$10 billion food system commitment from Biden
US President Joe Biden announced a $10 billion commitment to improving the food system last week while addressing the UN ...
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Americans are moving to a region plagued by drought
The Economist reports that America's West is in the grip of a 22-year megadrought that is the second-worst in the ...
US to ban chlorpyrifos on food crops
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will ban the use on food crops of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, ...
US food assistance will increase to support nutrition
Food assistance in the US will increase following estimates that a healthy diet costs 21 per cent more than previously ...
Saving uneaten food can help the climate
The BBC reports that twins Shirley and Annie Zhu were 15 when in 2017 they began collecting unsold food from ...
Pandemic leads to food poverty in rich economies
The Financial Times reports that across Europe and North America, the number of people to have gone hungry increased for ...
Bread, donut makers urge Biden to roll back on biofuel
Reuters reports that a trade group representing some of America's biggest baked goods companies is urging the Biden administration to ...
Tyson Foods in US mandate staff vaccinations
Reuters reports that Tyson Foods joined a growing list of US companies that are changing their vaccination and masking policies ...
Time to end arbitrary firings in fast-food chains, elsewhere
In an Opinion article in the Financial Times, nearly half of American workers say they have lost a job for a ...
US ransomware attack forces Swedish shop closures
Reuters reports that one of the largest ransomware attacks in history spread worldwide on Saturday, forcing the Swedish Coop grocery ...
Child labour plagues our food system says World Benchmarking Alliance
A “shocking lack of action” over child and forced labour has been exposed across agrifood, in a study that found...
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