Nourishing the Planet

In July 2009, the Worldwatch Institute received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to launch a research project assessing agricultural innovations that nourish people and the planet. Nourishing the Planet provides policy makers, farmers and donors with research on practical and sustainable solutions for alleviating hunger and poverty around the globe.
The project resulted in the Worldwatch Institute’s flagship publication, '. The 27th edition of State of the World is accompanied by online resources sharing information about agricultural innovations that have been proven to improve livelihoods and reduce hunger. Danielle Nierenberg, the founder and former co-director of Nourishing the Planet, spent two years traveling to over 35 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America meeting and interviewing over 200 projects and individuals with different non-profits and farmers groups collecting information on sustainable agriculture innovations that are improving to food security. She has since co-founded Food Tank: The Food Think Tank an organization focused on food and agriculture policy.
on January 12 in New York City at WNYC Radio's The Greene Space, with a global teleconference call. The 15th annual took place a week later on January 19 in Washington DC at the Carnegie International Center for Peace. The book has also been successfully launched in Ahmedabad and Delhi in India, Helsinki in Finland, and Copenhagen Denmark, and will soon launch in Berlin and Hamburg in Germany, Rome, Bologna, and Turin in Italy and Barcelona in Spain.
The Nourishing the Planet blog now has components in French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The blog features a weekly innovations series, interviews with food and agriculture experts from around the globe and a comprehensive listing of press clips from international newspapers and magazines that have featured the project. Danielle and the Nourishing the Planet project's research has been highlighted in publications such as the New York Times, , Vancouver Sun, The Korea Herald, the Christian Science Monitor, the Seattle Times, USA Today, AllAfrica, and many more.
Partner organizations include World Neighbors, Ecoagriculture Partners, Heifer International, Rodale Institute, Slow Food International, International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Global Water Policy Project.
The former director of Nourishing the Planet, Danielle Nierenberg, has announced a new organization called Food Tank: The Food Think Tank.

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