by Tasting the Future | Mar 7, 2022 | Food systems, health, Pesticides
It was 60 years ago[1] that the environmental classic ‘Silent Spring’ was published by Rachel Carson, highlighting the terrible damage we are doing to the planet and giving birth to the modern-day environmental movement. Whilst DDT, the pesticide that was the focus of...
by Tasting the Future | Nov 15, 2021 | Food systems
2021 has been quite a seminal year for our food systems. The recent climate change summit (COP26), the UN Food System Summit (held in September) and the ongoing focus on the health impacts of our food (driving the triple burden of malnutrition – hunger (820 million),...
by Tasting the Future | Nov 5, 2021 | Climate Change, Food systems
Our food system – the way we grow, harvest, process, distribute, retail, consume and dispose of food matters plays a huge role in the climate change fight, as it currently accounts for a third of total greenhouse gas emissions. We know that without food systems...
by Tasting the Future | Sep 24, 2021 | Food systems
By Guest Blogger, Matt Williams, Climate and Land Programme Lead, Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. Food shortages a surprise result of gas price rises A recent rise in gas prices has caught some off guard, with Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng MP making a statement...
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...
