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13 Nov 2024
Biodiversity is vital to food security
As reported by FoodNavigator Europe, nature provides essential services like pollination, pest control, and waste decomposition. When biodiversity decreases, these services are red...
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05 Nov 2024
COP29 to address food systems and their impact on the environment
As reported by Food Navigator Europe, COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November. The conference aims at advancing the goals of the Paris Agreement and the m...
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04 Nov 2024
Ultra-processed truths
Ultra-processed foods contain many additives and are often marketed using misleading terms. We want the next European Commission to pay attention to this. Watch our Deputy Director...
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18 Oct 2024
Food inflation, highest in 18 months according to FAO
Although inflation in September fell in the eurozone, dropping to the lowest in the last three years and beyond expectations, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ale...
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15 Oct 2024
SAFE calls on environment ministers to live up to their promises on climate and biodiversity
European Ministers of Environment meeting in Brussels on 14 October remained committed to the goal of global warming to 1.5°C as they prepared for the next world climate summit in...
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14 Oct 2024
The UK announces TV ban on junk food ads before 9 pm
As reported by the BBC, the UK government has announced that starting October 1, 2025, junk food ads will be banned on TV before 9 PM, to protect children’s health. This measure ...
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08 Oct 2024
A double standard in global trade and EU health protection: How Europe’s banned pesticides end up on our plates
A new report by PAN Europe reveals that hazardous pesticides banned in Europe can still be found in European consumers’ diets. These toxic pesticides, often produced by...
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04 Oct 2024
Greenpeace reveals mega-farm bias in EU agricultural policy
A Greenpeace briefing, named “Go Big or Go Burst” reveals that, because of the way subsidies are designed, current EU farming policies force farmers to industrialise an...
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30 Sep 2024
Research links food insecurity in early life and pregnancy to higher rates of child obesity
As reported by Nutrition Insight, a new research funded by the National Institutes of Health’s ECHO program shows that food insecurity during early childhood or pregnancy increas...
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25 Sep 2024
EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL: THE MANY RISKS
The Heinrich Böll Foundation, linked to the German Green Party, has put out their assessment of the risks the European Green Deal faces under the new European Commission. Those ri...
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18 Sep 2024
3,600 food contact chemicals found in humans
The food we eat travels and is sold wrapped in over 14,400 non-edible chemical substances, present in bottles, cans, plastic foil, paper, and any other packaging. These are kn...
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11 Sep 2024
Global GHG emissions reach record high in 2023
Share this article The EU’s research body, JRC, released its annual climate metrics report in early September, highlighting the EU’s progress in climate action. In 2023, global...
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