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Sustainable food systems have been argued to be central to many [1] or all [2] 17 Sustainable Development Goals. [3] Moving to sustainable food systems, including via shifting consumption to sustainable diets, is an important component of addressing the causes of climate change and adapting to it.
Food is coming from further away, traveling larger distances, and having more processing steps, in turn. “Even the biggest of companies are having problems that they cannot control,” Detwiler ...
European companies are further embracing sustainability in their value chain as American companies see pushback. How America’s sustainability backlash is causing a transatlantic divide Skip to ...
Food deserts occur in poor urban areas with limited or no access to healthful affordable food options. [27] [28] Low income families are more likely to not have access to transportation so tend to be negatively affected by food deserts. [27] An influx of people moving into such urban areas has magnified the existing problems of food access. [29]
The last of the passenger pigeons died in 1914 after being the most common bird in North America. They were killed as both a source of food and because they were a threat to farming. Saving the bald eagle, the national bird of the U.S., from extinction was a notable conservation success.
In the following interview, we speak with Jeff Speck, author of Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time. Speck is an architect and city planner in Washington, D.C ...
The 2024 UNEP Food Waste Index Report, "Think Eat Save: Tracking Progress to Halve Global Food Waste," addresses the severe issue of food waste that accounts for US$1 trillion in losses, 8–10% of global greenhouse emissions, and the unnecessary use of 30% of the world's agricultural land, exacerbating hunger and affecting child growth.
Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new United Nations report.