This report by the Protein Project argues that soy is one of Europe's most acute vulnerabilities, deserving the same seriousness Europe has brought to energy and defence. The EU imports roughly 91% of the soy protein it consumes, and sources the overwhelming majority from just three countries: Brazil, the United States and Argentina. Soy is the protein backbone of European livestock farming, and this concentration therefore has significant implications for the entire sector.

This book makes a compelling case for the urgent need to develop a new approach to food and farming—one that integrates the principles of food security and sovereignty. While food security and sovereignty are widely recognised and debated concepts, this book considers the critical yet often overlooked dimension of food stability as a cornerstone for shaping future food policy. 

This book examines modern American farmland preservation, arguing that its policies must address the social, identity, and psychological issues facing American farmers. It showcases how rapid development is escalating farmland loss in urbanizing parts of the country, meaning the problem facing much of rural America is the loss of farmers and farm communities, not farmland. 

A magazine about who influences the way we eat. Across Issue 3, there are stories about the people – and systems – that shape the way we eat, often in hidden or clandestine ways. Hester van Hensbergen has written the long read on the wholesaler Natoora, Stephen Buranyi led an investigation by  into the economics of restaurant influencing and Vaughn Tan unearths the secret influence that the food writer MFK Fisher had over the mass popularisation of Japanese food. 

This report by Proveg International explores where opportunities exist across the plant-based category and what retailers can do to unlock them. Drawing on market analysis and retail insights, the report highlights the gap between product availability and effective in-store activation, and examines how stronger category execution can support shopper engagement, repeat purchase, and commercial performance.

Local authorities in the North East and Cumbria have stepped up their efforts to address food poverty in their local areas, according to Sustain’s latest Good Food Local report, which tracks council action on food. 

Composting organic waste offers a circular solution to recycle nutrients and restore soil health, but nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) losses during the process undermine its agricultural and climate benefits. This study uses a machine learning approach, analysing 848 global manure, food waste and sewage sludge composting experiments to propose optimal reduction scenarios. 

The ultraprocessed food debate has become increasingly polarized, with methodological critique often dismissed through rhetorical rather than scientific means. This study argues for strengthening scientific rigour in ultraprocessed food research by examining how dietary assessment limitations, Nova classification ambiguities and residual confounding affect causal inference in epidemiological studies and short-term interventions. 

This study presents a visual tool; the ‘Food Co-Centre Sustainability Compass’. Active involvement of stakeholders from the supply chain, public sector, civil society and research communities achieved consensus on which outcomes must be considered specific to the Irish and UK food system. While the Compass was developed primarily for the Irish and UK food system due to the scope of the project, it is fundamentally applicable in any geography.