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Jeffrey Sachs to UN: food system based on extreme irresponsibility
The world food system is based on large multinational companies, private profits, and...
IPES withdraws from the Food Systems Summit
Three food system leaders, including a UN Special Rapporteur, have stepped down from...
The Middle East and north Africa are parched
The Economist says that in the past few months protests over water shortages...
7,000 children under five will die from hunger every day
The impact of Covid will kill an extra 258 children a day from...
Scientists and academics petition against UN Food Systems Summit
Over 300 scientists and academics are boycotting the UN’s first Food Systems Summit...
Food companies cannot have it both ways
A Financial Times editorial article says it should come as no surprise that...
Private equity’s falling out of love with plastic
Reuters says that a decade ago, private equity couldn't get enough of plastic...
Retailer Kroger commits on workers’ human rights
Oxfam reports that America's second largest food retailer, Kroger, has published an updated Statement...
Environment pioneer Buckminster Fuller and an early eco label
How valid is the prospect of a unifying food label scheme addressing all...
Shareholder activists win wider Tesco commitments
Tesco has responded to activist shareholders by committing to increased sales of healthier...
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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