Buying affordable ethical chocolate is almost impossible – but some firms are offering the next best thing

What makes a good egg? The ethics of chocolate is complicated and often hard to decipher with confusing marketing claims on some product packaging.

Michael Rogerson, Lecturer in Operations Management, University of Sussex • conversation
March 25, 2024 ~8 min

How to buy sustainable salmon: an expert guide to navigating the nuance of eco-labels

Knowing which fish to buy can be confusing, but certain eco-labels can help decipher whether wild-caught, farmed or organic salmon is best for the environment.

Natasha Lutz, PhD in Disturbance Ecology and Machine Learning, University of Oxford • conversation
Feb. 12, 2024 ~8 min


Is organic better?

Not if you follow the evidence, says agriculture and food policy scholar Robert Paarlberg.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Sept. 22, 2023 ~4 min

Eating lots of meat is bad for the environment – but we don't know enough about how consumption is changing

Official estimates indicate that meat consumption is falling in the UK – but not all of the data agrees.

Emma Garnett, Researcher in the Health Behaviours Team, University of Oxford • conversation
Oct. 26, 2022 ~7 min

A meat tax is probably inevitable – here’s how it could work

Healthier and more sustainable food could be made cheaper as meat and dairy becomes more expensive.

Franziska Funke, Associate Doctoral Researcher in Environmental Economics, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research • conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 ~7 min

Offering more plant-based choices on menus can speed up diet change

In three different experiments, plant-based meal sales rose when there were more menu options.

Rachel Pechey, Research Fellow in Behavioural Science, University of Oxford • conversation
March 29, 2022 ~7 min

Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating

'Local, organic, sustainable' are common buzzwords on US restaurant menus now, but it wasn't always that way. Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse, helped put them there.

Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University • conversation
July 14, 2021 ~8 min

Urban farming: four reasons it should flourish post-pandemic

Nurturing enthusiasm for growing food closer to home could benefit people, wildlife and the global food system.

Jess Davies, Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University • conversation
Aug. 26, 2020 ~7 min


Even concerned consumers don't know which food choices have the lowest climate impact

The recommendations of experts aren't reaching people in the supermarket aisles. So what can be done about it?

Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science, University of Southern California • conversation
March 10, 2020 ~6 min

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