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Few agrifood companies are tackling forced and child labour
Only 13 per cent of agrifood companies can prove they are trying to...
COP26: Soya giants lobbied against forest protection
Greenpeace Unearthed has found that trade groups representing some of the world’s biggest...
Russian invasion risks hunger in Middle East and North Africa
The Telegraph reports that Russia's threat to invade Ukraine is causing food prices...
The man who lived in a Singapore forest for 30 years
The BBC reports on a market gardener in Singapore who had been living...
US agriculture secretary criticises avocado price spike
Bloomberg reports that US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said a recent spike...
Londoners eat one and a half less chocolate bars a week after ad ban
London households bought almost 20 per cent less confectionary each week after junk food...
The Meat Paradox by Rob Percival — carnivore confusion
The Financial Times asks, if you had to be reincarnated as a chicken,...
Hard bargains as European retailers take on food giants
Reuters reports that European retailers are locked in extended price negotiations with giant...
Unilever’s tea business a test of private equity’s conscience
A Financial Times feature says that almost 15 years after an attack on...
Climate change and profitless farming pose critical business risks
Climate change is the most influential risk to food and agriculture, according to...
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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