Caribbean Traditional Plant Knowledge at Risk of Loss
Despite being a treasure trove of rich biodiversity and traditional plant knowledge, little of the ecological knowledge of Afro-descendent peoples in the Caribbean is...
Birds and bats help Peruvian Cacao Farmers gain higher yields
In the arid forests of northern Peru, a rare variety of cacao tree known as blanco de Piura is cultivated by farmers and used to produce...
Only Fundamental Change can fix our Broken Food Systems
Our food systems are under enormous strain. As the climate crisis deepens – as highlighted by the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
How much meat can we eat — sustainably?
As governments drag their feet in responding to climate change, many concerned people are looking for actions they can take as individuals — and eating...
The Dark Side of Black Tot Day
Since at least the 1600s, sailors in the British Navy had been issued a daily ration of alcohol. In the early days this might...
We must fix Food Systems to tackle Climate Change
Food and climate change are often treated as separate issues, but conservative estimates suggest that changing the way we produce and consume food could...
Food systems transformation critical to reducing emissions
The devastating war in Ukraine has understandably distracted media and political attention from climate change and related issues. But for those who did manage...
World’s biggest Tropical Crop Bank opens in Colombia, taking Food Research high tech
As more people are born onto this great green planet, the demand for food grows. Feeding the nearly 8 billion of us here today...
Coffee may Become More Scarce and Expensive Thanks to Climate Change
The world could lose half of its best coffee-growing land under a moderate climate change scenario. Brazil, which is the currently world’s largest coffee...
Why the Sweet Potato is Better than the Common Potato
Sweet potatoes, first domesticated millennia ago in Central America still plays a role in the culinary culture of the region. It has also become...