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Eco threats will displace 1 billion people by 2050
Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1...
Food packaging and coronavirus
The BBC looks at how traces of the coronavirus were reportedly found on packaging in China recently, on consignments of...
Indigenous communities must be engaged in food programmes
A new study, published by BMJ Global Health, underlines the importance of involving indigenous communities in programmes to improve diets....
Meat consumption changes in response to Covid-19
A new article looks at how attitudes to meat can be impacted by the media coverage around zoonotic disease. Published...
Rise in social groups could tackle sustainability
A new study says the increase in social groups from 0.5 million to 8.5 million over two decades has restructured rural...
Ding dong – Eat or Delete throws up great thinking
Congratulations to Jasper Wellbeing founder Shane Cooke for winning Quota’s first ever Eat or Delete this month. Shane joined Christian...
Five ways to reboot the global food economy
Covid-19 has shown how damaging ill-health can be for the economy. But it has also shown how measures that benefit...
How being fatter increases Covid-19 risk
Reuters reports that evidence around the world suggests people who are overweight or obese are more likely to become severely...
Governments’ dietary guidelines harm the planet
Research, published in the British Medical Journal, has assessed dietary guidelines against five environmental targets and one health target to...
Chinese authorities confirm bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia
In the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a city is on high alert, reports CNN. On Tuesday, they confirmed a...
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