ALIMENTATIONS

Hot-weather cherries, drought-resistant melons and six other crops in the works that could change how we eat in a fast-warming world.

Entomophagy or eating insects is gradually gaining traction as insects are a sustainable source of protein and micronutrients.

Food safety is a shared responsibility and EFSA is celebrating the second World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2020, together with our national, European and international partners, including the UN event sponsors Codex Alimentarius, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Should the human population disappear tomorrow, what might future archaeologists find of the food we eat? And, most importantly, would any of it still be edible?

Everyday foods such as coffee, meat and spices could become luxury items due to global climate impacts and changing tastes.

Yolélé hopes this nutritious, climate crisis-ready crop will compete with quinoa globally, while supporting smallholder farms in West Africa.

'Supporting our local farmers and domestic agricultural industry should be an important foundation of a post-pandemic, green way of life'

Would it be worth abandoning farming altogether and switching to an entirely synthetic diet in order to save the planet? George Monbiot seems to think so. We tackle the gross simplification that farming, as a contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is therefore an undesirable aspect of human society.