Food
Humans Shown to Have ‘Surprising’ Nutritional Wisdom
BRISTOL, UK, April 26, 2022 (ENS) – Pioneering research by a British-led team has shed new light on what drives people’s basic food preferences. It shows that our choices may [...]
Food
Food
Hunger Stalks the World as Russia Bombs Europe’s Breadbasket
ROME, Italy, March 13, 2022 (ENS) – While global attention is on Russia’s attack on Ukraine and its horrific humanitarian consequences there, a hidden hunger emergency is overwhelming South Sudan [...]
Food
Food Swaps Can Radically Change a Diet’s Carbon Footprint
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 14, 2022 (ENS) – Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving a day [...]
Food
Even Bleached-out Coral Reefs Can Yield Nutritious Seafood
LANCASTER, UK, January 9, 2022 (ENS) – Coral reefs damaged by rising ocean temperatures appear to be more resilient than scientists have realized. An international team studying damaged reefs has [...]
Food
Junk Food Has a Higher Carbon Footprint Than Nutritious Food
LEEDS, UK, December 2, 2021 (ENS) – Cutting out that sugary morning pastry and those fries for lunch might help fight the climate crisis, new research from the University of [...]
Food
Marshall Islands Key to Sustainable Global Tuna Industry
MAJURO, Marshall Islands, October 17, 2021 (ENS) – In an advance for tuna conservation, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has chosen Pacific Island Tuna, based in the Marshall Islands, to [...]
Food
Companies Pledge Millions to End World Hunger by 2030
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 22, 2021 (ENS) – Forty-two companies have pledged a promising US$345 million to contribute to ending global hunger as part of a new initiative led by key [...]
Food
International Police Seize 15,000+ Tons Illegal Food, Beverages
LYON, France, July 23, 2021 (ENS) – A 72-country law enforcement operation jointly coordinated by Interpol and Europol has uncovered “vast quantities” of illicit food and beverage products circulating throughout [...]
Food
Europe Plans to Ban Cages for Farm Animals
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 9, 2021 (ENS) – The European Commission has agreed to phase out cages for farmed animals across Europe in response to the “End the Cage Age,” campaign [...]
Food
World Central Kitchen Feeds Hungry People in Crisis
GAZA CITY, May 28, 2021 (ENS) – During the past week, close to 100,000 people were displaced in Gaza due to escalating violence and airstrikes between Israel and Hamas and [...]
Food
Reinventing the Future of Food
AMHERST, Massachusetts, January 7, 2021 (ENS) – Technologies like 3-D printing and lab-based meat now enable us to create food in new ways that have left the whole world with [...]
Food
Tonnes Seized as Pandemic Motivates Food Fraud
LYON, France, July 31, 2020 (ENS) – Dairy products contaminated with bacteria, meat from illegally slaughtered animals and food products falsely labeled as medicinal cures were all part of [...]
Food
Opinion: Farmers Deserve Support to Cope With Stress
By Bob Worth
LAKE BENTON, Minnesota, May 13, 2020 (ENS) – Farm stress is certainly not a new concept. My father saw rural suicide rates spike in his [...]
Food
Walnuts Slow Cognitive Decline in At-risk Elderly
LOMA LINDA, California, January 28, 2020 (ENS) – Eating walnuts may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of elderly people, according to a study conducted by researchers [...]
Food
New York State Bans Aerial Spraying of Chlorpyrifos
ALBANY, New York, December 11, 2019 (ENS) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Tuesday directed the state Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC, to take immediate action to ban [...]
Air/Climate
Climate Change Undercutting World Food Security
GENEVA, Switzerland, August 8, 2019 (ENS) – Climate change is pressuring all four pillars of the world’s food security: availability (yield and production), access (prices and ability to [...]
Food
Counterfeit Food and Drink Seized in Global Operation
LYON, France, July 1, 2019 (ENS) – More than US$117 million worth of potentially dangerous fake food and drink was seized and 672 individuals arrested worldwide in Interpol’s [...]
Business
Yum! Brands’ Recipe for Good
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 15, 2019 – Yum! Brands, the parent company of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, today was named to the 100 Best Corporate [...]
Food
California Agencies Partner to Advance Carbon Farming
SACRAMENTO, California, May 4, 2019 (ENS) – The California Department of Food and Agriculture, CDFA, and the California Air Resources Board, CARB, have formed a public-private initiative to [...]
Food
Innovative High Protein Rice Delivers Nutrition Boost
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, January 23, 2019 (ENS) – More than 750 million people don’t get enough nutrients from their food, and that worries Herry Utomo, a professor at [...]