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Tag: sustainability

My vegan challenge: how hard is it to change your diet?

  • Date: 19 December 2016
  • Author(s): Sian Williams

The Global Food Security programme’s Sian Williams decided to cut all meat and animal products from her diet to see how difficult it would be to eat more sustainably.

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Temperate matters in agriculture

  • Date: 28 November 2016
  • Author(s): Evangelia Kougioumoutzi

Most of the world’s food is produced in temperate zones. The Global Food Security programme’s Evangelia Kougioumoutzi reports on the TempAg Network.

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Engaging with agriculture on Open Farm Sunday

  • Date: 26 May 2016
  • Author(s): Annabel Shackleton

Delivering more sustainable food and farming has to start with reconnecting people with where their food comes from and how it is produced, says LEAF’s Annabel Shackleton.

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Food, business and the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Date: 16 May 2016
  • Author(s): Evangelia Kougioumoutzi

How can industry and academia collaborate to meet defined 21st century challenges? The Global Food Security programme’s Evangelia Kougioumoutzi reports from a GFS workshop on the topic.

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Do we need an IPCC-like international body for food?

  • Date: 3 May 2016
  • Author(s): Tim Benton

A common voice is needed to make the most of the evidence, says Global Food Security programme Champion Tim Benton.

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Choosing food: consumption and the carbon footprint

  • Date: 7 March 2016
  • Author(s): Arianna Psichas

How can we nudge people to eat more healthily and sustainably? University of Cambridge’s Arianna Psichas reports from the Global Food Security programme’s Policy Lab on sustainable nutrition.

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Game-changing technologies in agriculture

  • Date: 22 February 2016
  • Author(s): Riaz Bhunnoo

What innovations really have the potential to transform the food-producing landscape? Head of the Global Food Security programme Riaz Bhunnoo takes a whistle-stop tour.

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