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Climate change threatens one third of food producing regions
New study highlights the global regions that will be most affected by climate change – and worryingly, they are those least capable of adapting.
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Nando’s takes on climate change
Following the introduction of its science-based targets in 2020, Nando's has announced its plans to go carbon neutral and how it intends to achieve its new goal.
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Do kelp and maggots offer a solution to global malnutrition?
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Novel foods have to be a part of the solution if the world is to solve the problem of malnutrition – that’s according to researchers from the University of Cambridge.
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Can you grow enough protein in your backyard?
Researchers in the US are advocating for more people to grow their own protein and use their backyard as an asset to cope with supply chain disruptions and make the country more sustainable.
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Solving an age-old issue in the poultry industry
Watch In Ovo’s important on-demand webinar on how a single piece of machinery could prevent the culling of billions of male chicks every year through mass spectrometry.
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Animal-based food production connected to 12,700 air quality deaths
Research has revealed the shocking number of deaths caused by air pollution related to food production, and, in particular, animal-based food production.
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Overfishing spells trouble for the Japanese seafood sector
Despite growing profits and rising share prices, Japanese seafood companies are less financially healthy than they seem. To avoid suffering the impact of overfishing and maintain growth, they must switch to sustainable strategies, writes François Mosnier, Financial Research Analyst at Planet Tracker.
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Could the “yuck factor” reduce meat consumption?
Researchers from the University of Exeter suggest that the “yuck factor” could be harnessed to cut down on meat consumption, which is seen by many as unhealthy and unsustainable.
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How takeaways during COVID-19 have solved one problem and created another
Sohrab Kazemahvazi raises concerns over the superfluous use of plastics in some takeaway services and highlights the consumer-led demand for less plastic packaging.
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Marine scientists urge EU to take action to protect dolphins from bycatch
Bycatch of dolphins and porpoises was an issue highlighted by high-profile documentary Seaspiracy, and scientists are now calling on countries to do more to protect cetaceans in European waters.
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Use pandemic to repair broken EU and UK food system, says new report
A new report has urged the EU food industry to use the pandemic to repair what it has called a broken food system, with food waste and nutrition being high on the agenda.
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Making natural protein easy
Addressing the change in consumer demand, this article outlines why natural protein is the easy solution that meets our need to combine health, nutrition, convenience and sustainability in a single bite.
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Chocolate for all to enjoy
The NOMO chocolate brand was borne of lofty ambitions to cater to as wide a range of choice-restricted consumers as possible – a mission it takes very seriously, according to Jacqueline Tyrrell, brand manager at NOMO.
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Is it time to give mushrooms more credit on Stop Food Waste Day?
As attitudes to food waste change, is it time to give one unsung hero its time in the spotlight? The UK and Ireland Mushroom Producers believe its versatility has led many across the UK to add it to their shopping trolleys during the pandemic.
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Corn stover used to clean up drinking water
Scientists in California have developed an efficient use for corn waste, which they claim can filter pollutants out of drinking water.
