New Yorker article: The great organic-food fraud
The New Yorker uncovers how Randy Constant exploited our trust in the labels—and made a fortune. en Borgerding met Randy ...
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JBS hackers paid $11 million have been arrested
A global police operation has dealt a devastating blow to one of the most prolific cyber-crime gangs in history, the ...
UN: Agrifood pollution is up by 17 per cent
Agrifood emits 31 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases, 16.5 billion tonnes, up by 17 per cent from 1990, ...
Fridge doors could save 1 per cent of UK electricity use
The BBC reports that the UK could cut its total electricity use by 1 per cent if the top five ...
COP26 announcements welcomed by institutional investors in food
The writing is on the wall with reform inevitable, says executive director of the FAIRR Initiative Maria Lettini. She is ...
Sustainable farming pledges adopted at COP26
At COP26 in Glasgow over the weekend, 26 governments pledged to support sustainable farming. And 95 private companies agreed to ...
COP26: Supermarkets to halve impact of food shop
Sky News reports that the UK's five biggest supermarkets will try to halve the environmental impact of a weekly food ...
Flaws in deforestation pledge leave supply intact
Bloomberg says the 100-nation pledge to end deforestation at COP26 has several shortcomings, which means it won’t have much impact ...
Global shoppers pinched by rising food prices
The Financial Times says global food prices have surged because of bad weather, such as droughts in North and South ...
Industry: global harmonisation fixes “meaningless” food labels
The proliferation of food labels– there are more than 400 in Europe alone – renders them meaningless, according to findings ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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