‘Upcycled’ food is on the rise – here’s what you need to know

Foods saved from the waste heap by verifiable supply chains are said to be upcycled.

Simona Grasso, Assistant Professor & Ad Astra Fellow in Food Science and Nutrition, University College Dublin • conversation
June 25, 2025 • ~6 min

Methane emissions are turbocharging climate change – these quick fixes could slow it down

Cover landfills and manure tanks and shrink dairy herds, for a start.

Euan Nisbet, Professor of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
March 5, 2025 • ~8 min

The UK’s food system is broken. A green new deal for agriculture could be revolutionary

A transition from animal proteins to more plant products could help with the food crisis while offering farmers a more sustainable income.

Benjamin Selwyn, Professor of International Relations and International Development, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex • conversation
Feb. 28, 2025 • ~8 min

Subsidised community restaurants could help tackle the UK’s broken food system – here’s how

Establishing a nationwide system of community restaurants could help tackle the current food and farming crisis.

Benjamin Selwyn, Professor of International Relations and International Development, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex • conversation
Dec. 10, 2024 • ~9 min

In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies – an entomologist explains the implication for global pest control

Fruit flies wreak havoc on crops in Hawaii, but a type of parasitoid wasp armed with a biological weapon has helped keep the pests at bay.

Kelsey Coffman, Assistant Professor of Entomology & Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Oct. 31, 2024 • ~9 min

Pork labelling schemes ‘not helpful’ in making informed buying choices, say researchers

Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do both. But

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 11, 2024 • ~5 min

Veganuary’s impact has been huge – here are the stats to prove it

As the plant-based campaign celebrates its tenth anniversary, researchers are analysing how Veganuary could be having a substantial impact on British diets.

Chris Bryant, Honorary Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Bath • conversation
Jan. 23, 2024 • ~8 min

Why the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to watch for in 2024

The UN climate conference brought some progress. A former UN official who has been involved in international climate policy for years explains what has to happen now for that progress to pay off.

Rachel Kyte, Visiting Professor of Government, University of Oxford • conversation
Dec. 20, 2023 • ~9 min

Vegan diet has just 30% of the environmental impact of a high-meat diet, major study finds

We studied 55,000 people’s diets and linked them to data on environmental impacts of food.

Keren Papier, Senior Nutritional Epidemiologist, University of Oxford • conversation
July 21, 2023 • ~5 min

Pakistan floods: ancient grains like millet could be key to rebuilding food systems

Extreme weather will continue to disrupt global food systems.

Shailaja Fennell, Professor in Regional Transformation and Economic Security, University of Cambridge • conversation
Nov. 17, 2022 • ~6 min

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