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From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made

UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’

We propose a new paradigm, as toxicology currently lacks the proper perspective. From the 1950s to the 1970s, at least one-third of all toxicological testing in the United States, including for chemicals and drugs, was misleading scientists, and this worldwide issue persists today. Moreover, petroleum-based waste and heavy metals have been discovered in pesticide and plasticizer formulations. These contaminations have now reached all forms of life. Widespread exposure to chemical mixtures promotes health and environmental risks. We discovered that pesticides have never undergone long-term testing on mammals in their full commercial formulations by regulatory authorities or the pesticide industry; instead, only their declared active ingredients have been assessed, contrary to environmental law recommendations. The ingredients of these formulations are not fully disclosed, yet the formulations are in general at least 1000 times more toxic at low environmentally relevant doses than the active ingredients alone u

“We’re losing 120 calories per person, per day, for every degree of global warming.” That stark data point from a 2025 Nature study signals more than a threat to food security, it points to a growing risk to global financial security. Food system instability exposes markets to cascading shocks: inflation, trade disruption, insurance losses and sovereign credit stress. Yet these risks remain largely unaccounted for in core financial systems.

Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent millions of deaths, according to the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission.

Purpose Animal emissions account for nearly 60% of total greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector. To estimate these emissions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed a dedicated module within the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM). Although previous studies have explored selected inputs for specific animals and emission types, a comprehensive analysis of all 92 inputs (parameters and emission factors) had not been conducted. This study aimed to identify the most influential inputs affecting ruminant emissions in GLEAM.

Exclusive: Increasingly extreme weather a threat to production and supply chains in Britain and elsewhere

2024 was the hottest year on record [1], with global temperatures exceeding 1.5 °C above preindustrial climate conditions for the first time and records broken across large parts of Earth’s surface. Among the widespread impacts of exceptional heat, rising food prices are beginning to play a prominent role in public perception, now the second most frequently cited impact of climate change experienced globally, following only extreme heat itself [2]. Recent econometric analysis confirms that abnormally high temperatures directly cause higher food prices, as impacts on agricultural production [3] translate into supply shortages and food price inflation [4, 5]. These analyses track changes in overall price aggregates which are typically slow-moving, but specific food goods can also experience much stronger short-term price spikes in response to extreme heat.

Major study finds world's most productive farming regions are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures, and face steep declines in agricultural output this century.

Slechts één land ter wereld produceert genoeg voedsel om zijn bevolking volledig te voeden volgens moderne voedingsrichtlijnen: het Zuid-Amerikaanse Guyana. Dat blijkt uit een grootschalige analyse van de productiecapaciteit van 186 landen, gepubliceerd in het toonaangevende tijdschrift Nature Food. De studie, geleid door onderzoekers van de Universiteit van Göttingen, toont aan dat de meeste landen ver achterblijven in het realiseren van een gezond voedingspatroon op basis van eigen productie.

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online [...] The report recommended that if global red meat eating was cut by 50%, the “planetary health diet” would provide nutritious food to all while tackling the harms caused by animal agriculture, which accounts for over 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. It suggested individuals – particularly in wealthy countries – should increase their consumption of nuts, pulses and other plant-based foods while cutting meat and sugar from their diets.

Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?

Depleted soil leads to reduced yields, forcing farmers to rely on fertilizers that raise food production costs, consumer prices.

L’ONG Foodwatch, qui conteste l’accord judiciaire signé avec Nestlé pour éteindre les poursuites, dépose deux plaintes contre X pour « tromperie ».

L’association de défense des consommateurs a déposé ce mercredi 25 septembre deux nouvelles plaintes pour les traitements de purification illégaux auxquels les deux géants de l’eau en bouteille ont eu recours.

High-level policy discussions have built momentum for “food system transformation” that would help farmers address the climate crisis.

Mogen lokale besturen ingrijpen om de vloedgolf aan nieuwe fastfoodzaken tegen te gaan? De aankondiging van minister Hilde Crevits om de mogelijkheden daartoe te onderzoeken, lokte vorige week veel reactie uit. In De Morgen noemde Bart Eeckhout het ‘micromoralisme’: de neiging van politici om voortdurend in te grijpen in hoe burgers hun persoonlijke leven inrichten’, en hij ziet meer brood in betere gezondheidspreventie. Volgens Maarten Corten van Rikolto zijn er een aantal kanttekeningen te maken bij deze lezing van de feiten.

Microplastics and nanoplastics may be present in food, primarily from environmental contamination where foods are grown or raised.

This report reveals the tactics of Big Meat and Dairy companies to delay, distract, and derail action on transforming the food system, mirroring strategies used by the tobacco and fossil fuel industries. Food systems are responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, with approximately 60% coming from animal agriculture, the largest source of man-made methane emissions.

Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024

Nieuw onderzoek in het vakblad Nature Foods waarschuwt voor een toenemend tekort aan kalium in landbouwgrond. Dat vormt een ernstige bedreiging voor de wereldwijde voedselzekerheid.

