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Informed choice: the startup using food labels to save the planet
A handful of graduates have delivered a solution which eluded business and policy for decades – a consumer-facing carbon label for food. It only took them two years. And that’s just the...
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Private sector finance urgently needed in nature-based solutions
A total investment in nature of US$8.1 trillion is needed by 2050 to tackle climate, biodiversity, and land degradation, according...
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Are insects safe to eat? FAO explains
As business and consumer interest in edible insects gathers pace, the Food and Agriculture Organization calls for more food safety...
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Food systems offer huge opportunities to cut emissions
A new global analysis says greenhouse gas emissions from food systems have long been systematically underestimated. It points to major opportunities...
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You tell us: UpCircle founder says “sustainability IS our business”
Anna Brightman, voted a Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur last month, heads up sustainable skincare brand UpCircle. Founded in 2016 by siblings Anna and William Brightman, UpCircle rescues by-products and incorporates them as the...
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Fake or fortune? How viable is cultured meat?
Over 50 cultured meat companies have seen investments surge from $250,000 in 2015 to around $300 million in 2020. In 2016 there were less than five cultured meat companies, each of which was still...
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Local crop action urged to mitigate new climate change trend
Atmospheric drought, an under-researched crop stress, is reducing yields globally, meaning urgent action is needed to protect food security, according to new research from institutes including the University of Minnesota. Senior author Walid Sadok...
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Crypto is closing ZeLoop on plastic pollution for Nestlé
What can PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever do right now about plastic pollution? Plug their marketing campaigns into an app ensuring their consumer plastic is recycled. ZeLoop is already working with Nestlé in Dubai and launches...
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Obama and Rashford: the importance of activism
Former US president Barack Obama and England footballer Marcus Rashford, who campaigns against child food poverty, have shared how books inspired them to get involved in community service. June Sarpong hosted the Zoom meeting on behalf of their publisher, Penguin. Video Barack Obama meets Marcus...
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