by Gianluca Brunori | Aug 24, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Over the 2000s’, consumers’ food purchases have been increasingly informed by supply chain-related issues, with growing concerns about the sustainability of chains differing for their geographical scope. As a result, short food supply chains and local food systems...
by Gianluca Brunori | May 30, 2015 | Miscellaneous
The CFS High-Level Forum on Connecting Smallholders to Markets brings together a wide range of concerned stakeholders to discuss issues, challenges and ways to improve the access of smallholders to markets. The event will also seek to identify ways in which CFS can...
by Gianluca Brunori | May 20, 2015 | Miscellaneous
(20.05.2015) – Who holds the power to shape food systems, and who sets the terms of debate when it comes to reforming them? These were the questions asked by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, IPES-Food, as it launched its first...
by Gianluca Brunori | May 9, 2015 | Miscellaneous
A report by British Retail Consortium claimed that supermarkets are responsible for just 1.3% of all UK food waste. However, this report failed to include the waste that occurs across the supply chain including on the farm, in slaughterhouses in the form of edible...
by Gianluca Brunori | May 9, 2015 | Miscellaneous
In a report released Thursday, Ceres, a sustainable business consortium based in Boston, found that most food companies aren’t prepared to deal with the water risks that it expects will lead to higher water and food prices.“We are coming to an end of cheap, plentiful...
