Jun 20, 2019 | Science & Technology
By Anna Robuck A new study led by Kieran D. Cox and researchers at the University of Victoria in British Columbia confirms a logical but cringe-worthy conclusion: humans are consuming plastic. A new study led by Kieran D. Cox and researchers at the University of...
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...
Nov 14, 2018 | Business & Economics
By Marco Springmann Marco Springmann explores the benefits of implementing a tax on meat. By now you’ve probably heard that eating too much red and processed meat is bad for you. Not only is it associated with increased rates of coronary heart disease, stroke,...
Oct 30, 2018 | Business & Economics, Referee
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...
Oct 29, 2018 | Business & Economics, Referee
By Morgan Renata How wholesome is your local wholefoods store? Morgan Renata investigates. On Apirana Avenue in Glen Innes, little more than 100 metres apart from one another sit two supermarkets: one sports something of a household name after 30+ years of servicing...
Oct 25, 2018 | Business & Economics, Referee, Science & Technology
By Jodie Hayes With more scientists saying we should give up meat for the sake of the environment, are insects the answer to food insecurity? Entomophagy – the consumption of insects – has been gaining popularity in many Western countries as an environmentally...
Sep 25, 2018 | Science & Technology
By Devang Mehta In the near future, “meat” could mean a lot more than it does now. In the future, analysts agree that people will be producing—and eating—a lot more meat. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has found that the consumption of meat...
Aug 15, 2018 | Science & Technology
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...
Jul 4, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
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 two of this symposium on the future of food, Maria...
Jun 25, 2018 | Politics & Society
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...