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The cost is too damn high The first global survey of the price of healthy eating
1 March 2021

Three billion people couldn’t afford a healthy diet even if they wanted to.

Cashews, the World Bank, and Mozambique A misguided policy that did nobody any good
25 November 2019

Mozambique used to be the world’s largest supplier of cashew nuts. Then along came the World Bank, to help.

Food safety and industry concentration How the back seat of a car is like a bag of leafy greens
14 May 2018

How do farmers’ markets and concentrated food industries that depend on long food chains stack up when it comes to food-borne illness? Truth is, nobody really knows.

Beverage skullduggery Drinker beware
1 May 2018

Phil Howard, of Michigan State University, casually let slip in our conversation about concentration in the food industry that a brewery in Australia had been fined for faux craft beer. I had to investigate. Its quite an interesting story.

Who owns whom in the food industry Made from concentrate
30 April 2018

The number of firms that own the food brands you see is much smaller than you think. That’s not good for consumers or suppliers.

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