Is climate change the cause of rising world hunger?
By Jessica Eise & Kenneth Foster World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause. World hunger has risen for a third consecutive year, according to the United Nations’ annual food security report. The total number of people who face...
Clean green beef no longer on our menu? How feedlots are changing the face of the New Zealand agri-food system
By Madeline Shelling Madeline Shelling outlines how feedlots have changed the face of the New Zealand agri-food system. Scoffing at an American tourist ordering grassfed beef can be the day’s highlight for a smug Kiwi. “Well of course it is!” we cry with haughty...
New Zealand dairying in question?
By Richard Le Heron In an extract from the new book “The New Biological Economy: How New Zealanders are Creating Value from the Land,” Richard Le Heron brings into question the future of dairying in New Zealand. Dairying is, alongside tourism, New...
No more chocolate by 2050? Why we need to understand what’s at stake
By Jovana Stanisljevic Is the world facing a major chocolate crisis? Jovana Stanisljevic finds out. No more chocolate by 2050? Several articles have pointed recently that we are heading to a major chocolate crisis. Global chocolate market value keeps reaching new...
Is it safe to eat GMO foods?
By Devang Mehta Genomics expert Devang Mehta explores whether it is safe to eat genetically modified food. So far, all commercially available GMO crops, anywhere in the world, have been found to be substantially equivalent to their non-GM counterparts. This means that...
Q+A: What are the politics of food insecurity?
Climate change, pesticide contamination, soil-depletion, loss of land, power politics, mass pollinator die-offs, and a host of big business practices threaten the long-term availability of healthy food. In part one of this symposium on the future of food, Maria...
Why have food security projects failed in rural Africa?
By Terrence Leahy Terrence Leahy discusses issues of food security and farming in rural Africa and how to address them. Over the last fifteen years my academic work and my field trips have focussed on food security projects in the rural areas of Southern and Eastern...
What does it mean to have an equitable and sustainable food system? 🔊
Saru Jayaraman and Raj Patel have studied the food system and what it means to have an equitable and sustainable system. What are the problems in the system, and what are the solutions? Maria Armoudian discusses the food system with them. Saru Jayaraman is the...
Does the US Department of State promote GMOs in Mexico?
By Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja looks into whether the US Department of State promotes GMOs in Mexico. Mexico’s national identity is tied to corn. Maize is the main food staple, the basis of Mexican cuisine, and the central crop for...Subscribe by Email
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