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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...
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...
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...
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...
Rankin joins activists as COP26 ignores food waste
Food waste emits around 10 per cent of all greenhouse emissions. If it was a country, it would be the...
Elon Musk wants proof $6 billion solves world hunger
Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, challenged a United Nations official’s claim that just a small percentage...
Strike Two: competitors join forces on blockchain solutions
Agrifood needs collaboration to overcome its inherent dysfunction – but how can this be done while allowing competition to thrive?...
COP26: Hemp not politicians or billionaires will solve climate change
The “dehumanised” politicians and business leaders attending COP26 in Glasgow won’t solve climate change, because they cannot, says Green Revolution...
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