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To fight Covid-19, central banks must break taboos
To combat Covid-19, central banks, including the ECB, must cross the Rubicon of monetary financing and immediately transfer the 20%-30%...
Five Covid-19 reflections from a food system perspective
This article on Covid and food systems is by The Rockefeller Foundation. Reflections include: As the Covid-19 crisis spreads across...
Is Coronavirus putting our retail eggs into one basket?
As Coronavirus spreads across the nation like wildfire, the Government has taken a laissez-faire approach to controlling the food supply....
Michelle Obama’s school nutrition rolled back
Bloomberg reports that the Trump administration announced a rollback of Michelle Obama’s signature initiative for healthy school lunches on Friday,...
UK farmers to be rewarded for “public goods”
The UK Government revealed a new version of their post-Brexit agriculture legislation Thursday, explains EURATIVE. It's part of a radical...
Salvini’s food policy ‘nationalist’ flaws show Nutella debate
During a December 5 rally in Ravenna, Lega leader Matteo Salvini said he no longer eats Nutella, because the manufacturer...
Global stock of great whales worth
Whales are vital to curb climate change - this is the reason why
Encouraging change in the systems overcoming challenges
An article by John Atkinson and David Nabarro says that as we face the greatest problems of our times a...
Slavery in the Thai fishing industry
In 2006, a young Cambodian sculptor, Vannak Anan Prum, left his village to look for labouring work. He intended to...
Europe’s opportunity to ban a dangerous pesticide
In several European countries, pregnant women risk consuming food contaminated with the pesticide chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin that could be harmful...
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