water.

Researchers Have Figured Out How To Offset 14% of Global Fishmeal Emissions By Feeding Fish Methane

The result could solve two problems at once - the increasing demand for fish protein, and the emission of a harmful greenhouse gas

Environmentally Friendly Reusable Ice Cube Being Held By a Glove

Researchers Created Sustainable Jelly Ice Cubes That Don't Melt

A new type of cooling cube could revolutionize how food is kept cold and shipped fresh without relying on ice or traditional cooling packs — free from waste and mold.

Rewilding Projects Are Multiplying Across the U.K. – Seeking to Boost Biodiversity

One of the most innovative projects now underway may be WildEast, which ambitiously hopes to rewild an area more than three times the size of New York City, creating interconnecting wild corridors across East Anglia, the country’s most intensely farmed region.

Unloading a truck full of food to ensure zero waste in Milan, Italy

Milan Is Helping People and the Planet With Its Mission To Cut Food Waste in Half

Milan launched a new Food Policy aimed at creating a more sustainable food system, involving local players such as the city’s research centers, institutions, private sector and NGOs as much as possible.

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A New Fund Is Helping Black Farmers in Detroit Purchase Land

Black farmers in Detroit have turned blighted properties into vital food sources. Now, a new land fund is opening the door to official ownership.

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These 'Holistic Engineers' Have a Plan To Restore a Dry Egyptian Desert Into a Lush Forest

A group of “holistic engineers” wants to return the arid Sinai peninsula to the lush, green landscape it once was.

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Government and Nonprofit Actions Likely Kept Millions of Americans Out of Food Insecurity During the Pandemic

As the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, the United States can, I believe, assure a “right to food” in the United States through government interventions, especially through expansions in benefits and SNAP eligibility.

A Kenyan man waters his crops with a hose from a solar pump

Giving Life To Dying Land': Solar Water Pumps Are Quenching Thirsty Kenyan Farms

Kenya's farmers have built sand dams to hold onto scarce river water — but solar-powered water pumps are making access hugely easier

New "Eco-Score" Labels Are Making Shopping More Sustainable

A simple letter-grading system in the U.K. has led to a significant shift towards ecologically greener foods.

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Innovative Apps & Tech Tools Are Supporting Farmers Across Africa

From renting tractors to monitoring crops by satellite, a slew of agri-tech innovations have emerged over the last decade to serve Africa's long-neglected small-scale farmers.

Tilling North St. Louis, Planting for a Healthier Future

Large swaths of St. Louis are without easy access to fresh food and nutritious produce. These “food deserts,” are most often in low-income communities. Organizers, farmers, and nonprofits are using a variety of creative methods to ensure people have access to the food they need