Biden nominates Cindy McCain UN food agency ambassador
Politico reports that President Joe Biden named four ambassador nominees on Wednesday, including Cindy McCain, the wife of the late ...
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How farmers and scientists are engineering your food
According to the BBC, "Flavour is a re-emerging trend, without a doubt," says Franco Fubini, founder of fruit and vegetable ...
WFP: Madagascar on verge of starvation
Reuters reports that communities in Madagascar are on the verge of starvation. Women and children are walking for hours to ...
OECD: Agriculture subsidies ineffective, or harm, food systems
Half of global financial support to agriculture distorts the market, creates inequity, harms the environment and obstructs food security, according ...
Future Meat Technologies Launches World’s First Industrial Cultured Meat Production Facility
REHOVOT, Israel, Future Meat Technologies, an industry-leading company developing innovative technology to produce cultured meat, has opened the world's first industrial ...
Almost half the adults (46%) who cook coated frozen chicken products do not always check cooking instructions on packaging before cooking
This survey identifies behaviours which could increase people’s risk to foodborne disease. It was commissioned as a result of a ...
Private equity on an $8 billion supermarket sweep
Bloomberg reports that US buyout group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC has chosen a soft target in approaching Wm Morrison ...
We must overcome fear of genetic engineering in food
Camilla Cavendish writes in the Financial Times that new gene-editing techniques could transform farming, and play a vital role in ...
UK food and drink exports to EU fall by almost half
UK exports of food and drink to the EU dropped by almost half in the first three months of 2021 ...
Australia’s ‘blackbirding’ past and its roots in the global slave trade
There are moves afoot to scrub colonial businessman Benjamin Boyd’s name from the map. The owners of historic Boydtown on ...
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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