ZURICH, August 29, 2024 – By 2050, the global population will hit 9.8 billion people. That's almost 2 billion more mouths to feed than today. The rising demand for protein-rich and resource-heavy, ...

A globalized food system has its obvious benefits staring at us from the grocery store shelves: fresh red strawberries no matter the season and flash-frozen seafood available thousands of miles from ...

opportunities for creating new innovation and change within the food system. Seven courses are required to complete the minor. Two courses must be selected from each of three dimensions: ...

The Great Food Puzzle, a new tool and research published by WWF, helps identify the most appropriate actions on a national basis for fixing the many flaws in our global food system. The report ...

A large-scale model study now shows how the global food system can contribute to the fight against global warming. It identifies 23 levers, calculates their effectiveness and concludes: a decisive ...

Humans rely on metaphors to guide a shared understanding of our complex world, and in a novel twist, a faculty member in the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Fisheries, Animals and ...

We all recognize the importance of sustainable diets for both human and planetary health, yet it often seems like we are up against impossible odds. According to scientists from the Alliance of ...

A group of representatives from UC Health Centers and UC campuses gathered for a systemwide sustainable food sourcing meeting in August 2024. (Photo by Tim Galarneau). The University of California, ...

The global human population is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, which will lead to a 20% increase in food demand that will further strain the global food system. Traditional animal agriculture is ...

Many of us are familiar with grocery co-ops without truly understanding what they do — or how large of an impact they have on local food systems and the greater community. Buying from farmers is the ...