Image Resource Tracking the global footprint of fisheries This paper presents the findings of a large-scale study which used global tracking data on sea-going vessels to characterise the scale, distribution and drivers of the global fishing effort. Read
Image Resource Book: The real cost of cheap food, Second Edition The second edition of this book by Michael Carolan includes up-to-date data on on the impacts of the global food system and gives examples of positive social change. Read
Image Resource Report: Farmers talk food waste: supermarkets’ role in crop waste on UK farms A report from food waste charity Feedback investigates what role supermarkets play in the production of food waste on UK farms. Read
Image Resource A key debate: the impact on diets and greenhouse gas emissions of eliminating animals from US agriculture Three letters have been published in a recent edition of PNAS criticising the assumptions and conclusions drawn by a 2017 paper which sought to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) and nutritional implications of completely eliminating animals from US agriculture. A rebuttal letter by the authors of the original 2017 paper appears alongside the three letters in the journal. Read
Image Resource France to make half of all food in public sector organic or local by 2022 The French government has announced that half of all food procured by its public sector must be organic or locally produced by 2022. The media coverage does not offer a definition of ‘local’ food. Read
Image Resource What can we expect for food, drink and agriculture policy in 2018? The European Public Health Alliance points to five areas where food, drink and agriculture policies in Europe are expected to develop in the coming year. Read
Image Resource British food system in a ‘vulnerable’ state, Lords committee hears Brexit could affect food security and food prices in the UK, according to industry and academic voices. Read
Image Resource How China plans to feed 1.4 billion growing appetites A National Geographic feature covers the ways in which China’s diet is changing and its food system is becoming more industrialised. Read
Image Resource Information sheet: China’s agricultural transition in 2017 - policies, actions and progress The China-UK Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network (SAIN) has released an information sheet on the state of China’s agricultural sector in 2017. Read
