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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...
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...
Bring in the army to relieve UK lorry driver crisis
Reuters says Premier Foods, one of Britain's biggest food companies, has called on the government to consider using the army...
ExxonMobil “manufactures forever chemicals”
On Channel 4 News a senior ExxonMobil lobbyist, captured on camera by Greenpeace UK’s Unearthed, has claimed that the company...
Europe dominates novel farming worldwide
Novel farming ventures have claimed the largest share of agrifoodtech investments in Europe, with some big rounds for insect farming...
Britain could face food shortages due to lorry crisis
Reuters reports that Britain could face gaps on supermarket shelves this summer and an "unimaginable" collapse of supply chains. The...
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