Around the world, achieving ‘net zero’ emissions by the middle of this century has become a rallying cry to keep climate change in check and avoid its worst impacts. 

Extreme weather is slamming crops across the globe, bringing with it the threat of further food inflation at a time costs are already hovering near the highest in a decade and hunger is on the rise.

Nutritionists use ideas from molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics to understand how nutrients affect the human body.

For many decades, it has been perceived that the solution to food insecurity in Africa is increased agricultural productivity.

The COVID pandemic has shown the fragility of our global food supply chains, with many supermarkets and restaurants in almost every country having experienced food shortages.

It was a conversation with a farmer about his “imperfect” patty pans that struck Professor Suzan Oelofse about how food is wasted in South Africa.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), global food commodity prices rebounded rapidly in August after two consecutive months of decline, led by strong gains in the international price quotations for sugar, wheat and vegetable oils.

The majority of the worlds’ poor live in rural areas and rely closely on biodiversity for food security, nutrition and employment, with agriculture providing the primary source of employment.

Globally, 2021 is a critical year for recovery and food system transformation. If we do not transform our food systems, we will hardly attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly ending hunger. In this decade, Africa will need to chart clear pathways and identify concrete actions that can build sustainable and resilient food systems.

If Covid-19 has changed anything in the food industry, supply chains and production are at the top of the list.

Increasing agricultural productivity on existing farmland could ensure sustainable and resilient food systems in Africa and boost biodiversity through preservation of forest and grassland ecosystems, a new report says.

African countries are rallying behind a common position in a quest for lasting solutions to food insecurity and climate change as they gear up for the upcoming global food summit in New York.

Global food prices shot up nearly 33% in September 2021 compared with the same period the year before.

In the second pandemic year with new variants rising and straining the country, the health of South Africans remains a top-of-mind concern.

Low lying and layered with clay, the soils of Molescroft Farm in East Yorkshire have never been the easiest to cultivate.

Africa’s long-standing food crisis, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and, increasingly, by climate change, threatens to have dire consequences.

Histamine helps your body rid itself of the allergen. And not everyone has the same reaction to these allergens.

With the start of a new year right around the corner, the folks at Whole Foods Market are looking ahead to the foods, drinks, and snacks consumers won't be able to get enough of in 2022.