Small-scale dairy farmers are struggling across the US – but in New Jersey they’ve developed a model that keeps their products and their customers local.
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Using innovative technologies like Bitcoin and automation can help protect our food supply chains from disruptions like the one caused by the current coronavirus pandemic.
The potential exists for malnutrition to exacerbate the health consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic.
We all need to eat. Experts imagine how the next agricultural revolution can feed us while fighting climate change and habitat destruction, instead of accelerating it.
Our food, finance, and logistics systems are worringly vulnerable to climate shocks – we can’t rule out collapses within a decade.
The fact that relative food prices differ so markedly and so systematically provides a very strong rationale for nutrition-focused food policies.
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Foraging is a crucial part of many diets and should not be discouraged.
If the food movement’s goal is to reclaim a corporatised food system by ‘rebuilding the public sphere from the ground up’, what does this look like?
Many will switch to less healthy diets as imported food becomes more expensive, says new research.
Food systems must be transformed to produce more nutritious food with a lower environmental footprint.
Foraging and gathering food can play a huge role in feeding people.
Multiple reports have convincingly demonstrated that agroecology is the most promising pathway to sustainable food systems on all continents. But governments aren’t doing enough to support it.
Global food system issues can be traced to colonial history. It’s time food production became more sustainable so that it meets the needs of people - equally.
Food insecurity is not only a cause of bad food choices, it is a result of the economics and geographies of the food system.
As a foodie, but also a vegetarian, I am always seeking alternative food systems that are healthy, farmer-friendly, community-focused, and easy to use —attributes that also make food systems sustainable…
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