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Pesticides are not delivering food security and should be phased out: UN rapporteur
The FAO Council should reconsider its agreement with pesticide lobby group CropLife International, according...
Californian court denies Nestlé motion to dismiss Cocoa Plan child labour lawsuit
Confectionary News reports that Nestlé USA has been refused a motion for dismissal...
Food security affected as Ukraine agriculture season begins
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to food and fuel price hikes costing...
WFP: Food supply chains ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine
According to Reuters, a World Food Programme (WFP) official has said food supply chains...
“Young people associate agriculture with some kind of bondage”
Addressing the legacy of slavery is essential for improving food security in the...
COP26: Soya giants lobbied against forest protection
Greenpeace Unearthed has found that trade groups representing some of the world’s biggest...
Unilever’s tea business a test of private equity’s conscience
A Financial Times feature says that almost 15 years after an attack on...
OmniAction launches to tackle greenwashing, slavery, land theft, poor diets
“There needs to be action to bring food metrics together. The time has...
OmniAction wants a new set of global standards
Campaigners are calling for reforms to food labelling, according to BBC Radio 4's...
Experts: Mandatory labelling can drive sustainability
Mandatory egg labelling is a good example of creating “clear, consistent demand” –...
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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