This event was hosted by TABLE on 28 September 2022 and took the format of a panel discussion with: Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE and fellow of the Oxford Martin School); Andy Reisinger (IPCC Working Group III (mitigation)/New Zealand Climate Change Commission) Claudia Arndt (The International Livestock Research Institute [ILRI]) John Lynch (University of Oxford) Martin Persson (Chalmers University of Technology)

This event was hosted by TABLE on 14 September 2022 and took the format of a panel discussion with: Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE and fellow of the Oxford Martin School); Professor Pete Smith (University of Aberdeen); Professor M. Francesca Cotrufo (Colorado State University); Assistant Professor Matthew Hayek (New York University).

The Good Food Institute has launched a database of over 500 research papers, books, reports, patents and theses on plant-based meats and proteins. The database can be searched and filtered, for example by keyword.

This book discusses how the net zero transition and associated changes in land use, farming and diets could affect the UK food system.

This book gives an overview of the state of knowledge on health and sustainable diets, making the case for a diet based on whole, unprocessed plant foods. It is aimed at health professionals.

This book explores the stories of local and heritage varieties of vegetables such as peas, fava beans, asparagus, squash and sweetcorn, looking at how they relate to the history of globalisation, politics and colonisation in the global food system.

This report from the Global Alliance for the Future of Food describes ten case studies from across the globe of food initiatives that promote human, animal and ecological health, ranging from Thai government policy on reducing antimicrobial resistance to a land and food-based approach to Indigenous healthcare in Canada and an organic fruit and vegetable distributor in the Netherlands. It is aimed at healthcare and public health professionals.

This report from the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate assesses the opportunities and challenges of three alternatives to meat: plant-based (marketed as nearly equivalent to meat), insects and cultured meat. Its modelling results suggest that a shift from meat towards meat alternatives in high and upper middle income countries could lower global land use and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land use; it would also lower global prices of meats, soybeans and cereals, producing benefits for consumers but putting economic pressure on farmers.

This report by The Food Foundation sets out the state of the UK’s food system, covering the areas of food affordability, availability and appeal. Headline findings include: the poorest fifth of households would need to spend 47% of their disposable income to afford the Government’s recommended healthy diet, compared to 11% for the richest fifth; a greater proportion (22%) of workers in the food system earn minimum wage or less, compared to 8% across the whole UK; healthier foods are nearly three times more expensive per calorie than less healthy foods; and plant-based milks are on average 60% more expensive than dairy milk.