This article examines the dynamics of transition away from an animal product based food system and evaluates the potential for novel plant based products to supplant meat and dairy. The authors found that public funding for the novel products is smaller than that for animal products by factors of 1,200 in the EU and 800 in the US.

Transforming the food system has become a mainstream conversation, but food systems interventions are diverse and generated by varied perspectives on the meaning of equitability and justice. For some, greater equity is gained through increased production or monetary support through aid, for others it requires redistribution of wealth and power or even the complete socio-economic transformation of society. This paper outlines four discourses of food system change; productionism, redistributionism, anti-capitalism and AID: donor rescue and compares the implications of these discourses for food system outcomes.

A group of 32 investors managing $7.3 trillion in assets issued their first ever call to the countries' finance chiefs ahead of a G20 summit, urging the group of wealthier countries to align agricultural subsidies with their climate and nature goals by the end of the decade.

Supermarkets provide the majority of food to consumers in the Western world and are therefore an excellent site for research into food environment interventions. However, such interventions can be hard to research and implement due to the misalignment of public health and commercial priorities, as well as difficulties with brokering relationships between supermarkets and researchers. This paper distils the experience of several studies to provide specific recommendations for conducting high quality research with commercial retail chains.

This study looked at consumer perceptions surrounding the healthiness of processed foods and how this relates to food classification systems and nutrient profiling. It involved an online survey of 498 Swiss consumers. Participants were asked to describe their associations and feelings towards ‘food produced by the food industry’.

The food system campaigners Feedback have won an appeal to challenge the legality of the UK’s Food Strategy, which was published by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in June 2022. The campaigners argue that the strategy is unlawful for failing to take into account duties to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

By analysing the results of several case studies this book assesses the impacts of land tenure reform interventions implemented in Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. It focuses on how these interventions impacted tenure security, agricultural productivity, and social inclusion under different socio-political and economic contexts. The authors argue that inadequate attention paid to the core characteristics of rural social systems obscures the benefits of achieving tenure while overlooking the potential for social reform.   

Cultured meat and dairy are emerging as disruptive technologies that some argue could accelerate sustainable agrifood transition in Europe. However, in order for the widespread adoption of cultured meat production and consumption to take place, new laws and policies will need to be introduced. This paper explores three interconnected categories of regulatory intervention that are needed to accommodate this transition in the EU

The Italian Agriculture and Food Sovereignty Minister, Francesco Lollobrigida, recently proposed a bill that would result in a national ban on the production and marketing of cultivated meat, stating that so-called “synthetic” foods threaten small food producers, the environment, Italian food culture, and even human health. Despite the potential inaccuracy of many of these claims, there are fears that, if passed, the new law would limit the economic potential, scientific progress, and climate mitigation efforts associated with the emerging field of cultivated meat.