Food Security

Mars breathes life into its new mission by partnering with a non-profit to help close DC food gap

20-May-2019 By Elizabeth Crawford

With conscious consumerism on the rise and potential employees increasingly evaluating companies based on their values, Mars Inc. isn’t wasting any time implementing the new mission it unveiled in March.

Bolsonaro's controversial first weeks: What's in store for Brazil's food industry?

17-Jan-2019 By Niamh Michail

Brazil’s controversial president Jair Bolsonaro has got off to a controversial start, from disbanding the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA) to giving the agribusiness sector greater control over the Amazon in his first weeks in...

FoodBytes! Boulder finalists focus on reducing food waste, increasing sustainability

27-Sep-2016 By Elizabeth Crawford

Reducing food waste and increasing sustainability so that food and beverage manufacturers can make more with less are common goals and key attributes of the 10 finalist food, agriculture and tech companies selected to present at the FoodBytes! Boulder...

Let’s stop calling it a drought: Fostering water stewardship

20-Jul-2015 By Maggie Hennessy

California’s prolonged drought is raising some bigger global questions about how the food and agricultural industries—the biggest users of non-replenishable water—should approach their use of a resource that was once considered almost limitless. 

FAO urges sustainability over immediate profits to safeguard water supplies

20-Apr-2015 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Water is likely to be sufficient for food production in 2050 – but increased competition means two-thirds of the world will be affected by water scarcity, according to a joint report from the FAO and the World Water Council.

Food Security Index update

World's most obese nation? Kuwait (and the next four are Middle Eastern)

03-Nov-2014 By Shane STARLING

Kuwait has the world’s highest percentage of obese people – 42.8% of its population is obese – and the next four fattest countries are also from the Middle East region, according to an updated Food Security Index (FSI).

Better broccoli: Researchers identify method to increase shelf life and beneficial compounds

12-Feb-2014 By Nathan Gray

The combined application of two natural compounds to broccoli could help to increase levels of its suggested anti-cancer compounds while also increasing shelf life, say researchers.

Food and beverage prices to drop by 5.7% in 2013 as global food security improves

05-Jun-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Bumper corn and wheat crops are expected to help the price of commodities fall this year, increasing food affordability and security, says the latest scores from the Global Food Security Index (GFSI).

General Mills: We’ll only solve global food security challenge if we embrace open innovation

18-Dec-2012

Can we feed nine billion people by 2050? Only if we embrace the principles of open innovation, says Jeff Bellairs, senior director of the General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN), in this exclusive article for Foodnavigator-USA.com and FoodNavigator.com.

FAO stresses importance of industry for global food security

03-Dec-2012

The private sector has an important role to play in promoting sustainable agriculture and fighting poverty and hunger, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) director-general José Graziano da Silva.

USDA predicts strong food price inflation as drought continues

31-Jul-2012 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is predicting substantial food price increases in 2013, if not sooner, due to the ongoing drought now affecting more than half of all US farmland.

Fighting fat is crucial to battle for food resources: Study

26-Jun-2012 By Nathan Gray

Tackling the global obesity epidemic is ‘crucial’ in the fight for food security and ecological sustainability, say researchers.

IFT and FAO agree to form food safety partnership

06-Feb-2012 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have agreed to form a food safety partnership, with the aim of cooperating toward achieving a safe, sufficient, and accessible food supply, according...

Global scientists serve up food security policy recommendations

18-Nov-2011 By Nathan Gray

Global food systems need an immediate transformation to meet current and future threats to food security and environmental sustainability, according to a new report.

FAO says food prices stuck at “stubbornly high levels”

08-Jun-2011 By Sarah Hills

Crop production may be rising but not enough to bring down high and volatile agricultural commodity prices this year, according to the latest analysis from the FAO.