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Unilever tea bidders had rights concerns
The Financial Times reports that two of the three final bidders for Unilever’s...
Focus on resilient food chains, Menker says
Bloomberg reports that soaring food costs and unprecedented shocks in the global supply...
Inside food’s new Silicon Valley
That Financial Times reports that Copenhagen is now considered the epicentre of food....
Will the UN and Elon Musk solve hunger over Twitter?
The fate of 30,000 people dying each day from hunger and malnutrition seems...
How the food sector protected its own interests at COP26
With the Food Research Collaboration, I studied the United Nations’ official list of...
Food and Drink Federation urges take up of eco labels
The UK’s Food & Drink Federation has said manufacturers can take advantage of...
COP26 hasn’t solved the problem, scientists warn
Nature magazine reports that researchers have expressed relief at the COP26 agreement, but...
Food prices will stay high, hurting poor countries
The Economist says that Covid-19 had a counter-intuitive effect on food prices. In...
UN: Agrifood pollution is up by 17 per cent
Agrifood emits 31 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases, 16.5 billion tonnes,...
Fridge doors could save 1 per cent of UK electricity use
The BBC reports that the UK could cut its total electricity use by...
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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