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Mimica Wins Lineage’s London Food Chain Innovation Challenge 2024

Lineage, the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT, today announced the winner of its pioneering initiative, the Food Chain Innovation Challenge London.

19 Nov 2024

Emerging Technologies Can Support Efforts to Solve the Global Food Waste Crisis, Says DAI Magister

The United Nations General Assembly has designated 29th September as the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW).

24 Sep 2024

Study Shows Renewables Raise Food Prices

As countries including Australia embrace renewable energy production, a recent study sheds light on some overlooked impacts of this transition.

From University of Auckland 12 Aug 2024

Registrar Corp Acquires Foodsteps as Food Industry Faces Mounting Pressures to Deliver Supply Chain Sustainability

Registrar Corp (“Registrar”), a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company and the U.S.’ leading provider of regulatory and compliance software for food, cosmetic, and life science companies, has acquired Foodsteps, a pioneering UK-based company dedicated to helping food businesses reduce the environmental impact of their products.

From Foodsteps 24 Jul 2024

New US$53 Million Agricultural Development Programme Launched in Malawi to Combat Food Insecurity

Malawi, a country highly vulnerable to climate shocks and widespread hunger, is taking a crucial step to improve food security for its citizens.

4 Jul 2024

Could Lab-Grown ‘Meaty’ Rice be the Key to a More Sustainable Food System?

Researchers from Yonsei University have engineered a new sustainable food that could be a “shortcut to a sustainable food system,” safeguarding society from both global warming and food crises.

15 Feb 2024

New EPA Reports Shed Light on Environmental Impact of Food Waste

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that over one-third of the food produced in the United States is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce, transport, process, and distribute it – and much of it is sent to landfills, where it breaks down and generates methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

11 Jan 2024

Prioritizing Nutritional Quality in Climate-Smart Agriculture

A significant study found that instead of cultivating maize, farmers in sub-Saharan Africa should diversify their crop production by choosing crops that are more adaptable to climate change and provide adequate essential micronutrients for the population.

3 Jan 2024

Farm-Free Food: A Sustainable Solution to Climate Change and Food Security

Agriculture is one of the hardest human activities to decarbonize; people must eat, but the land-use practices associated with growing crops account for roughly a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions.

7 Nov 2023

Climate Intervention Could Have Mixed Impact on Food Production, Study Finds

A technology being studied to curb climate change - one that could be put in place in one or two decades if work on the technology began now - would affect food productivity in parts of planet Earth in dramatically different ways, benefiting some areas, and adversely affecting others, according to projections prepared by a Rutgers-led team of scientists.

6 Oct 2023