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Sustainable farming pledges adopted at COP26
At COP26 in Glasgow over the weekend, 26 governments pledged to support sustainable farming. And 95 private companies agreed to...
Industry: global harmonisation fixes “meaningless” food labels
The proliferation of food labels– there are more than 400 in Europe alone – renders them meaningless, according to findings...
Status of EU sustainable agriculture goals
Euractiv reports that the European Commission wants to make the EU’s farming subsidy programme more performance-oriented. However, non-binding targets and...
Lost income could lead to less eco-friendly English farming
The government is running out of time to protect English farmers from going out of business while plans for the...
US sees spike in contaminated Aus meat
US food safety officials have blocked a rising number of meat shipments from Australia since 2019 due to fecal contamination,...
$10 billion food system commitment from Biden
US President Joe Biden announced a $10 billion commitment to improving the food system last week while addressing the UN...
Climate change, hunger, demand transformation
The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports that Channing Arndt, a development economist with the International Food Policy Research Institute, told a...
America is reducing poverty among children
The Economist reports that recent modelling by scholars at Columbia University estimates that in July child poverty was 41% lower...
Co2: the latest hit to UK food’s structural vulnerability
Dwindling Co2 supplies is a structural vulnerability affecting the UK’s food security, industry leaders have warned. The British meat industry...
Priciest food since 70s challenges governments
Bloomberg reports that governments across the world know that rising food costs can come with a political price. The dilemma...
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