L’association de défense des consommateurs dépose ce mercredi 21 février une plainte contre les deux groupes pour les traitements de désinfection auxquels ils ont eu recours sur leurs eaux telles que Vittel ou Perrier.

Existing production destroys more value than it creates due to medical and environmental costs, researchers say

The world could fall short of food by 2050 due to falling crop yields, insufficient investment in agricultural research and trade shocks, according to Joe Biden’s special envoy for food security, Dr Cary Fowler. Fowler, who is also known as the “father” of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a global store of seeds for the most significant crops, said studies by agricultural economists showed the world needed to produce 50-60% more food by 2050 in order to feed its growing population. But crop yields rates were projected to decline by between 3-12% as a result of global heating.

After hottest day ever, researchers say global heating may mean future of crop failures on land and ‘silent dying’ in the oceans

Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever more creative ways to maintain the status quo, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Welk voedsel willen we en wat willen we ervoor opgeven? vraagt MO*columniste Virginie Platteau zich af. ‘De wereldbevolking voeden, dat wíl de agro-industrie niet. Overproductie en inadequate distributie zijn inherent aan het systeem waarin winstmarges voorgaan op het voeden van de mensheid.’

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Recycled and reused food contact plastics are “vectors for spreading chemicals of concern” because they accumulate and release hundreds of dangerous toxins like styrene, benzene, bisphenol, heavy metals, formaldehyde and phthalates, new research finds.

Cell-based food production, which is the field of growing animal agricultural products directly from cell cultures, has been explored as an alleged sustainable alternative to the conventional livestock agricultural system. As commercial cell-based food production continues to expand, the urgency increases to address one of the most important questions of consumers, the question of food safety. Thus, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has developed the present document to engage with respective Members and relevant stakeholders by proactively sharing the current knowledge to identify concrete ways to inform consumers and all other stakeholders about the food safety considerations for cell-based food products. This document includes a literature synthesis of relevant terminology issues, principles of cell-based food production processes and the global landscape of regulatory frameworks for cell-based food production.

Potential external cost savings associated with the reduction of animal-sourced foods remain poorly understood. Here we combine life cycle assessment principles and monetarization factors to estimate the monetary worth of damage to human health and ecosystems caused by the environmental impacts of food production. We find that, globally, approximately US$2 of production-related external costs were embedded in every dollar of food expenditure in 2018—corresponding to US$14.0 trillion of externalities. A dietary shift away from animal-sourced foods could greatly reduce these ‘hidden’ costs, saving up to US$7.3 trillion worth of production-related health burden and ecosystem degradation while curbing carbon emissions. By comparing the health effects of dietary change from the consumption versus the production of food, we also show that omitting the latter means underestimating the benefits of more plant-based diets. Our analysis reveals the substantial potential of dietary change, particularly in high and upper-

Fourth year in a row in which number of people facing food crises increased substantially

the biophysical limits of food production are being reached. Second, current food production systems are actively destroying the very resource base upon which they rely. Third, the majority of food production and all its storage and distribution is critically dependent upon fossil fuels, not only making the food supply vulnerable to price and supply instability, but also presenting an impossible choice between food security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Fourth, climate change is already negatively impacting the food supply and will do so with increasing intensity as the Earth continues to warm and weather destabilises. Fifth, the trajectory of increasing food demand that cannot easily be reversed. Sixth, the prioritisation of economic efficiency and profit in world trade has undermined food sovereignty and the resilience of food production at multiple scales, making both production and distribution highly vulnerable to disruptive shocks. Considered individually, each one of the hard trends presents a

The excessive use of phosphorus is depleting reserves vital to global food production, while also adding to the climate crisis

A community of Indigenous peoples worried that mercury used by gold miners was contaminating the fish they eat. So they created a DIY team to find out more.

The coasts of Alaska are piled up with dead birds dying of starvation. Experts say that climate change is resulting in shifts in the food chain.

De EU actualiseert haar verordening over duurzaam gebruik van pesticiden (SUR). Het voorstel van de commissie bevat slechts kleine verbetering en maakt geen plaats om de weg vrij te maken voor een duurzame en gifvrije landbouw. Pesticiden zijn een belangrijke oorzaak van het verlies aan biodiversiteit en een gezondheidsrisico voor mensen, vooral voor degenen die in de buurt van boerderijen werken en wonen. Daarom is het belangrijk dat de EU overstapt van het huidige landbouwsysteem dat afhankelijk is van schadelijke stoffen.

Relatief eenvoudige veranderingen aan het voeder van vee en vissen kan veel meer voedsel beschikbaar maken voor menselijke consumptie. Dat blijkt uit een nieuwe studie in Nature Food.

Poutine a coupé le gaz. Cet hiver, il n’y en aura peut-être pas assez d’énergie pour chacun des étages de notre société (ménages, entreprises, bâtiments publics). Et si, réellement, la quantité d’énergie disponible pour se chauffer n’est pas suffisante, payer plus cher n’y changera rien : quand il y a pénurie, quand le magasin est vide, même avec beaucoup d’or, il n’y a rien à ramener à la maison. La question n’est alors plus « comment alléger les factures ? » mais devient « comment faire avec moins d’énergie ? ».