Lessons of hunger: new players in US food aid
Reuters reports that hunger in the US, the world’s richest country, has intensified in urban and rural areas where residents do ...
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British public says government should prevent hunger
A Food Standards Agency report finds most UK people want the government to prevent hunger, and that food insecurity estimates ...
Less barley, more deer: Covid is changing rural Britain
The Economist says, climb a rural hill in Britain this summer, and the view will be subtly different. Some of ...
Plant-based food sector grows 49 per cent across Europe
A new report shows plant-based consumer choices rose in record numbers across 11 European countries, attracting sales worth €3.6 billion ...
Intensive farming and climate change are reducing food security
The 2020 Global Food Security Index, compiled by The Economist, finds global food security is continuing to deteriorate across the world, ...
Now is the time to invest in AgriFoodTech: report
A new report by venture capital firm AgFunder says agrifoodtech startups raised US$26.1 billion in 2020, up 15.5 per cent ...
WFP: school meals were best safety net in history, pre-Covid
More than 370 million children have missed their only nutritious meal of the day since schools closed in the face ...
World Food Prize Laureates Open Letter to US President Joe Biden
Dear Mr President, As World Food Prize Laureates from across the globe, we have dedicated decades to driving change in food ...
The WTO has a new chief. Is it time for new rules?
An article in The Economist says fixing the World Trade Organisation is not enough for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman ...
Covid committee investigates Tyson, Smithfield, JBS
Three hundred and sixty-nine agrifood workers have died from the coronavirus, according to research highlighted in US government action against ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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