The shame of hunger “has been weaponised” to silence the poor in America
US food policy making is like Donald Trump’s all-male panel on women’s reproductive health, an advocate told the White House ...
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Flawed Food Compass metric could misguide tax and investment decisions
Flaws in a new food metric could hinder public health efforts and misguide tax and investment decisions across the US ...
Few agrifood companies are tackling forced and child labour
Only 13 per cent of agrifood companies can prove they are trying to end forced labour, according to new insights ...
Why scientists are intrigued by the food matrix
The BBC says emerging research suggests there are new ways to gauge a food’s nutritional value. It’s a concept known ...
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 ...
Plant-based costs three times more and is less nutritious than dairy
Plant-based alternatives cost three times more than cow’s milk and other dairy products, but lack their protein, calcium, iodine and ...
Nutrition-specific interventions need to be part of the Food Systems Summit
Filling the Narrative gap at the Food Systems Summit The first time I heard the word advocate was when I ...
Delhi police sedition action against Greta Thunberg is chilling, say activists
Pop star Rhianna and climate activist Greta Thunberg have waded into a months-long protest by tens of thousands of farmers ...
Global Nutrition Report 2020 calls for equity
The disparities of nutrition across the world vary hugely. Poor countries have the highest percentage of underweight citizens, while the ...
Nutri-Score receives cross-sector backing
Stakeholders from across the food system have delivered an open letter to the European Commission calling for mandatory nutritional labelling ...
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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