Reduction in land area devoted to agriculture from a hypothetical universal vegan diet in Canada, Harvey, L D Danny

But no matter the way it’s raised, beef comes with a steep climate cost.

Raising livestock to produce animal products for consumption causes 12.5% of global annual GHG emissions. Working with carbon pricing, new analysis estimates the financial burden of livestock emission...

The question, “What are the best sources of protein?” is complicated by the significant hidden health and environmental costs associated with many popular op...

Water pollution related to food consumption patterns: dietary choices cause grey water footprints due to agricultural pesticide use, a case study for China , Yi, Junjie, Gerbens-Leenes, Winnie, Wang, ...

Agrifood systems are changing in remarkable ways, driven by changes in population, income, technology, climate, and many other factors. Preparing for the future requires learning from the past while ...

The interconnected crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, antimicrobial resistance, zoonotic diseases emergence, animal welfare concerns, and the risin...

With the Better Food Foundation, I created a new tool to help advocates strategize better about plant-based nudges.

AimsTo examine the associations of overall plant-based diet index (PDI), healthy plant-based diet index (hPDI), and unhealthy plant-based diet index (uPDI) w...

Assessing trade disruption, policy support, and dietary shifts shows that expanding legume production in the EU and UK improves resilience but cannot replace protein imports, while demand-side changes...

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An analysis by GFI shows that fermentation companies led the pack in raising new capital in the first half of 2026. However, the picture is mixed and the number of deals has halved – private investmen...

BackgroundEvidence regarding the combined influence of healthy plant-based dietary patterns and lifestyle behaviours on obesity-related cancer outcomes remai...

The long read: Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Almost half of all habitable land on Earth is used for agriculture, and most of that is dominated by livestock farming, which not only monopolizes land, but has numerous negative impacts on the enviro...

Most beef production in Brazil is to meet domestic rather than international demand.

Der Epidemiologie Hajo Zeeb führt die im OECD-Vergleich niedrige Lebenserwartung in Deutschland auf zu viel Toleranz bei Tabak und Alkohol zurück.

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have been increasingly associated with adverse cardiometabolic outcomes and higher all-cause mortality across observational and ...

Die europäische Landwirtschaft ist abhängig von importiertem Kunstdünger – aber ob mehr Mist aus der Tierproduktion eine Lösung ist, habe[...]

We analysed data from market research group NielsenIQ and found Brits are backing beans and tofu as UK sales jump compared to the same period last year

Fleisch einfach durch Bohnen ersetzen? Lea Klug spricht über ihre Untersuchungen zu Proteinqualität, Stoffwechselreaktion und Verarbeitung pflanzlicher Alternativen.

Wer gerne Fleisch isst, dem fällt der Wechsel zu einer vegetarischen Ernährung manchmal schwer. Pflanzenbasierte Fleischalternativen können das erleichtern, weil man nicht gleich zu ganz anderen Geric...

The dispute over whether plant-based products can be labelled with terms such as "burger" and "sausage" has returned to the European Parliament, after members

Abstract. Humans and animals are unable to biosynthesize the so-called essential amino acids, which plants and their crops often lack in sufficient quantit

Vegan meal options expanded substantially across German university canteens from 2015 to 2024, while vegetarian and meat-based offerings declined; stable price differences across meal categories sugge...

‘Shocking’ breaches such as sweets and crisps at breakfast uncovered just before expansion of access to free school meals

Die europäische Landwirtschaft ist abhängig von importiertem Kunstdünger – aber ob mehr Mist aus der Tierproduktion eine Lösung ist, habe[...]

On this day in 1856 American scientist and women’s rights campaigner Eunice Foote illustrated her findings in a paper entitled, “Circumstances affecting the heat of the sun’s rays,” which was accepted...

61.557 Menschen wurden im vergangenen Jahr in NRW wegen der schweren neuroimmunologischen Erkrankung ME/CFS ambulant behandelt. Viele sind arbeitsunfähig und isoliert.

Ernährungssicherung ist ein zentrales politisches Ziel. GAP-Agrarsubventionen tragen jedoch weit weniger dazu bei als behauptet: Selbst ohne sie sänken Produktionsmengen und Selbstversorgungsgrade nur...

Kiloprijs van plantaardige kleinverpakkingen goedkoper dan grootverpakkingen vlees Plantaardige producten zijn steeds vaker lager geprijsd dan de goedkoopste vlees- en…