With Waitrose going plastic-free, this is only the start of a plastic-free revolution. These are the steps needed to make sure that supermarkets continue the environmental-friendly trend.

Alison Stowell · The Conversation 14 Jun 2019

China

African swine fever could kill 200 million Chinese pigs

China announced on Friday that it would begin working towards clinical trials for an African swine fever vaccine.

Sybille de La Hamaide · Reuters 14 Jun 2019

European Union

Encouraging gender equality isn’t just moral – it’s also good economics

By excluding women from developing human capital, early marriage prevented many economies from being successful, write Joerg Baten and Alexandra de Pleijt.

Jörg Baten and Alexandra de Pleijt · LSE Business Review 04 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Obesity is rising faster in the countryside than in cities, study finds

The rate of obesity is growing faster in rural areas than cities, partly due to the fact that people in cities have greater access to healthier foods and places to exercise.

Kate Kelland · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 22 May 2019

China

China is leading the meatless revolution with its vegetarian ‘mock meat’

With China’s appetite for meat growing rapidly over the past few decades, new technologies and the health and environmental impacts of meat consumption are drawing more people towards "mo...

Yau Shun Chow · Sixth Tone 16 May 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Searching for superpowers? Chefs look to forgotten ingredients

Chefs Bela Gil, Anahita Dhondy and Rosette Fien are finding healthy and tasty solutions to one of the world's greatest health crises - poor nutrition.

Karla Mendes, Anuradha Nagaraj, and Inna Lazareva · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 02 May 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

As rain grows patchier, Andaman and Nicobar island farmers adapt

Swapping from rice to vegetables and fruit is helping farmers make the most of climate change's unpredictable rain

Colin Daileda · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 30 Apr 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Is this is the answer to California's water problem?

New research suggests a way to map precisely where and how to use groundwater recharge to refill Californian aquifers and stop the land from sinking.

Josie Garthwaite · Futurity 29 Apr 2019

Future of Food

This tiny new grain could save the planet

A distant relative of wheat, Kernza captures carbon, reduces farmers’ energy consumption and helps maintain healthy soil.

Douglas Broom 23 Apr 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

16 foods that are good for you - and the planet

Relying on a narrow band of plants and animals for our food is limiting diversity and creating problems for the future.

Charlotte Edmond 17 Apr 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

6 pressing questions about beef and climate change, answered

Here we look at the latest research to address six common questions about beef and climate change.

Richard Waite, Tim Searchinger, and Janet Ranganathan · EcoWatch 15 Apr 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Scientists are growing meat on blades of grass

With demand for meat outstripping production, what are the alternatives and how commercially viable are they?

Emma Charlton 12 Apr 2019

Future of Food

5 steps to changing the way we grow our food

A new FAO publication offers 20 actions to implement the 2030 Agenda with case studies highlighting how these are being practised in countries around the world. Here are just 5 examples.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) · FAO 08 Apr 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

One in five deaths worldwide linked to unhealthy diet

Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a global stu...

Kate Kelland · Reuters 04 Apr 2019

Gender Parity

Cameroon farmers spice up earnings with forest-friendly foods

A government programme is providing training and funds to help farmers process and package local spices and herbs, boosting their incomes and protecting forests.

Elias Ntungwe Ngalame · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 04 Apr 2019

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5 ways your supermarket can stop harming the planet

African swine fever could kill 200 million Chinese pigs

Encouraging gender equality isn’t just moral – it’s also good economics

Obesity is rising faster in the countryside than in cities, study finds

China is leading the meatless revolution with its vegetarian ‘mock meat’

Searching for superpowers? Chefs look to forgotten ingredients

As rain grows patchier, Andaman and Nicobar island farmers adapt

Is this is the answer to California's water problem?

This tiny new grain could save the planet

16 foods that are good for you - and the planet

6 pressing questions about beef and climate change, answered

Scientists are growing meat on blades of grass

5 steps to changing the way we grow our food

One in five deaths worldwide linked to unhealthy diet

Cameroon farmers spice up earnings with forest-friendly foods

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