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World’s food supply slammed by drought, floods and frost
Bloomberg reports that extreme weather is slamming crops across the globe, bringing with it the threat of further food inflation...
Charities call for ‘Amazon anti-waste law’
The Guardian reports that charities have written to the prime minister calling for a new anti-waste, or “Amazon law”, to...
Plant-based costs three times more and is less nutritious than dairy
Plant-based alternatives cost three times more than cow’s milk and other dairy products, but lack their protein, calcium, iodine and...
National Food Strategy: New tax unattractive
The BBC reports that UK's Prime Minister has said a government-commissioned review of the food we eat was likely to...
PM rejects proposal to tax sugar and salt in food
The Financial Times reports that Boris Johnson has poured cold water on the National Food Strategy commissioned by his own...
UN: Unleashing consumer power to fix the food system
Quota's proposal to the UN Food Systems Summit for a global, unifying label rating food against all relevant human rights...
Propelling cookbooks into a new digital dimension
The cookbook sector hasn’t had its Netflix-Spotify-Wikipedia-Facebook moment – until now. And if CKBK has its way, this disruption will...
Global hunger is back with a vengeance
Bloomberg reports that a surge in food prices is hurting developing economies Even a short spasm of food inflation can be damaging...
Time to end arbitrary firings in fast-food chains, elsewhere
In an Opinion article in the Financial Times, nearly half of American workers say they have lost a job for a...
Apollo weighs Morrison offer, heating takeover battle
Bloomberg reports that Apollo Global Management Inc. said it’s considering an offer for Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc, heating up a...
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