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Brazilians are increasingly going hungry
The Economist reports that Denize Xavier de Carvalho , a 40-year-old single mother, scoops rice onto the four plates in...
NI Climate Bill: Farming dominates debate
The BBC says Northern Ireland's first ever Climate Bill jumped an important assembly hurdle this week. Assembly members voted 58...
Animals recognised as sentient beings in UK law
The Guardian reports that animals are to be formally recognised as sentient beings in UK law for the first time....
“It’s a place of healing”: the growth of US food forests
A Guardian feature explores America’s biggest “food forest” just a short drive from the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson. There...
Guterres: Food Systems Summit must address record acute hunger
Acute hunger is at a five-year high, affecting at least 155 million people in 55 countries - 20 million more...
US launches largest summer food program in history
NBC says the Biden administration will announce the launch of a summer food program to feed more than 30 million...
“This summit must not get bogged down in battles”
Welt Hunger Hilfe has interviewed agricultural scientist Professor Joachim von Braun who heads the Scientific Group for the UN Food Systems...
Cities tackling urban food policies expands
Forbes reports looks at how cities can support sustainable food systems, saying municipalities, with their close connections to residents, local businesses...
Dream big Food Systems Summit – we want a label rating everything that matters
Consumers want to know this stuff. Was primary forest destroyed to produce this product? Were indigenous people dispossessed or even...
US agriculture techniques to support climate action
A global collaboration to improve food systems through agriculture research was announced at President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate. Called...
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