We thought we’d start occasionally sharing some good new we find about food—food politics, agriculture, sustainability, and more.
July 2025
- ‘Food is medicine’ program shows potential for improving diet quality and food security
- The Nutritional Advantages of Regenerative Agriculture
- INTERNATIONAL OCEAN CONFERENCE ENDS WITH HIGH SEAS TREATY ON VERGE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE
- Scientists find a new way to help plants fight diseases
- Research shows how solar arrays can aid grasslands during drought
- New cheese packaging decomposes in 300 days, not 1,000 years: ‘The solution was in the cheese itself’
- Farmworkers Heal Climate-Scarred Land With Native Seeds
- ‘Food is more than what we eat’: East High hosts ECO Summit [LOCAL]
June 2025
- YouTube Series ‘Local Legends’ Inspires Food System Change
- Okra and Fenugreek Extracts Safely Remove Microplastics From Water in New Texas Research
- Dane County Opens 24/7 Food Scrap Drop-off Sites
- Former Cafe La Bellitalia space will host new community kitchen (Cap Times)
- Free Summer Meals Available for Wisconsin Kids Through DPI Nutrition Program
- Wisconsin agriculture conservation program yields farmers’ savings
May 2025
- Repurposing Food Waste in University Dining: A Triple Win
- Expanding the Table: How Regional Food Systems Planning Can Drive Lasting Change (Dane County mentioned!)
- Cleaner, Greener, Tastier: The Future of Shrimp Farming?
- NIH to Work with Food Companies to Get Harmful Synthetic Food Dyes, Approved for Decades, Out of US Grocery Stores
- Pollen Replacement Food for Honey Bees Brings New Hope for Struggling Colonies and the Crops They Support
- Adults With Life-Threatening Peanut Allergy Can Desensitize With Daily Doses, ‘Life-Changing’ Study Shows
- Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
- Flower strips could save apple farmers pest control costs
- An Ancient Irrigation System May Help Farmers Face Climate Change
April 2025
- 21 New Books to Inspire the Movement for Sustainable Food Systems
- Could Your Next Prescription Come from a Chef? Introducing CIA’s New Master’s in Culinary Therapeutics
- New Rice Cultivar Eliminates 70% of Methane Emissions While Boosting Yields
- People Are Paid to Return Coffee Cups in This City–Spoiler Alert, it Worked
- Technology makes pesticides stick to plant leaves
- Madison baker competes on ‘The Great American Baking Show’
Know of a positive food story you think we might want to share? Please send it to info@willystreet.coop.
