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...
by Tasting the Future | Mar 4, 2021 | Food systems
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
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,...
