COVID-19 has brought to light the complexity of global food value chains. As restrictions on the movement of people, goods and resources come into play, impacting the supply of food…

Grocers like Target and Wholesome Wave in the United States are beginning to sponsor a unique programme called FVRx, or fruit and vegetable prescription. Through the programme, healthcare professionals prescribe…

Researchers from the International Centre for Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, have used non-GM molecular breeding techniques to develop a set of durum wheat…

Samuel Smith on Twitter Updated EU legislation now makes it easier to bring insects to the market. An alternative protein. #signalofchange https://t.co/bQhWqVHK0U

The Food Foundation’s Peas Please initiative is one of the collaborations aimed at promoting dietary change. It held three UK summits at which influencers from across the supply chain made pledges…

A “produce prescription program” sees food used as a medicine to treat diet-related health conditions, like diabetes, with participants receiving vouchers for free or discounted vegetables. COVID-19 has highlighted the…

Waikaitu, a New Zealand company, has developed a refined and concentrated seaweed biostimulant from the brown algae ‘wakame’ (Undaria Pinnatifida). Wakame is a non-native/invasive species of seaweed found in the…

Is Denmark emerging as a leader in promoting and enabling insect food and feed? It’s the first country to make a movie about edible insects (‘Bugs‘ by Andreas Johnsen); the first country to have…

Meat giant Tyson recently invested in Jerusalem-based start-up Future Meat Technologies, an animal-free meat production company. The start-up believes in making slaughter-free beef and chicken accessible to everyone, by reducing…

Kenza is a cereal grain developed over 40 years by researchers at the Land Institute. With deep roots and highly evolved survival traits, its benefits include reducing erosion and helping…

Carol Brighton on Twitter FutureofFood #SignalOfChange: @ccecornell #Hydroponics #Aquaculture and #Aquaponics Learning Labs at @FoodFinanceHS #EcoSchool in Manhattan. https://t.co/tggKibYfKr

Singapore’s Ministry of Health announced a ban on adverts that promote drinks with a high sugar content. The ban is a world-first and is hoped to help tackle the country’s…

Lidl’s food wastage scheme, “Too Good to Waste” offers £1.50 boxes containing damaged or discoloured seasonal fruit and veg. The programme offers products that may not usually appeal to customers…

Toxic air is bigger threat to plants than climate change Air pollution is a more immediate threat than climate change to the nation’s rare and endangered plants as high levels…

A British agtech startup has developed a “smart” cattle nose-ring which converts exhaled methane to carbon dioxide, thereby reducing harmful bovine methane gas emissions.  Born from London’s Royal Academy Arts…

Authors of a study into the extent of waste from farms in the UK estimate that “2-4 million people could be fed their 5 a day nationally on fruit and…

Carol Brighton on Twitter SustainableSeafood / #CellAg – @FinlessFoods #BluefinTuna Grown in a Lab – #SignalofChange – Oceans Deeply https://t.co/Av4vPrLwhg   Carol Brighton on Twitter FutureofFood #SignalofChange: Biotech startup @FinlessFoods…

The Geneva-based Ocean Reef Group, a scuba diving company, is taking food production under water. With the assistance of agricultural experts, it is operating the research project Nemo’s Garden. Launched…

A major dairy producer collapsed – now it’s making nut milks and business is booming When New York City’s Elmhurst Dairy opened in 1925, founders Max and Arthur Schwartz hand-bottled…

Walmart has applied for 6 patents focused on farm automation, which includes using drones to identify pests attacking crops, monitoring crop damage, spray pesticides and pollinate crops. The technology would…

NHS England has banned confectionary packets containing more than 250 calories from stores found within its hospitals. These stores have notoriously stocked unhealthy snacks in the past which are consumed…