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Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? Jess Fanzo thinks it can, but it won’t be easy
24 May 2021

Jess Fanzo takes a close look at what’s wrong with global food systems and how it might be possible to change them.

The Great Re-Think: What is agriculture for, really? “Convivial societies in a flourishing biosphere”
12 April 2021

Skill and craft over automation, complexity over simplicity, and diversity over monoculture

Whole grain labels sow confusion Do consumers know what labels mean?
19 October 2020

We know what whole grain means. Whole grain food? Not so much.

Orange-fleshed sweet potato to feed hidden hunger No-one wakes up saying 'I crave vitamin A today'
2 March 2020

A food people don’t like, and don’t even know they need, turns their lives around

Ultra-processed food: a round-up Not good for you
24 June 2019

Four recent studies add weight to advice to reduce the amount of ultra-processed food you eat — even if you don’t quite agree what makes a food ultra-processed.

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