This article examines the dynamics of transition away from an animal product based food system and evaluates the potential for novel plant based products to supplant meat and dairy. The authors found that public funding for the novel products is smaller than that for animal products by factors of 1,200 in the EU and 800 in the US.

Transforming the food system has become a mainstream conversation, but food systems interventions are diverse and generated by varied perspectives on the meaning of equitability and justice. For some, greater equity is gained through increased production or monetary support through aid, for others it requires redistribution of wealth and power or even the complete socio-economic transformation of society. This paper outlines four discourses of food system change; productionism, redistributionism, anti-capitalism and AID: donor rescue and compares the implications of these discourses for food system outcomes.

The war in Ukraine has propelled the use of minerals as fertilisers in food production to the centre of a global debate about food security. Potash and phosphate rock surged in price after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. As a result western mining companies have been rapidly expanding into fertiliser production. 

A group of 32 investors managing $7.3 trillion in assets issued their first ever call to the countries' finance chiefs ahead of a G20 summit, urging the group of wealthier countries to align agricultural subsidies with their climate and nature goals by the end of the decade.

This book examines the soybean’s rise to dominance as one of the world's most important and controversial crops. Through charting the history of the bean, the book reflects on the globalisation of the agrifood system, changing production systems, power imbalances, institutional governance, capital accumulation and social history.

This book is the first collection of essays that critically engage with the philosophy and politics of Effective Altruism. The volume brings together diverse responses from activists and scholars, inviting a nuanced set of perspectives on the Effective Altruism movement

Investigative journalist Karen Pinchin uses the remarkable tale of an intrepid bluefin tuna as a lens to investigate the history of the industry, ocean science, conservation battles and environmental justice concerns. The book dwells on the battle between Al Anderson, an enigmatic conservationist, and the bluefin tuna industry as they face the threats of financial competition, climate change and overfishing.

This report from the Institute for Public Policy Research sets out nine key principles for the UK to address the climate crisis, improve food security and restore nature in a way that is just and fair to farmers, farm workers and communities. The researchers convened several community panels and grounded their report in the lived experience of farming communities.

Rising global demands for soy as animal feed is contributing to deforestation in the Global South. Every year the UK imports around 3 million tonnes of soy, mostly for pig and poultry feed, requiring an area the size of Wales to produce. This report details the urgent need to transition away from this pig and poultry feed model and toward a more sustainable and localised mode of production.