Supported by thirty six well-known organisations, Royal Colleges and charities, a new campaign ‘Recipe for Change’ is calling on the Government to introduce a new industry levy to make food healthier. The campaign highlights research by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine demonstrating that salt and sugar levies could prevent over 1 million cases of cardiovascular disease (CVD), 571,00 cases of type 2 diabetes, 11,000 cases of cancer and 249,000 cases of respiratory disease.

This event was hosted by TABLE on 16 October 2023 and took the format of a panel discussion with:Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE);Professor Wim de Vries (Wageningen University & Research);Pauline Chivenge (International Rice Research Institute);Rasmus Einarsson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences).

This event was hosted by TABLE on 31 October 2023 and took the format of a panel discussion with:Dr Tara Garnett (director of TABLE);Professor Nathalie Seddon (Nature-based Solutions Initiative, University of Oxford);Kirtana Chandrasekaran (Friends of the Earth International);Jutta Kill (World Rainforest Movement);Roberto S. Waack (Arapyaú Institute, Associate Fellow of Chatham House).

This paper quantifies the availability of two macronutrients and nine micronutrients for 156 countries in ‘available food’, which they define as the quantity of food produced that is potentially available for consumption after factoring in reductions arising from food loss and waste, and non-food use through the production chain. Nutrient availability is assessed against a range of dietary guidelines to determine the depth and breadth of nutrient deficiencies across regions and countries, and a series of intervention strategies are explored. 

This paper examines the threat to current wilderness from climate-driven agricultural expansion. Through modelling future crop suitability, the authors establish that 2.7 million km2 of wilderness, particularly at high-latitude, will become newly suitable for agriculture within the next 40 years.

This paper reports the results of a structured expert elicitation process from 76 food system experts on future food system disruption scenarios for the UK. Around one third of those consulted thought that major civil unrest due to a shortage of popular carbohydrates as a result of extreme weather was more likely than not in the next 10 years.