The USDA’s Economic Research Service was uprooted from Washington, D.C., in a controversial move that gutted its expertise and reshaped its mission. This article explores the political motivations, the exodus of talent, and the agency’s struggle to rebuild.

Julian Baggini delves into the best and worst food practices in an array of different societies, past and present from hunter-gatherers in Tanzania to astronaut food. Extracting essential principles to guide how we eat in the future, it calls for a for a pluralistic, humane, resourceful and equitable global food philosophy. 

This report by the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy examines the strategies of 14 meat and dairy companies and four agricultural input companies focusing on the potential to deliver genuine emissions reductions and the support provided to farmers. It claims that farmers’ needs and concerns are often overlooked in the analysis of agribusiness climate plans. 

In a new series, we’ll be exploring different food system debates across the globe. Next up is West Africa, where I'm based. Latin America feels especially apt to explore this week. The region is deeply intertwined with the U.S., and is likely to be affected by Trump’s deluge of executive orders. It’s also home to two of TABLE’s partner institutions, in Colombia and Mexico.

This scoping review examines how policy coherence has been broadly defined and measured in areas related to food system transformation to inform conceptualization, definition, and measurement specific to food systems transformation and provide insights for policy and program implementation.

This analysis by Digital Food Labs identifies 28 FoodTech trends and grouped them into six megatrends shaping the future of food: the resilient farm, sustainable proteins, food as medicine, the smart supply chain, instant retail, and food automation. 

This report by FAIRR, a network of investors concerned about livestock risks, provides a framework for investors to identify and assess mitigation strategies in livestock. Investors with exposure to livestock companies need to focus on climate and nature solutions, but there is a lack of clarity on the solutions that exist, their effectiveness and the business case. This report assesses and identifies 22 different interventions. 

This paper criticises the narrative of technological solutionism. It argues that while technologies may have an important role in ensuring healthy and sustainable food systems, such efforts should be informed by a wider holistic vision and scrutinised carefully to ensure the social and cultural aspects of food are included and valued. 

Researchers explore the assumptions underlying the common farming view in England that you can only grow grass in certain regions, contributing to a limitation of livestock production. By unsettling this narrative, the article argues that policymakers can enable a transition to diverse and sustainable food production in England’s grasslands.