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.

This paper outlines the concept of values-based food systems a term based around a common commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice. The paper examines the development of four multi-stakeholder local food partnerships in Birmingham, Bristol, Rotherham and Sheffield. 

The study provides recommendations for scaling of soil health and fertility management in Africa through practical approaches to prioritization, evidence-based policy and effective extension services. 

This study provides a comprehensive multicriteria assessment of meat and milk alternatives from nutritional, health, environmental, and cost perspectives. The findings suggest that a range of food products exist that when replacing meat and dairy in current diets would have multiple benefits for health and the environment. 

The ongoing conflict in Gaza has devastated its agricultural sector, with more than 90% of cattle dead and 70% of crop-growing land destroyed or damaged, according to a UN analysis of satellite imagery, the Guardian reports. 

This week in Fodder we’re featuring a constructive and uplifting interview with two researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Petra Berkhout and Jeanne Nel. They are the authors of this year’s Mansholt report which explores the future of food and land use in the EU, constructed around five key food system dilemmas. 

This book by Molly Anderson focuses on the contested nature and competing narratives of food system transformations, or the stories we tell ourselves and others about how things work. Narratives are closely connected with theories of change, although food system actors frequently lack explicit theories of change.

Julie Guthman digs into the solutions for food and agriculture currently emerging from Silicon Valley, arguing us to stop trying to fix our broken food system through finite capitalistic solutions and technological moonshots that do next to nothing to bring about a more just and sustainable system.