Top news of the week: 31.03.2021.
Food
A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by 2045
But what if the initiative is reclaimed by civil society and social movements - from grassroots organizations to international NGOs, from farmers' and fishers' groups to …
15 Organizations Supporting Farm and Food Workers
In honor of Farm Worker Awareness Week, Food Tank is highlighting organizations working to protect the workers
Brief: Plant-based brand group Livekindly Collective nets $335m growth funding
Livekindly will use the funding to expand in the US and China - and to "fuel acquisitions, key partnerships, and investments in plant-based innovation."
Complexity, AI & the future of food: Boosting agriculture’s climate resilience
AI that learns through 'embodied intelligence' could boost agricultural resilience with its greater capacity to adapt to rapidly evolving climatic events.
UN Food Systems Summit moves ahead as some express skepticism
U.N. Food Systems Summit organizers say they are open to transformative ideas from anywhere, but civil society representatives argue that they do not have enough of a say in the process.
The Institute for Sustainable Food Conference
Join the first Institute for Sustainable Food conference 'Food is our common language' on 16th April 2021.
Biden mulls giving farmers billions to fight climate change. Even farmers are unsure about the plan.
Some question the effectiveness of paying farmers to sink more carbon into their soil, while others worry it could let polluters off the hook.
First-of-its-kind study shows carbon emissions across the entire food production and supply chain
As the biggest source, land-based emissions are the most obvious candidate for mitigation—followed by others like refrigeration and plastic packaging