Tag: food system
FDA unveils online database of chemical substances in food as part...
The Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool provides contaminant levels in an initiative to modernize food chemical safety.
Big agriculture’s dangerous role in spreading the next pandemic
Bird flu spreads through industrial farms while U.S. leaders prioritize big agriculture over public health.
How the Braiding Seeds Fellowship works to uproot racism in the...
This Petersburgh, New York, organization fights racial injustice in the food system.
World told act now or face 136 years of hunger, report...
The report blames the combined crises of conflict, climate change, high food prices and mounting debt, all of which are denying billions of people the right to adequate food.
Global food crisis looms as pollinator decline threatens yields of nutrient-rich...
New research reveals pollinator shortages impacting up to two-Thirds of farms worldwide, jeopardizing global food security.
Study links common foods to elevated PFAS levels in humans, raising...
Research finds coffee, eggs, white rice, and seafood contribute to higher concentrations of harmful ‘forever chemicals.’
Food companies intentionally make their products addictive, and it’s leading to...
Foods with unnaturally high levels of sugar and salt keep Americans snacking their way to obesity.
The GOP’s Stalinesque Plan 2025 to shape the future of US...
The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation wants to rid the USDA of sustainability, climate change mitigation, and racial equity.
Climate change and overuse degrade half of Earth’s pasture lands, endangering...
The UNCCD’s latest report reveals the alarming degradation of global rangelands, emphasizing the urgent need for sustainable management to secure food supplies and protect pastoral communities.
New study finds $1 trillion worth of food waste generated per...
The study is a global estimate on food waste at retail and consumer levels and helps to provide "guidance for countries on improving data collection and suggests best practices in moving from measuring to reducing food waste."
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Archaeology can now tell us how people have muffled and challenged economic inequality across...
Without archaeology, there is no way to truly examine economic inequality, its causes, and its consequences over very long time spans on a global scale.
The 89%: Exposing the climate majority and the media silence that keeps them unheard
Despite overwhelming global support for bold climate action, most governments are falling short—and newsrooms may be helping them do it.
‘Absolute nonsense’: As measles cases soar & kids die, expert slams RFK Jr. on...
Amid a growing number of measles cases in the United States, RFK Jr. has promoted skepticism of the efficacy of the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella.
How Pope Francis divinized Palestinian suffering: The Gaza Pietà
Although he appealed to international law in this passage, he was pessimistic that war is ever compatible with it.
‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations
From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.