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Laila Benkrima: Ultra-processed foods are not only bad for our bodies, their production damages our environments

Ultra-processed foods are bad for our health and our planet and must be central to any efforts to reduce our carbon emissions, and waistlines.
Replace animal farms with micro-organism tanks, say campaigners
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Replace animal farms with micro-organism tanks, say campaigners

Advocates of plant-based protein say 75% of world’s farmland should be rewilded to reduce emissions
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Is breadfruit the climate change-proof food of the future?

As the climate continues to shift because of human actions, breadfruit could increasingly play a role in addressing global hunger, according to a paper published this month in the journal PLOS Climate.

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In agriculture, a perennial problem with grains
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In agriculture, a perennial problem with grains

Some researchers say Kernza will make the food system more sustainable; others doubt it will ever produce enough grain.
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Upside Foods sues an ex-employee over secret lab-grown meat tech

A three-person team within the startup was tasked with developing top-secret tech. When a cofounder was fired, things started to fall apart.
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‘Cow’s milk without cows’ start-up raises $13m in seed funding

"Cow's milk without cows" will be in Israeli shops by 2023, after a start-up raised a record $13m (£9.7m) in seed funding from investors to help it make traditional dairy products from microorganisms.

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How green is your food? Eco-labels can change the way we eat, study shows

While food labels are nothing new, a different type that calculates the environmental cost has had a surprising effect on consumers.

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Trump administration moves forward with federal layoffs after Supreme Court ruling

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Texas flooding puts scaled-back FEMA under scrutiny

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Texas flood disaster reveals rising human cost of climate-fueled extreme weather

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Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

CLIMATE
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Trump’s NOAA nominee backs deep budget cuts amid rising disaster toll

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Democratic senator says fossil fuel lobbying has silenced climate action in Congress