In a report and interactive gallery from the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, eight food justice leaders—from Nepal, Palestine, Ghana, Mexico, Canada, China & the USA, Peru, and Myanmar—came together in deep dialogue to unpack what food justice means to them and share stories from the frontline. 

This paper aims to summarise the frameworks currently used to analyse food policymaking processes and to critically assess whether those frameworks can be applied to the analysis of ‘systems’ approaches to policymaking. It found while the use of such tools are limited there are significant benefits to understand the ideas, knowledge, power and decision-making that lead to food policy development.

This study offers framework to integrate non-human needs in agricultural design processes by identifying and reflecting upon trade-offs and providing tools with the goal of contributing to just and sustainable transformations of agricultural systems.

Using data covering most of the global economy over 1993–2021, this study reports ten stylized facts about labour reallocation amid structural transformation. As incomes grow, labour exits primary production while downstream agrifood value chain segments maintain a steady economy-wide employment share—offering jobs that pay better than farm work. 

This paper critically reviews existing scenarios on global food systems, published by key organizations and authors in the last eight years, to identify common themes of plausible food system futures, the key uncertainties and emerging radical ideas. 

This study reveals two potential psychological levers for reducing household food waste; promoting shorter term, flexible meal planning and changing the way we feel about food waste. 

As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel’s decision to support a “one-week scale-up” of aid is far from enough to reverse deadly malnutrition rates in the enclave. 

This book investigates the current and potential roles of food consumption to address sustainability challenges in China. It unpacks the complex foodscape in contemporary Chinese cities, from traditional wet markets to online deliveries, from supermarkets to farmers markets and alternative food providers, to understand the values and practices promoting and hindering sustainability in food consumption. 

Health journalist, Julia Belluz, and nutrition and metabolism scientist, Kevin Hall, discuss the myths about nutrition to deliver a comprehensive book on food, diet, metabolism and healthy eating.