Oxfam’s new brief reveals how wealth inequalities, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, increased food insecurity for society’s most vulnerable.
Economics and Policy
ReFED Launches New Tool to Track Funding Aimed at Food Waste
ReFED’s new tool allows users to follow trends in food waste reduction strategies and the financing that drives them.
Can Food-Related Trade and Fiscal Policies Address Obesity?
A recent IFPRI analysis stresses the importance of combining public health policy with trade and fiscal policy reforms to address obesity.
New Campaign Presents Policy Opportunities for Sustainable Aquatic Food Systems
The Blue Food Assessment (BFA) Campaign, Blue Foods: Better Choices, raises awareness about how supporting marine ecosystems contributes to sustainable diets.
Global Alliance Report Highlights Investment Strategies for Resilient Food Systems
A new report encourages investors to use creative financial strategies to promote food system sustainability, resiliency, and equity.
Is Fake Meat a False Promise? New Report Exposes the Politics of Alternative Proteins
The new Politics of Protein report by IPES-Food finds that fake meats “risk recreating the same problems of our industrial food system.”
Rockefeller Foundation Commits $105M to New Good Food Strategy
The Strategy marks the Foundation’s largest commitment to nutrition in its 109-year history.
New Initiative Supports Underserved Farmers
Daily Harvest, American Farmland Trust (AFT) and California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) announce a new partnership that will help underserved farmers strengthen their farms and transition to sustainable agricultural practices.
New FSI Report Measures Data-Driven Food System Solutions
Stakeholders of the food system have data to design sustainable solutions with the new 2021 FSI by Economist Impact.
True Cost Accounting to Drive “the Biggest Change in Farming Since the Industrial Revolution”
The global population consumes about US$9 trillion of food each year, but the external cost of that food is more than double that—US$19.8 trillion.
