by Tasting the Future | Jul 6, 2021 | Food systems, Government Policy, One Health, planetary health
Alongside a human and ecological health crisis we confront an animal health crisis: Approximately 70 billion animals are farmed for food worldwide every year (60% of all mammals on Earth),[i] the majority of which are produced under intensive livestock production...
by Tasting the Future | May 24, 2021 | Food systems, health, Trade
The controversial tariff free Australia trade deal is the first of many trade deals that will be signed by the UK government over the next few years as it re-establishes trading links with many countries in a post Brexit world. The UK is not self-sufficient in food...
by Tasting the Future | Mar 4, 2021 | Food systems, obesity, sustainable nutrition
Today, 4th March 2021, marks World Obesity Day. There is mounting evidence that our food system – the way we grow, harvest, process, transport, market, consume, and dispose of food – is making us ill and is contributing towards our ecological crisis. Our...
by Tasting the Future | Oct 14, 2020 | Food systems, health, Sustainable Food
Covid-19 must be a wake-up call for governments around the world. A call to take a different path and place human, ecological and animal health at the heart of a new, green economic system. Today, in partnership with the Global Alliance for the Future of Food,...
by Tasting the Future | Jul 9, 2020 | Food systems
A pervasive and powerful narrative dominates our global food system. It shapes how our food is produced, harvested, processed, distributed, marketed, eaten, and disposed of. It drives and dominates research, investment, policy priorities, and practices of many...
by Tasting the Future | Jun 4, 2020 | covid-19, Food systems, Food Trends
The term ‘black swan’ was popularised by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007 book “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable”. Nassim used the term to describe large-scale disruptive events that are difficult to predict yet have massive global impacts. The...
