by Gianluca Brunori | Jan 19, 2016 | Miscellaneous
One of 2016’s biggest food industry trends will be the switch to sustainable, says Euromonitor, affecting everything from invisible ingredients to finished products, business acquisitions to public policy – but in consumers’ eyes can ‘Big Food’...
by Gianluca Brunori | Oct 25, 2015 | Miscellaneous
This paper provides new insights into the food security performance of long and short food chains, through an analysis of the resilience of such chains during the severe weather events that occurred in the Australian State of Queensland in early 2011. Widespread...
by Gianluca Brunori | Oct 11, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Is it possible to re-localise food production and consumption? ‘Old’ market destinations are losing out in favour of new emerging markets. From being simple ‘policy takers’ developing and emerging economy countries are gaining sovereignty and becoming ‘policy makers’...
by Gianluca Brunori | Sep 28, 2015 | Miscellaneous
The Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops measures sustainable performance throughout the specialty crop supply chain. Enabling metric based benchmarking to compare and communicate crop performance. Source: Stewardship Index For Specialty Crops: Measuring...
by Gianluca Brunori | Sep 20, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Smith, J., Andersson, G., Gourlay, R., Karner, S., Mikkelsen, B. E., Sonnino, R., & Barling, D. (2015). Balancing competing policy demands: the case of sustainable public sector food procurement. Journal of Cleaner Production....