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Scientists’ success in producing synthetic vanilla flavouring means it is used 99% of the time. So why does the price of genuine beans keep rising?
The great British curry crisis.
We might be able to grow artificial meat but are people really prepared to eat such produce over meat from farmed animals?
Getting food on to our plates out of season relies on a fragile business ecosystem. The latest shortages show how easily this can break down.
Dietary guidelines fail to change our eating habits. So, how can we make them more relevant?
Sausages, hamburger patties, lamb chops and T-bone steak. There is nothing like the traditional barbecue on Australia Day.
The first European settlers in Australia used a dizzying array of flora and fauna in their kitchens – but they cooked them in a traditional British style.
Australia’s wheat harvest has stalled over the past 26 years, and worsening weather is to blame.
Understanding the connections between basic food demands and accessibility to water and energy is important when it comes to climate change and its impact on agriculture and livelihoods.
Here are some tips to get your picky eater into lifelong healthy habits.
Here is what we know about eating in different positions.
Insects have often been described with words like “disgusting” and the idea of eating them horrifies some people. But this needs to change as they can be an important food source.
Is your New Year’s resolution to cut your food waste? The answer could be closer than you think.
Consumers tend to think that healthy foods have to cost more than their less nutritional counterparts. New psychological research looks at how pervasive this is.
From images of knives to cupcakes, foodies are increasingly etching their identity on their skin. And for chefs, tattoos are markers of non-conformity, self promotion and resilience, as a new book testifies.
3D printed food is already here, but not everyone is convinced it looks edible.
Christmas foods are evolving. Purists may sniff but what are traditional foods other than past trends that have stuck?
Free range, sow stall free - you’ll find a number of different types of ham on the market this Christmas. But what do they mean?
Research has yet to reveal why and how obesity rates have surged around the world in the past few decades.
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Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Food Policy, City, University of London
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Sheffield
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Visiting Academic, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Senior Lecturer in Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Research Scientist, Michigan State University
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Former Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Appetite and Obesity, University of Liverpool
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Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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Professor of History and Philosophy, and Deputy Dean Research (Faculty of Arts), University of Adelaide
