Image Resources Our extensive research library contains thousands of summaries of journal articles, reports and news stories that can be searched by keyword and category RESOURCES CATEGORYBooksBriefing paperEvent recordingFeatured articlesFeatured reportGameJournal articlesNews and resourcesReportsThink pieceVideoWorking paperWorkshop summary YEAR201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Image Resource Report: Farmers talk food waste: supermarkets’ role in crop waste on UK farms A report from food waste charity Feedback investigates what role supermarkets play in the production of food waste on UK farms. Read Image Resource Report: Soil carbon and land use in Scotland Scotland’s soils contain over half of the UK’s soil carbon stock, making it important to know how to avoid soil carbon loss. The Scottish landscape is currently a net sink for carbon (mainly due to forestry). A recent report assesses current knowledge on soil carbon and land use in Scotland. Read Image Resource How well do plant based alternatives fare nutritionally compared to cow’s milk? A new paper compares four popular plant based milks to cow’s milk. It concludes that soy milk is the best replacement for cow’s milk from a nutritional standpoint. Read Image Resource A key debate: the impact on diets and greenhouse gas emissions of eliminating animals from US agriculture Three letters have been published in a recent edition of PNAS criticising the assumptions and conclusions drawn by a 2017 paper which sought to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) and nutritional implications of completely eliminating animals from US agriculture. A rebuttal letter by the authors of the original 2017 paper appears alongside the three letters in the journal. Read Image Resource Personality and attitudinal correlates of meat consumption: Results of two representative German samples In this study, researchers investigated the interplay between meat consumption and personality traits, political views, and environmental attitudes. Read Image Resource France to make half of all food in public sector organic or local by 2022 The French government has announced that half of all food procured by its public sector must be organic or locally produced by 2022. The media coverage does not offer a definition of ‘local’ food. Read Image Resource Corn syrup lobbyist is helping set USDA dietary guidelines A former lobbyist for the Snack Food Association and the Corn Refiners Association (whose members make high-fructose corn syrup) has been granted a waiver of conflict of interest rules, enabling her to advise the US Department of Agriculture on dietary guidelines. Read Image Resource Anti-obesity programmes in primary schools 'don't work' A trial of a school anti-obesity programme in the West Midlands, UK, showed no improvements in body mass index, energy expenditure, body fat measurements or activity levels. Read Image Resource Your “grass-fed” milk may actually not be, but a new technology could change that A new technique has been devised to verify whether the cows producing ‘organic’ milk have actually spent the required 120 days a year grazing outdoors. Read VIEW MORE
Image Resource Report: Farmers talk food waste: supermarkets’ role in crop waste on UK farms A report from food waste charity Feedback investigates what role supermarkets play in the production of food waste on UK farms. Read
Image Resource Report: Soil carbon and land use in Scotland Scotland’s soils contain over half of the UK’s soil carbon stock, making it important to know how to avoid soil carbon loss. The Scottish landscape is currently a net sink for carbon (mainly due to forestry). A recent report assesses current knowledge on soil carbon and land use in Scotland. Read
Image Resource How well do plant based alternatives fare nutritionally compared to cow’s milk? A new paper compares four popular plant based milks to cow’s milk. It concludes that soy milk is the best replacement for cow’s milk from a nutritional standpoint. Read
Image Resource A key debate: the impact on diets and greenhouse gas emissions of eliminating animals from US agriculture Three letters have been published in a recent edition of PNAS criticising the assumptions and conclusions drawn by a 2017 paper which sought to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) and nutritional implications of completely eliminating animals from US agriculture. A rebuttal letter by the authors of the original 2017 paper appears alongside the three letters in the journal. Read
Image Resource Personality and attitudinal correlates of meat consumption: Results of two representative German samples In this study, researchers investigated the interplay between meat consumption and personality traits, political views, and environmental attitudes. Read
Image Resource France to make half of all food in public sector organic or local by 2022 The French government has announced that half of all food procured by its public sector must be organic or locally produced by 2022. The media coverage does not offer a definition of ‘local’ food. Read
Image Resource Corn syrup lobbyist is helping set USDA dietary guidelines A former lobbyist for the Snack Food Association and the Corn Refiners Association (whose members make high-fructose corn syrup) has been granted a waiver of conflict of interest rules, enabling her to advise the US Department of Agriculture on dietary guidelines. Read
Image Resource Anti-obesity programmes in primary schools 'don't work' A trial of a school anti-obesity programme in the West Midlands, UK, showed no improvements in body mass index, energy expenditure, body fat measurements or activity levels. Read
Image Resource Your “grass-fed” milk may actually not be, but a new technology could change that A new technique has been devised to verify whether the cows producing ‘organic’ milk have actually spent the required 120 days a year grazing outdoors. Read
