Food production: Sustainable food – not more of it – needed as global hunger soars
As climate change and global disruptions worsen hunger, a revamp of food systems is urgently needed, analysts say. LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Meatless burgers, hemp cocktails and pasta straws – 2019 eco-friendly food trends
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation From cockroach milk to beer made from waste water, a raft of eco-friendly food trends hit menus and supermarket shelves in 2019 vowing not to add to the world’s carbon emissions. Here are seven ways to keep the seasonal revelry going while shrinking your carbon footprint: 1. Rise of the flexitariansPlant-based […]
Diet for healthy people, healthy planet too costly for some
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation At least one in five people could not afford science’s ‘ideal diet’ designed to feed 10 billion people without hurting the planet, according to a study published on Friday. The EAT-Lancet report made headlines when it was unveiled in January because it proposed the first scientific targets for both a healthy […]