This book, edited by Allison M. Loconto and Douglas H. Constance, explores controversies within agri-food system debates amidst rising concerns associated with the Anthropocene. It details current understandings of the Athropocene and outlines core issues within agriculture, food, and debates around the need for agri-food system transitions. 

In this book, Stanley Ulijaszek attempts to pull apart the entangled fields and viewpoints concerned with obesity to weave together a cohesive understanding of the issue plaguing many countries around the world. The author takes an interdisciplinary approach to elucidate facts in the midst of decades of failed policy and interventions. 

This report, written by Jenny Chapman from the Churchill Fellowship, a UK fellowship programme which supports innovation across multiple fields and sectors, details concerns surrounding plant-based meat being “ultra-processed”. The author highlights how the “ultra-processed food” category, designed to identify if a food has been made in a factory or not, is being incorrectly used in nutrition science circles and has been used to suggest that all plant-based meat products are unhealthy.

This report reflects on trends in hunger and malnutrition in South Asia, highlighting the growing issue of obesity coexisting with rising levels of hunger and malnutrition. It proposes new policy actions targeting the entire food value chain in order to address the challenges which have destabilised South Asian food systems over the past five years. 

The Food System Economics Commission, an independent economic commission comprising experts on climate change, health, nutrition, agriculture and natural resources, has released a global policy report which maps the impacts of two possible futures for the global food system.

This article aims to explore the consumer perceptions and preferences for sustainability in food production and food labels through interactive workshops conducted in the UK, Ireland, and Denmark. The researchers find that consumers lack necessary information to assess the sustainability of food products. Consumers in this study said that food retailers and producers must take more responsibility for providing public information and awareness campaigns. 

This study investigates the relational values which connect people to ecosystems and economic and environmental factors which drive adoption of regenerative agriculture by farmers and ranchers in the United States. Through an analysis of thirty-one semi-structured interviews from self-identified regenerative agriculturalists, the authors find the most salient relational values and economic and environmental factors associated with participants' adoption of regenerative agricultural practices. They highlight the value of incorporating a theoretical lens which emphasises the relationships between humans and the environment to economic and environmental investigations and find a shared belief that finding a balance between economics and a vision of regenerative agriculture is a real possibility for participants of this study.

This event was hosted by TABLE and WWF on 7 February 2024 and took the format of a panel discussion with:Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE);Matthew Ryan (Nestlé);Melissa D. Ho (WWF-US);Sara Farley (The Rockefeller Foundation);Jyoti Fernandes (Landworkers' Alliance).Find the summary & recording for Part 1 here.

Millions of Americans are at risk of food insecurity despite decades of on-going efforts to combat the issue. This book, designed as a reference handbook, delves into the historical drivers of food insecurity and presents a diverse range of voices from those who are tackling this persistent crisis.