Carbon markets have a decade-long track record of failing to stem greenhouse gas emissions, so why are they still presented as a solution?
Here are some of the top food systems trends we should prepare for.
Recognizing the validity of different scientific practices and diverse sources of evidence can help promote much needed change in the food system.
Food systems are contributing to the climate crisis, but they can also be part of the solution.
What goes into the price of our food? Multiple elements make up the number we see on our grocery store receipt—such as the price of farm inputs, the materials used for packaging, and transportation to grocery shelves. But the price…
Frances Moore Lappé calls the American fascination with animal protein “a fixation.” To mitigate climate change, it’s time for U.S. consumers to reassess their consumption patterns.
Climate action plans required by the Paris Agreement are a strategic opportunity to center food systems in government policies.
According to the citizen group Demanda Colectiva, the decision is a win for peasants, Indigenous communities, and consumers.
Youth-centered initiatives have the potential to drive food systems transformation.
Research finds that 11 million people die prematurely due to unhealthy diets each year. Healthy foods must be available, affordable, and accessible for all.
Members of the U.N. Food Systems Champions Network highlighted the need for a systems-approach to bring meaningful change to food systems.
Farmer research networks are key to building a more relevant and inclusive food systems.
Too often youth are under-represented or they are excluded from decisions that impact their future.
Some of the largest U.S. grocery stores are stepping up and taking action to protect bees from toxic pesticides.
Africa’s largest civil society network and its allies are calling on investors to stop funding programs that promote an extractive model agriculture in Africa.
Building more healthy, sustainable, and resilient food systems is central to reversing biodiversity loss, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and ensuring food security for everyone.
Check out these 39 panels, readings, and more that are looking bring food systems to the stage at next year’s South by Southwest Conference.
This is the first piece in a series produced by the Global Action Platform on Sustainable Consumption and Diets. Read parts two and three, and learn more by visiting their webpage here. Humanity’s chance of achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable…
An alliance of African faith leaders outline the harmful effects of high input Green Revolution programs, like the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
The true cost of chocolate production has been paid by cocoa-producing communities in the service of profit for a few. This must change.
