Essay: Rising prices – why the global drive to keep food cheap is unsustainable
CORINNA HAWKES, professor of food policy at City, University of London, says – in an article first published on The Conversation, economic mechanisms which have driven down prices in recent decades have severely weakened the global food system…
‘Buying local’ groceries isn’t always better for the environment
RomeThomson Reuters Foundation British shoppers looking to go green may be better off buying imported South American apples or Kenyan vegetables rather than locally produced foods that rely too heavily on fossil fuels, according to a new study. Shoppers in developed countries increasingly concerned over greenhouse gas emissions associated with transporting food have embraced the […]