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Salmon prices are soaring because of sea lice infestations – but new medicine and technology could help.
As the death count in South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak rises, Canadian researchers are isolating bacteria from the microbiome of exotic foods to try to develop a solution.
The sugar tax relies on creating a price difference between high- and low-sugar drinks, but this could be cancelled out by bundled offers, such as fixed-price meal deals.
The fate of turkey tails shows how Americans have shifted from eating whole animals to focusing on choice cuts – and the surprising places where unwanted parts end up.
How food is labelled and presented determines how hungry you will be later.
New data on soaring child obesity should not come as a surprise. The food industry spends billions marketing unhealthy foods in a global society where over-eating is seen as a character flaw.
Amazon has pledged to continue slashing prices at Whole Foods now that it’s acquired the organic food mecca. Will that mean more affordable organic food for more people – delivered overnight?
Bombarded with unhealthy offerings by the food industry, we blame and shame ourselves for gaining weight. But is it really our fault, or are we being “entrapped?”
Washing chickens in chlorine isn’t actually deemed dangerous – it’s what comes with it that’s the problem.
No wonder obesity is a tough public health issue for governments to deal with. Our research has uncovered a range of barriers to tackling it, some more obvious than others.
Body weight is a complex issue and going after one culprit is not enough.
Voters in Massachusetts passed a ballot measure that assumed so. But a philosopher of animal welfare suggests the ethical issues involved are trickier than a yes/no vote would suggest.
Food, drug and other companies often sponsor research in the hope it might produce results favourable to their products. How can we ensure such research remains independent?
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In part two of our podcast on rebooting, we explore what would happen if humanity was wiped out, take a look at a political comeback in France, and get a taste of a revamped US institution.
If blockchains can deliver on supply chain transparency it could revolutionise the food industry.
Tastier salt, packaging that alerts you to food that has gone off and fish oil that tastes better – nanoparticles have lots of potential.
Ensuring the next 10 billion people are fed fairly will require a radical restructuring of global agri-tech.
Everything from domesticated carrots to glow-in-the-dark tobacco fits somewhere on the spectrum. ‘Banning GM’ isn’t a simple yes-no decision.
With government obesity strategies failing to get off the ground, it’s time for business to step up and develop healthier options.
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Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Professor in Food Distribution and Policy, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester
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PhD researcher in Conservation Genetics, Queen Mary University of London
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Emeritus Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Principal Lecturer: Health Promotion and Public Health, University of Brighton
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Senior Research Fellow, Agroecological Futures, Coventry University
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Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology at the Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath
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Associate Professor of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University
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Lecturer in Food Safety, Food Quality and Environmental Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor & W K Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Surrey
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
