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Lost at Sea: Ukraine Struggles to Revive Ag Sector
Uncertainties over Ukraine's ability to export ag products have resurfaced following news of Putin’s decision to withdraw from an international agreement. Trade manages to continue, but once again the stability of the global food system has been called into serious question.
Food Production, Food Security, Food Trade
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Bobo’s Global Balancing Act at TNC
This week, we're talking with Jack Bobo, TNC's Food & Water Policy Director, whose role is no small task: uniting farmers and food producers with conservation organizations across the globe to find solutions for mutual growth. Listen in to hear how small changes can have rippling global effects, straight from the source.
Food Regulations and Policy, Food Security
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Can food packaging & global health coexist?
Every day, plastic’s value shines through by keeping our global food system safer while reducing transport costs and decreasing food waste. But is it too late to correct unrecycled waste’s disastrous trail across the globe?
Food Production, Food Regulations and Policy
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Plastic food packaging: opportunity or lost cause?
Plastic packaging has indisputably revolutionized our global food system, keeping foods safer as it moves across the globe with fewer transport needs and less fuel...but at a steep environmental price. Is there any hope?
Food Production, Food Safety
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Flying the friendly skies on green fuel
What is Sustainable Aviation Fuel? Where is it going to come from? And what does it mean for our food and agriculture system? We look at this complex issue fueling the aviation industry and what it means for you.
Soil and Crop Management
Science or Suspicion: Which Dictates Gene Editing’s Future?
The British government’s proposed regulations governing gene editing have reignited the simmering debate. But while talks rage on, the world’s food system still waits and waits.
Food Technology, Future of Food
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Energy, Food Costs: The Unexpected Pain of Ukraine Invasion
While it is uncertain whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine will have serious immediate consequences for U.S. consumers, it could have profound longer-term implications for food costs, the global supply chain and trading system that makes our modern lifestyle possible.
Food Security, Food Trade
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How Smart People Change Their Minds
It's easy to see when the choices others make are bad for them. However, our brains try to protect us from disappointing or conflicting info, resulting in overconfidence with our own abilities and beliefs than we should have.
Health
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Postbiotics: You Are What You Digest
You've probably heard of probiotics, but what about postbiotics? And what role do these components play in the relationship between our gut and our immune system? It turns out - a big one...
Health
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The world’s most nutritious foods (BBC)
After analysing more than 1,000 raw foods, researchers ranked the ingredients that provide the best balance of your daily nutritional requirements – and they found a few surprises.
Diet, Health
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Environmental Working Group gets science wrong yet again (Genetic Literacy)
No, chemicals are not making you fat—EWG once again intentionally misinterprets research data to support their cause.
Health
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How Ukraine’s farmers are dodging bombs to feed the world (Grid)
It’s a $28 billion question for Ukraine and a crucial question for the rest of the world: Can Ukraine plant crops in the middle of a war?
Food Production, Food Security, Food Trade
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Coffee bad, red wine good? Top food myths busted (Guardian)
We’re being bombarded with conflicting advice on what we should and shouldn’t put into our bodies. Finally, here are the definitive answers, according to the experts.
Health
