food security

Cultured meat can help deliver a more sustainable future - but a significant mindset shift is needed

Management

Cultured meat can help deliver a more sustainable future - but a significant mindset shift is needed

The expansion of the 'lab-grown' meat industry promises to slash emissions, free up land for trees and regenerative agriculture, and tackle food insecurity, writes Meatable's Krijn De Nood

clock 18 August 2022 • 5 min read
Food Strategy: How the government served up a dish that disappointed almost everyone

Policy

Food Strategy: How the government served up a dish that disappointed almost everyone

The government’s new Food Strategy has sparked an angry response from environmental and farming groups alike, but is it really as bad as its critics suggest?

clock 14 June 2022 • 12 min read
Missing crucial ingredients: Campaigners slam government's new Food Strategy

Policy

Missing crucial ingredients: Campaigners slam government's new Food Strategy

Farming and environmental groups unite in condemning new Food Strategy, accusing government of taking ambitious proposals and 'stripping them to the bone'

clock 13 June 2022 • 8 min read
Reality check: How's the transition to regenerative agriculture going'

Supply chain

Reality check: How's the transition to regenerative agriculture going'

Growing numbers of businesses want to promote regenerative agriculture in their supply chains, but as Theresa Lieb discovers, many of the farmers that want to embrace more sustainable practices are facing huge challenges

clock 20 May 2022 • 6 min read
Could vertical farms help cities feed themselves?

Technology

Could vertical farms help cities feed themselves?

New report from Tony Blair Institute explores how cities could source 30 per cent of their own fresh produce by 2030 using a range of innovative new technologies

clock 28 April 2022 • 3 min read
How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

Biodiversity

How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change

clock 04 February 2022 • 4 min read

Supply chain

Food firms neglecting supply chain climate resilience, CDP warns

Companies are chasing profits from product innovations such as plant-based meat but failing to invest in supply chain resilience, study finds

clock 19 November 2020 • 3 min read

Supply chain

McCain invests £25m in bolstering potato farmers' climate resilience

Following two of the worst harvests in decades, the new McCain Potato Farmer Pledge campaign aims to help British farmers adapt to increasingly erratic weather

clock 12 August 2020 • 3 min read

Supply chain

We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Covid-19 has highlighted the shortcomings of our food supply chains, but technology can help, argues Green Alliance's Imogen Cripps

clock 04 June 2020 • 5 min read

Policy

Allowing cheap food imports would come at huge environmental cost for the UK

The pandemic has exposed the fragility of UK food supply chains, and decisions made now could either increase or reduce future risk, argues WWF UK CEO Tanya Steele

clock 29 May 2020 • 3 min read