Can farmers and the cultured meat industry find common cause? This report explores what UK farmers think about cultured meat and how the technology could affect them. Although cultured meat and animal agriculture industries are cast as opponents, interviews with farmers found potential synergies that could underpin a new and more productive debate. 

This paper argues that AI could transform the way we produce, distribute and manage food in a more resilient and food-secure manner. It outlines the current uses of AI in agriculture and discusses the potential uses in sectors such as crop breeding, water resource management and food waste. 

This article explores the land-use competition of biofuel production, solar farms on agricultural land and food security. It argues that solar farms produce multitudes more energy than biofuels while allowing for crop production underneath, easing the land-use trade-off between food production, energy production and farm income. 

This paper argues that food expenditure patterns of lower-income countries are not adopting diets of affluent countries contrary to the belief that globalisation, income-growth and cultural trends are causing a shift in diet. The researchers analyse food expenditure patterns, including ultra-processed foods, in 90 different countries. 

13 million meals served. Zero chicken nuggets. 60% vegetarian. All fruit and vegetables, dairy, meat, eggs and cereals are sourced from France – pears from Nantes, lentils from Lyon, and Tomme cheese from Bordeaux. They’re even turning 40 tonnes of used coffee into fertiliser. At the Paris Olympic Games, France is keen to show off its culinary prestige to the 15,000 athletes, 20,000 journalists and millions of spectators. But this time, it’s with a green twist. 

Journalist Jennifer Grayson investigates the new generation of American farmers and how they will respond to the panoply of challenges ahead. She profiles regenerative farmers, grazier and food activists working towards improving the future of American food. 

This book explores how to successfully challenge and transform public school-food programs with insights from eight countries across the Global North and South. They argue that the transformative potential of school food hinges on valuing the gendered labor that goes into caring for, feeding, and educating children. This book is free to read online. 

As input prices surge, extreme weather is the norm and margins become tighter, food producers are making significant changes. Benchmarking to compare performance, author Lisa Jack argues, is essential to manage and assess these changes. She provides an overview of existing practices and explores the potential for them to drive sustainable innovation. 

The US Department of Agriculture funded this report by the National Academies of Sciences to explore the evidence of the interconnectedness of soil, plants, humans and other animals and if advances in this field could lead to drug development, address anti-microbial disease and soil-borne pathogens.