Taking the power back
How apple growers are regaining control of the supply chain from retailers Apples are one of the worldâs most popular fruits. In 2013 world production reached almost 82 million tonnes and the export value broke US$8 billion (FAO STAT, 2017). The fruit comes in all shapes, sizes, flavours and colours; yet what we see in…
Is âmore efficientâ food production a threat to animal welfare?
Ahead of the upcoming Biodiversity Institute Conference, Marian Stamp Dawkins, Professor of Animal Behaviour at the University of Oxford, highlights the pioneering work of two women who spoke out about the negative effects on animals of greater efficiency in food production. âGreater efficiencyâ may for some people be an obvious goal for producing sustainable food…
Is local food environmentally costly?
Many consumers feel that they should be buying âlocal foodâ to help combat climate change â but could âlocal foodâ actually result in more carbon emissions than food distributed through conventional supply chains? David Oglethorpe raises this possibility along with some other surprising ideas in a paper in CAB Reviews. Oglethorpe, of the Newcastle…