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Re-formulating ultra-processed foods will not solve the problems
Multinational companies are “shaping” food systems on all levels to drive consumption of...
Ethiopia: Hunger ‘used as a weapon of war’ in Tigray
Channel 4 News has interviewed Alex de Waal who produced a report, Starving...
The carbon cost of Horizon milk determined
One glass of Horizon Organic whole milk a day for a year is...
A fifth of food-output growth lost to climate change
Bloomberg reports that climate change has been holding back food production for decades,...
Milk alternative Oatly quest to become a $10bn brand
The Financial Times reports that Swedish brand Oatly surprised Americans in February with...
Why Biden’s infrastructure plan is a green jobs plan
Bloomberg reports that US President Biden’s infrastructure plan is projected to cost around 130,000...
WHO Covid report leaves many stones unturned
The BBC looks at the joint WHO-China report on the origins of Covid-19, saying...
Severity of drought and heatwave crop losses tripled in Europe
Drought-related cereal production losses are increasing by more than three per cent a...
EU subsidies for chocolate companies profiting from child slaves would be “outrageous”
European Union subsidies to the end child labour in Ivory Coast would be...
Legacy food growth slows as Foodtech speeds up
Foodtech speeds up is growing faster than established food companies – with startup...
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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