This report by the USDA outlines the economics of cell-cultured and precision fermentation foods and documents the growth in the sector. Areas of emphasis are market drivers, structural aspects of the industry, the U.S. regulatory environment, government research funding, and market challenges as of 2023.

This report by FAO, GAIN, Columbia and Cornell University tracks the changes since 2000 in key food system indicators. It reveals advancements such as significant increases in access to safe water and the availability of vegetables, and also setbacks in food price volatility, worsening government accountability, and decreased civil society participation.

This article warns that climate-risk assessment overlooks the roles of meat, dairy and seafood for dietary diversity and micronutrient supply, and predicts that nearly fifty countries are projected to face high climate risk for two or more micronutrients during this period, with ten countries facing high risk across all five.

This paper explores the power and market dynamics of digital platforms in the agricultural sector. It warns that the collaboration between agribusinesses and tech companies that provide digital infrastructure and AI software, has the potential to reinforce the market position of established companies and increase farmers’ dependency on agribusiness. 

This study estimates that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) caused 2.2 million new cases of type two diabetes and 1.2 million of cardiovascular diseases across 184 countries in 2020 compared to 1990. It found that Latin America and the Caribbean had the highest SSB burden and Sub-Saharan Africa had the largest proportional increases. 

This article suggests that transdisciplinary sustainability research can become more transformative by encouraging reflexivity –  active individual and collective critical reflection, helping decisions that influence which perspectives are included or excluded in research explicit. 

Farm management platforms offer farmers surveillance over their operations, but this article argues farmers are in fact objects of ag-tech companies' surveillance when using said platforms. The author claims that companies' data policies create an ‘illusion of data ownership’ to protect valuable data. 

This report by NGO Feedback argues that current EU agri-trade policies do not reflect the urgent imperative of transforming our food system. It presents case studies of three commodities (soy, rapeseed, and beef) to demonstrate how EU agri-trade policies are at odds with EU policy objectives in climate change, public health, food security and farmers' livelihoods, global equity and animal welfare. 

This book tells the story of changing patterns of food provision in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the pandemic to the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, the authors discuss the food system’s winners and losers in a time of rapid social change.