With huge environmental impacts resulting from certain food such as meat through carbon emissions, organisers at Davos are offering sustainable, plant-based meals to improve personal heal...

Caroline Durand-Gasselin and Lisa Sweet 17 Jan 2020

Future of Food

Chile is tackling obesity by changing the way people think about food

Amid an escalating crisis, Chilean authorities took urgent action – bringing in innovative food regulations focused on three key areas.

Douglas Broom 17 Jan 2020

How to Save the Planet

This AI rubbish bin will help fight food waste at Davos

It weighs, photographs, and monitors all the food thrown into it, and now this smart bin will be helping boost sustainability at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.

Sean Fleming 17 Jan 2020

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Chocolate you can trace back to the tree - a new vision of fairer, greener trade

By making the production chain transparent, from farmer to consumer, this Ecuadorian initiative could be a game-changer for smallholders.

Carla Gomez 10 Jan 2020

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

How powering food storage could end hunger

Adequate access to energy in rural communities, powering refrigeration and cold storage, can bring productivity increases and food loss decreases.

Roberto Ridolfi and Olivier Dubois 20 Dec 2019

Climate Change

Severe droughts are putting Bangladeshi farm labourers out of work

The landless Oraon minority of northwest Bangladesh have traditionally earned a living labouring in local paddy fields, but are struggling as that work dries up due to water shortages.

Rafiqul Islam · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 16 Dec 2019

Climate Change

This Pacific island has banned fishing to allow the marine ecosystem to recover

Palau has been practising "bul" for centuries – and now it’s the philosophy behind its huge new protected marine area.

Kate Whiting 11 Dec 2019

Future of Food

50% of all land in the world is used to produce food

While livestock takes up 77% of the world’s agricultural land, it only produces 18% of the world’s calories and 37% of total protein.

Hannah Ritchie · Our World in Data 11 Dec 2019

Circular Economy

China drafts new rules to control rural plastic pollution

The legislation is desperately needed as only 180,000 tonnes of the annual 2 million tonnes of plastic film used to protect crops gets recycled.

Reuters Staff · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 09 Dec 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

MIT researchers discover new coating that lets crops grow in salty soil

MIT engineers have created a special seed coating that supplies essential nutrients to the germinating plant and helps it grow in barren areas.

David L. Chandler · MIT News 05 Dec 2019

Agriculture, Food and Beverage

The women of this country have found an innovative way to fight climate change

Planting mangrove trees on the shores of Vietnam is helping protect against global warming – and also sowing the seeds of female empowerment.

Jessica Wapner · Mosaic Science 04 Dec 2019

United States

Is China the next frontier for the meatless industry?

China’s “free from meat” market, has grown 33.5% since 2014 to be worth $9.7 billion last year, according to Euromonitor. It is set to reach $11.9 billion by 2023.

Pei Li and Brenda Goh · Reuters 04 Dec 2019

Oceans

This Scottish startup is helping farmers grow plants with sea water

Seawater Solutions is using saltmarshes to grow salt-resistant plants like samphire, which is growing from gourmet garnish to mainstream meal.

Stuart McDill · Reuters 03 Dec 2019

Climate Change

These indigenous women in Africa are paying the price of climate change

Lake Chad has shrunk to a tenth its size, with climate change one of the factors. This has a huge impact on the lives of people dependent on it for food and water. A local explains.

Charlotte Edmond 02 Dec 2019

Sustainable Development

The massive impact of climate change on your food production sources

If emissions continue to rise, by 2100 over 7.2 billion people will be exposed to food shortages.

Thin Lei Win · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 02 Dec 2019

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Future of Food

What’s for lunch? Sustainability on the Davos menu

Chile is tackling obesity by changing the way people think about food

This AI rubbish bin will help fight food waste at Davos

Chocolate you can trace back to the tree - a new vision of fairer, greener trade

How powering food storage could end hunger

Severe droughts are putting Bangladeshi farm labourers out of work

This Pacific island has banned fishing to allow the marine ecosystem to recover

50% of all land in the world is used to produce food

China drafts new rules to control rural plastic pollution

MIT researchers discover new coating that lets crops grow in salty soil

The women of this country have found an innovative way to fight climate change

Is China the next frontier for the meatless industry?

This Scottish startup is helping farmers grow plants with sea water

These indigenous women in Africa are paying the price of climate change

The massive impact of climate change on your food production sources

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