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Essay: Connecting the dots between farm and plate

A tractor sits idle on Eric Schreiner's family farm. Schreiner Farms grows tomatoes for The Morning Star Company, which produces products for companies like Campbell's and Heinz. (Brigit Kenney/Eckerd College)
Brigit R Kenney
Eckerd College
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
In the next story in our Tackling Food Waste series, Eckerd College student Brigit Kenney looks at the broad connection between food production to actually getting that food on our plates. It's a much larger process than she expected to see.
Tags: woodland, davis, pfincali, agriculture, sustainable agriculture, consumers, Farm To Table, food processing waste, storyfest2019
Congratulations to our Storyfest 2019 finalists!

(Photo by Sven-Olof Lindblad)
Frank Sesno
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Tuesday, March 12, 2019
We are beyond excited to share the outstanding finalists for Storyfest 2019. They hail from 15 different schools, from all across the country. Will your school be a winner?
Tags: storyfest2019
Announcing our Storyfest 2023 finalists!
A graphic poster for Storyfest 2023 featuring illustrations of Iceland.
Planet Forward Staff
Planet Forward
Monday, February 27, 2023
The quality of entries this year was absolutely inspiring. After much deliberating, we’re excited to announce the finalists of this year's competition!
Tags: storyfest, storyfest 2023, summit
A phosphate spill spelled disaster for marine ecosystems. Can research mitigate future harm?
A person with short hair in a life jacket pulls a white plastic bucket out of a body of water while kneeling in a boat.

Eckerd student samples water near Skyway after the Piney Point spill that occurred earlier this year (Shannon Gowans/Eckerd College).
Kaitlyn Copland
Planet Forward Correspondent | Eckerd College
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
In March 2021, a leak was discovered at the Piney Point phosphate mine and fertilizer plant in Florida. Researcher Shannon Gowans said the following red tide was "one of the most severe" she has seen.
Tags: crisis, Environment, piney point, florida, spill, leak, chemical, Waste
Fishing harbors community; development and climate change threaten it
Man in cap stands on a pier holding a fishing rod, the line of which is cast into a body of blue water under a blue sky with white clouds.

Fisherman Mark Brooks fishes off the Sunshine Skyway North Pier. Mark is just one example of how fishing fosters community and sustainability. (Carter Weinhofer/Eckerd College)
Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College
Monday, March 14, 2022
With an increasing demand for waterfront properties and the growing impact of climate change, fishing communities are in danger; but, the societal and economic roles filled by fishing are irreplaceable.
Tags: conservation, Ocean Governance, sustainability, food, storyfest2022
’It was never really just about plastic drinking straws’: Plastic elimination starts small
Yellow straws sit on the display case in front of a menu at a coffee shop.

Reusable "Simply Straws" for sale at Kahwa Coffee Roasting in St. Petersburg, Florida (Carter Weinhofer/Eckerd College).
Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College
Monday, November 22, 2021
In the first piece in our "So Long, Single-Use?" series, St. Petersburg, Florida Councilmember Gina Driscoll said leading the way on single-use plastic started with "one simple object."
Tags: plastic straws, single use plastics, micro-plastic, plastic, florida
Community management and the importance of license plates in Tampa Bay
A sign with a picture of a "tarpon tag" license plate. The text underneath states, "This project was funded by a grant from Tampa Bay Estuary Program's Specialty License Plate"

An example of the "tarpon tag" license plate. For $17 a year, Florida residents can have this specialty license plate which funds dozens of community projects every year. (Carter Weinhofer/Eckerd College)
Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College
Monday, December 19, 2022
What effect can a cool license plate have on your local ecosystem? In the Tampa Bay area, simply purchasing a specialty license plate, adorned in the iconic tarpon, funds dozens of projects annually through the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.
Tags: Community, management, science communication, Biodiversity

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