Does seafood hold the key to future food security?
With land under pressure from food production many believe our oceans can help meet the world’s nutritional needs, but only if demand can align with sustainable supply
Is 50% procurement target still on the menu?
More than 18 months since Labour came to power a standout manifesto pledge for half of public sector food to be local or sustainable has yet to materialise
Talkin’ ’bout regeneration
The food sector has reached a critical fork in its sustainability journey. Doing ‘less bad’ is no longer a credible strategy for the future
Plastic price gap continues to cause problems
Drinks businesses are struggling to achieve their carbon reduction targets as the plastics recycling sector crisis deepens.
Can special measures save the pub sector?
The UK Government is attempting to balance financial support for stricken pubs with measures to curb problem drinking. Can it achieve both aims? By Nick Hughes. If January felt like an interminably long month then spare a thought for the…
Catering boss’s bold statement on the broken food system
“Our food system is broken.” Five words that we have heard countless times at countless conferences in recent times. From campaigners. From consultants. From academics. From caterers. From manufacturers. From supermarkets. And now from Jonathan Davies.
New fund targets small-scale regeneration projects
Amid a plethora of pledges by large multinational food suppliers to scale regenerative agriculture, Levy is bucking the trend by pledging financial support for local ecological initiatives.
Climate crunch for food companies
Leading food boss suggests investors are not asking about sustainability. Maybe they are just asking about it in a different way.
THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Planet non-organic
Organic food and drink are far less available to shoppers than conventional groceries, according to researchers at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Pressure mounts on government’s school food ambition
New film highlights the flaws in current standards and the benefits of improved enforcement. The Food Foundation has launched a powerful animated film narrated by Dame Emma Thompson.
