In this piece, Adrian Muller introduces a widening discourse on sustainable agriculture. Adrian Muller is an FCRN member and senior researcher at FiBL (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture) and ETH Zurich.

This is a reposting of a commentary on the report Grazed and Confused? written by the organisation A greener world. We are reposting it here with their permission and if you want to read it on their website, just click here. A greener world "exist to promote and support real-life farming models to the public and to offer practical guidance on achieving truly sustainable livestock farming systems to farmers".

This is the initial response by the Sustainable Food Trust to the Grazed and Confused report published by the Food Climate Research Network​.

The commentary by the Sustainable Food Trust can be found here. Below is our response to it.  

In this piece, Dr. Tara Garnett introduces her full report, Grazed and Confused, on the controversy around beef consumption.Dr Tara Garnett is coordinator and lead researcher at the FCRN. It originally appeared in The Conversation on the 3rd October and is reposted here with permisssion. Tara’s work centres on the interactions among food, climate, health and broader sustainability issues and she has a particular interest in livestock as a sector where many of these converge. She is also interested in how knowledge is communicated to and interpreted by policy makers, civil society organisations and industry, and in the values that these different stakeholders bring to food problems and possible solutions.

In this piece, Johan Rockström reflects on the findings of FCRN's latest report: Grazed and confused?Johan Rockström is executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre and professor of environmental science at Stockholm University. Prof. Rockström has developed the Planetary Boundaries framework and is one of 20 international scientists (among them FCRN's Dr Tara Garnett) working on the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems. 

In this piece, Dr. Tim Benton reflects on the latest report by the FCRN: Grazed and confused?Tim Benton is a Professor of Population Ecology and dean of strategic research initiatives at the University of Leeds. From 2011-16, he was the 'champion' of the UK’s Global Food Security programme, a multi-agency partnership of the UK’s public bodies with interest in the challenges around food. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at Chatham House.

Summer and the BBQ season are just about still here. By tradition, meat is the obvious choice for most – it is tasty, rich in protein and micronutrients, and available in an abundance of forms at a reasonable price.  However, knowledge and understanding of the negative environmental and health impacts of meat is spreading. But is all meat bad or are some forms preferable over others?This piece is written by FCRN member and previous blog contributor Elin Röös and her colleague Sara Spendrup at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.