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Plant pathologists leading fight against damaging corn disease tar spot
Tar spot causes millions of corn bushels to be lost each year, but now a group of pathologists are hoping to limit the disease's spread.
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Whitepaper: 2021 Private-Label Trends
Supply chain disruption during 2020 has prompted consumers to rapidly shift their loyalties.
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Coffee-growing regions under threat from climate change, research warns
Suitable growing regions for coffee, cashews, and avocados predicted to shift as the earth warms, suggests a first-of-its-kind analysis.
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Inflation hits hard: why we’re losing customers to food banks
The UK inflation rate has risen to its highest in 30 years, and prices of everyday essentials are on the up, so what does this mean for the citizens of the fifth richest country in the world?
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Egg Regulatory Program Standards announced by the FDA
The FDA hopes the new standards will strengthen the integrity of the US' egg supply chain, which is worth billions of dollars to the US food industry each year.
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Fishy business: how transparent is your seafood?
New Food’s Joshua Minchin interviewed IFT’s Bryan Hitchcock, in a bid to gauge how transparent the seafood sector’s supply chains are and what’s being done to improve traceability in the industry.
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Food crisis in Xi’an, China
The city of Xi’an in China is experiencing severe food shortages as the country goes into a strict partial lockdown following COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Keeping up with COP
Dr Vincent Walsh, circular and regenerative food system consultant and founder of the plant-based food brand, Herblabism, reflects on the sustainability challenges facing the food industry in the wake of COP26.
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How locavores can improve global food systems
Locavores believe in eating locally grown/produced food, but is this the most sustainable choice? Biosystems engineer, Lisa De Vellis examines how locavores and global food producers can happily coexist for the benefit of us all.
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Fighting exploitation
Troy Pearley explains the farmer-centric business model of Divine Chocolate and how its structure helps create a fairer industry that projects the voices of minority groups.
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Will consumers accept insect-fed chicken?
How likely would consumers be to adopt meat products reared with alternative feedstuffs? A new study suggests information and transparency are key.
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Food traceability market to be worth $9.75 billion by 2028
New research has forecasted a period of strong growth for the global food traceability market as consumers demand more and more transparency from their food products post-COVID-19.
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Using inclusive systems innovation to build a future-fit food system
Dr. Andy Zynga, CEO of EIT Food, outlines the progress that needs to be made if we are to innovate and build a food system fit for whatever the future holds.
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Three Thanksgiving food stories you might have missed
As you tuck into your Thanksgiving turkey or maybe even some leftovers with the football, here’s three food stories you might have missed this Thanksgiving.
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Bia Analytical: Life in the lab
As Bia Analytical celebrates its first year in business, Dr Maeve Shannon describes what a typical day in the Northern Ireland-based lab is like.
