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18-09-23 / 12 min read

Bruce Friedrich interview: “Building a better and more sustainable food system is one of the most important challenges of our age.”

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08-09-23 / 2 min read

CCEP supports research into using captured CO2 in plastic packaging production

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05-09-23 / 2 min read

Solar Foods-led consortium selected by European Innovation Council to develop novel milk protein using CO2 and electricity

Global food shortages are growing due to the shock of the war in Ukraine, climate change and rising inflation.

21-06-23 / The Big Issues

Are food systems now central to the climate change conversation?

We review the progress made at COP27 and ask: Has there been meaningful discussion around food systems, which will result in real change?

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31-05-23 / Food Futures “Sustainability does not mean sacrifice, it can mean a better life”

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01-09-23 / 2 min read

UKRI research councils to fund development of £15M sustainable protein research hub

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01-09-23 / 3 min read

Sustainability among top drivers of innovation for food packaging industry, survey shows

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04-09-23 / 2 min read

10 caterers in the Netherlands commit to going 60% plant-based by 2030

Podcast

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30-09-22 / Food Futures

How to inspire the next generation of alt protein scientists

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04-01-23 / Career Conversations

Meet the man dreaming of a world without industrial farming

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28-12-22 / Inspiring stories

Could AI solve our meat alternative challenges?

13-02-20 / Food Futures

A plastic-free future? How can we turn off the plastic tap

Earthworm on Mound of Dirt on Hands

23-09-22 / Inside Food science

Biodiversity in soil – why it matters to us all

Events

Sustainable Food Forum

11-01-23 / Live event

2023 Tastes of better in Ascot

18-01-23 / Inspiring Nutrition

Inspiring nutrition

News and features

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10-05-23 / 9 min read

Everything you need to know about precision fermentation

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18-05-23 / 11 min read

Sustainable diets: eating in harmony with the planet

Stockholm street

25-05-23 / 10 min read

10 innovative European food waste solutions

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22-06-23 / 12 min read

The magic of mushrooms: the versatility and sustainability of fungi

people at the Sustainable Food Forum panel

20-09-23 / 4 min read

Sustainable Food Forum: “We love meat, we just don’t think it should come from animals”

panel at the Sustainable Food Forum

19-09-23 / 4 min read

Sustainable Food Forum: “We’re producing more food than we need, but we’re still hungry”

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15-09-23 / 3 min read

Biotech company The Cultivated B enters pre-submission process for cultured meat approval in Europe

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12-09-23 / 3 min read

Just Eat for Business to trial carbon labelling to raise awareness of environmental impact of office food

Food innovation

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