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Microplastics in the Food Chain

Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beaches.

20 Apr 2022

Vertical Farming may Play an Essential Role in the Production of Healthy and Sustainable Food

Professor Asseng, vertical farming allows food production to be fully uncoupled from soil and external climate influences. What possibilities and opportunities do you see in such indoor crop growing systems?

13 Apr 2022

Novel Technology Creates Plant-Based Protein that Simulates the Texture of Meat

Researchers from Harvard have developed a new technology that can spin plant-based protein fibers to mimic the texture of meats, including pulled pork and steak.

17 Mar 2022

A3 Sustainable Food Production Conference Attracts Global Interest

Scotland looks set to cement its reputation as a leader in innovation for sustainable food production when it hosts a global conference next month dedicated to animal health, agri-tech and aquaculture (A3).

9 Mar 2022

Climate Change Threatens Food Production

The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” released Monday night warns food production will be impacted, even with only small amount of global warming.

2 Mar 2022

Research Project to Find Herbicide Options for Tackling Resistance

A research team within Curtin University has embarked on a new project to find safe and sustainable solutions to herbicide resistance, with the ultimate aim of protecting food supply in Australia.

17 Feb 2022

Study Reveals the Influence of Climate, Demography on Dietary Changes in Central Andes

What a person eats influences a person's health, longevity and experience in the world. Identifying the factors that determine people's diets is important to answer the bigger questions, such as how changing climates will influence unequal access to preferred foods.

10 Feb 2022

Compound Droughts Could Exacerbate Food Insecurity

Droughts occurring at the same time across different regions of the planet could place an unprecedented strain on the global agricultural system and threaten the water security of millions of people, according to a new study in Nature Climate Change.

10 Feb 2022

Strict Area-Based Conservation Could Have an Adverse Impact Food Security and Health

An international team of researchers have found that strictly protecting global land area for conservation could have an adverse impact on human health and food security in some parts of the world.

4 Feb 2022

Phase Out of Animal Agriculture and Switching to a Plant-Based Diet may Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The worldwide phase out of animal agriculture, combined with a global switch to a plant-based diet, would effectively halt the increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases for 30 years and give humanity more time to end its reliance on fossil fuels, according to a new study by scientists from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.

2 Feb 2022