by Tasting the Future | Jul 6, 2022 | Food systems, health, One Health
It was Hippocrates, often cited as the father of medicine, who is credited with an aphorism equating food and medicine with the phrase ‘Let thy food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’. Our diet, health and lifestyles remain at the core of this quote about the...
by Tasting the Future | Apr 7, 2022 | Food systems, health, livestock, planetary health
A new report, released today, World Health Day, by World Animal Protection and Tasting the Future, lays bare the most damaging human health impacts linked to industrial livestock, and how these will only get worse as the demand for cheap meat from factory farms...
by Tasting the Future | May 24, 2021 | 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 | 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 | Apr 7, 2020 | covid-19, health
The Coronavirus crisis has shone a light on the links between ecological health, animal health and human health. It has also highlighted the vulnerability of our global food systems to such shocks. Healthy ecosystems are key to supporting human health and well-being...
by Tasting the Future | Mar 10, 2020 | health, obesity, sustainable nutrition
Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese. Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally, with over 2.8 million people dying each year as a result of being...
