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  • Comment: Financial investments can be a fix for unhealthy diets

    Comment: Financial investments can be a fix for unhealthy diets

    Recent studies point to an emerging business case for healthier foods which is good news for the health of billions of people, says Greg S Garrett. Today, poor diets pose a greater risk to mortality and morbidity than the combined effects of… Read More

  • Political Print: Labour needs allies to deliver meaningful reform 

    Political Print: Labour needs allies to deliver meaningful reform 

    Repairing relationships with farmers and businesses, whilst putting the UK on a path to food security and nature recovery, will require the kind of political fleet of foot that has thus far eluded the new government, says Nick Hughes. Farmers… Read More

  • The Friday Digest: Reed seeks to reset relations in Oxford

    The Friday Digest: Reed seeks to reset relations in Oxford

    “The straws are piling up and up – and the camel’s back is close to breaking.” Steve Reed struck a sympathetic tone this week as the secretary of state for Defra resolved to reset relations with the farming sector. Delivering… Read More

  • A big deal for environmental diplomacy

    A big deal for environmental diplomacy

    Talks to secure a global plastics treaty reached a dead-end in December, but there are high hopes for a deal this year as a strong ‘coalition of the willing’ emerges. By David Burrows No deal. Countries negotiating an international legally binding instrument on… Read More

  • In a pickle over production systems

    In a pickle over production systems

    Has the need to dramatically reduce GHG emissions from agriculture ‘rationalised’ the intensification of production? By David Burrows I am writing this over lunch. Sausage casserole, using pork from ‘outdoor bred’ pigs. This means the sows stay outside. The piglets… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Will alt proteins pack a punch in 2025?

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Will alt proteins pack a punch in 2025?

    2024 has been an eventful year for alternative proteins, a category that includes plant-based meat alternatives, products made using precision fermentation techniques, insect protein and cell-based or cultivated meat products. Although some of the commercial lustre has fallen off the UK… Read More

  • The spat amongst the chickens

    The spat amongst the chickens

    KFC’s admission that it won’t meet the Better Chicken Commitment has ruffled the feathers of those behind the scheme. Others in foodservice need to watch out, says David Burrows. The 2026 deadline for the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) is fast… Read More

  • HFSS vs UPF – is it time for governments to choose?

    HFSS vs UPF – is it time for governments to choose?

    As evidence mounts over the harm caused by diets high in ultra-processed foods, policymakers will need to confront some difficult questions, says Nick Hughes. “There’s a point where it reaches a tipping point where the thing just becomes so enormous… Read More

  • THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Can we see through the weeds of that methane story?

    THE FRIDAY DIGEST: Can we see through the weeds of that methane story?

    We start with a story about methane, cows and a feed additive beginning with B: a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that feeding grazing beef cattle a red seaweed-based supplement (Brominata) in pellet form reduced their methane… Read More

  • A fishy dilemma

    A fishy dilemma

    UK consumption of seafood is well below health guidelines yet global stocks are hugely overfished. How can the circle be squared? By Nick Hughes. “How can we feed ourselves in a way that nourishes both our bodies and regenerates the… Read More