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Big agriculture is having a field day as prices soar
The Economist reports that the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation expects the value of global food imports to reach nearly...
Covid test plan pointless says Iceland boss
The BBC says the UK government's Covid test scheme to prevent workers having to self-isolate is a "pointless solution" because...
NotCo raises $235 million from Tiger, Federer
Bloomberg reports that Chilean plant-based food producer NotCo SpA will use money from its latest funding round to enter the...
France fines Monsanto for data on journalists, activists
France 24 reports that France's personal data protection agency on Wednesday fined US firm Monsanto for illegally compiling files of...
Food industry starts to measure sustainability
The Financial Times says an increasing number of stakeholders in the world’s food system — including companies, non-profits, farmers and...
Growing avocados in Sicily and climate change
A feature in the Financial Times says climate change is shifting the frontiers of where food is grown as farmers...
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...
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...
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...
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