In the face of growing social and environmental challenges, organizations in the food and agriculture sector are increasingly turning to nature for inspiration.
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A guaranteed basic income is a promising tool for contributing to sustainability and justice across agriculture and fishing sectors.
The Nordic diet places a greater emphasis on eating wholefoods and less (if any) processed foods.
A ‘learning journey’ research process exposed a broad group of participants to local realities of the food system and childcare in a small town.
Indigenous foods such as cowpeas can improve people’s nutrition and help them cope with the hunger brought about by the effects of COVID-19 on foreign food imports.
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.
A nutritionist shares five habits becoming more common during the pandemic that she hopes will continue. Eating family meals together is just the start.
After the brief shock of food insecurity in the form of empty supermarket shelves, we might start thinking about having a Plan B and C based on local food sources and shorter supply chains.
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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?
There would be many benefits from a national school food program, including a chance to teach children healthy eating habits that could last a lifetime. Why can’t it happen?
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Professor of Urban Management & Planning, Griffith University
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Professor of Sustainability and Strategy, University of Victoria
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Assistant Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, University of The Fraser Valley
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Lead for Evidence-Based Medicine and Nutrition, Aston Medical School, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Researcher at the University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Adjunct Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Assistant Professor in Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Canberra
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Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, Lakehead University
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
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Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor, School of Engineering and Built Environment, and Director, N79 Disaster and Resilience Management Facility (DRMF), Griffith University
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Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist, Instructor in Nutrition, Boston University
