“Young people associate agriculture with some kind of bondage”
Addressing the legacy of slavery is essential for improving food security in the Caribbean, says Stacey Alvarez de la Campa, ...
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High risk meat and dairy production could “create new pandemic”
Intensively farmed protein like pork, beef, dairy and fish, could incubate the next pandemic, according to a new working paper ...
We may be headed for global food cost crises in 2022
The past year saw significant increases in international food prices. Will extreme weather, spiralling prices of natural resources and war ...
IKEA’s food impact measured – up to a point – in sustainability report
Given that it reportedly sells one billion meatballs a year, IKEA’s food impact is significant. Describing itself as one of ...
UN chief: Climate change created more refugees than war
Climate shocks forced 30 million people to flee their homes in 2020 – three times more than those displaced by ...
Biden supports $1 billion for independent meat processing
The White House will make funds available to support a total of US$1 billion in guaranteed loans for private investors ...
Business can help in the region with the world’s worst emergency: Afghanistan
Responding to the world’s biggest emergency, meet Kate Newton, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East & North Africa, at ...
Advice on food to help recover from Covid-19
The BBC reports that the Recovery Knowledge Hub, launched by the University of Plymouth, asks people about their current diet ...
Food prices will stay high, hurting poor countries
The Economist says that Covid-19 had a counter-intuitive effect on food prices. In early 2020, when much of the world ...
Study finds over two thirds of food systems leaders are men
A new report confirms that global food systems are directed inordinately by men, adding that eight out of 10 UK ...
Paying farmers 75p for each £1 consumers spend on their produce
I aim to introduce you to a new way of looking at business, in which the entrepreneur is a development...
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