Feb 3, 2021 | Science & Technology
Nearly one in ten people in the world experienced severe levels of food insecurity in 2019. Meanwhile, a third of all food produced globally (around 1.3 billion tonnes) is wasted, each year. It may be thrown out by consumers and retailers or spoiled during harvesting...
Jan 29, 2020 | Science & Technology
New research out of the University of Otago has revealed that increasing the uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could have a significant impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously improving population health. The results showed that a...
Dec 10, 2018 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
By Karl Zimmerer Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide, and that is not good, according to Karl Zimmerer. One day last March I talked with Juliana and Elisa, a mother and daughter who farmed just outside the city of Huánuco, Peru. Although they had only one...
Aug 30, 2018 | Business & Economics
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...
Apr 12, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Ken Jackson Honorary academic Ken Jackson explores whether food security is currently in a state of flux. As someone who has been involved in research on poverty, shelter, food, health, and well-being in society for a number of decades, I am well aware that...
Dec 11, 2017 | Business & Economics
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...