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The agro-industry sector is feeding people and starving the planet. In 1962, one farmer fed 25.8 persons; today it is 155. But our mechanistic, chemical-intensive…
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No doubt you’re familiar with aquaculture and probably hydroponics too – but have you heard about aquaponics? Upward Farms recently raised $15 million for scaling…
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Is bio best? Yes, sometimes. No, not always. It’s debatable. Bio-food (organic, chemical-free) is better, but may not be fairtrade or local. Bio-energy (bio-gas and…
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In the search for sustainable foods, breadfruit could be the next big thing. There are three main benefits. First, each tropical tree produces as much…
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I despise cages. No living creature should be locked in a cage – no dog, cat, bird, fish, pig, sheep, cow, or lion. When I…
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How much do you know about cranberries? It turns out they may be one of the most sustainable crops in the world. I didn’t know…
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In Tel Aviv, at a new restaurant called The Chicken, you can order a meal that has been grown from cells in a bioreactor on…
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Can we grow more and healthier food with less resources and emissions? This is one of the most fundamental sustainability challenges of the next 50…
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In my Norfolk village, along the river, there’s an old bone-mill, which used to crush bones (including human bones) for agricultural fertiliser. The plant-growth benefits…
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It takes five-times the effort to catch the same amount of fish as it did in 1950. That’s what scarce supply does. One sustainable solution…
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As the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy continues to make waves, I am conflicted. Showing the devastating impacts of industrialized fishing is absolutely necessary and valuable. This…
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The disruption of supply chains during the COVID19 pandemic is bringing back the thousand-year-old farming practice of floating gardens in Mexico. These chinampas gardens were…
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Can we feed 10 billion people and still meet the Paris Climate net zero carbon target in 2050? The World Resources Institute thinks we can…
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We often think of biodiversity in terms of animals, but let’s not forget diversity of plants, and especially food. If we celebrate and embrace food…
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Did you know that the best basil in the world comes from Genoa, Italy – and the best tasting crop that chefs remember was from…
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Impossible Foods’ Impact report, called Turn Back the Clock, shows that by removing the methane emissions from livestock and restoring the biomass lost to animal…
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Could insects be the key to lowering the ecological footprint of feeding our pets and livestock? Meat production has huge impacts on carbon, water, pollution…
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Inclusion is an often-overlooked reason to offer more plant-based options in schools, workplaces, restaurants, and hotels. In many cases, vegan food makes it easier to…
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Behind Sri Lanka’s ubiquitous jackfruit – the world’s largest tree-borne fruit, known locally as the bath gasa (‘rice tree’) – lies a remarkable story of…
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In the UK, Knepp Estate is showing that animal farming can also be regenerative. In her book “Wilding” Isabella Tree tells how they converted their…
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Humans have captured, tamed and bred animals for most of history. The difference today is that the process is industrialised and extremely cruel to animals.…
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The meat and dairy lobby are increasingly out of step with the times. Their crusade against plant-based alternatives is not new. In the 1980s, German…
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According to the Bible, during their sojourn through the desert God provided the Israelites with manna – a miraculous edible substance that the Greeks and…
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We need to change from being ocean hunters to being farmers. The agro-industrial approach to fishing has decimated the oceans. Some fish stocks, like Atlantic…
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With the milk wars raging today (which is really a losing battle by dairy milk producers to stop plant-based alternatives from competing), it is worth…
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Do you know what sold more than hand sanitiser in the first weeks of the pandemic? Cartons of Oatly – the original oat-derived milk substitute…
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Is organic (or bio) more sustainable? It’s not a trick question. Several studies have suggested that lower yields from organic farming increase land-use and therefore…
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Pigs are among the top 10 most intelligent animals on the planet, on a par with dogs. Nevertheless, they are factory-farmed on an industrial scale…
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A new study from Oxford University concludes that meeting the Paris Climate Agreement will be impossible without a shift to plant-based diets. This follows 2018…
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Exposure to meat supply chains is now seen as a risk by institutional investors. A new report called “Appetite for Disruption” by $5.3 trillion investor…
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