Greening food production and managing food demand are key for meeting the UN's sustainable development agenda and the environmental pledge behind the Paris Agreement.
Food insecurity increased in the US during 2020, according to a new report, with almost 15% of households with children classified as being food insecure.
English soccer club Manchester City is trialing an edible coffee cup made from leak-proof wafer. FIFA is aiming for Qatar 2022 to be the first carbon-neutral World Cup.
Climate change can have severe knock-on effects for food security. The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened food insecurity, according to the World Food Programme.
A project is creating circular gardens in Senegal to reduce food insecurity, help decrease desertification across the area and engage community workers.
Adding a gene encoding to both rice and potato plants increased their yield by 50% in field tests, with the plants growing significantly larger with longer roots.
Hannah Ritchie discusses the options to reduce food emissions, including a shift to more plant-based diets, less food waste and improvements in crop yields.
The World Food Prize Foundation's 2021 laureate is Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, a researcher highlighting the importance of fish in sustainable diets.
The largest rooftop greenhouse in Montreal, Canada produces over 11,000kg of food per week and has hired 200 new employees due to pandemic-driven demand.
Plant-based, microorganism- and animal cell-based alternatives to animal meat, fish, eggs, and dairy are projected to make up at least 11% of global protein consumption in 2035 – with a p...
Avant Meats, a food lab in Hong Kong, is producing cultivated fish fillets in response to consumer demands for more sustainable products.
Research has discovered that if plants do not sense the hormone ethylene, they will continue to grow down, reaching nutrient-rich soil and improving yield.
Global food prices in December were the highest for any month in the last six years, according to the FAO Food Price Index.
From January to August, massive desert locust swarms swept across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, ravaging crops and decimating pasture in the worst outbreak in decades.
COVID-19 could double the number of people experiencing food insecurity globally thanks to rising food prices, unemployment and strain on food programmes
