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Covid-19 has led to food crisis, says Italy’s Draghi
Reuters reports that the world must ensure access to food supplies as forcefully as it moved to ensure access to...
IPES withdraws from the Food Systems Summit
Three food system leaders, including a UN Special Rapporteur, have stepped down from their roles on the UN Food Systems...
The Middle East and north Africa are parched
The Economist says that in the past few months protests over water shortages have erupted in Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Sudan...
UK to launch daily Covid tests in food sector
Reuters reports that daily contact testing will be rolled out to workplaces in Britain's food sector so staff who have...
Scientists and academics petition against UN Food Systems Summit
Over 300 scientists and academics are boycotting the UN’s first Food Systems Summit to be held later this year. They’ve...
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...
Food habits doing ‘terrible damage’ to health – report
Reuters says that Britain must change what it eats and the way it produces food to stop "terrible damage" to...
England’s National Food Strategy – over to you, Scotland
The Independent Review of the National Food Strategy (the Review) was published today. It is recognised as the first comprehensive...
Innovation funding needed: National Food Strategy
Environmental impact labelling, innovation funding and mandatory reporting for large food companies are among the recommendations in the National Food...
Sustainable diets: “It’s about our survival as a human species”
Europeans are living longer but in poor health due to dietary trends which are causing environmental as well as physical...
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