16 May Designing diets that meet individual nutritional requirements and fulfil global environmental targets
Read the article Dietary optimisation modelling is a potent tool for identifying optimal diets for an individual or...
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04 May Nutrition metrics: the challenge of simplifying complexity
In a previous Thought for Food article, we explored nLCA (nutritional life cycle assessments). nCLA couple nutrition...
28 Mar The importance of protein variety in a higher quality and lower environmental impact dietary pattern
Read the article Good diets come from eating a variety of nutritious foods. However, when considering the environmental...
21 Mar Nutrient flows and non-CO2 emissions: solving for both in the global food system
Read the article Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions - methane and nitrous oxide – are important and relevant to...
07 Mar Assessing the role of animal-sourced foods in healthy and sustainable diets
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in Animal Food Sources, Climate, Diet, Food Systems, Health, Livestock, Nutrition, Sustainability
Read the article Animal-sourced foods, like meat, fish, eggs and dairy, are part of human diets all over...
21 Feb Seafood as a sustainable alternative to meat?
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in Animal Food Sources, Climate, Diet, Energy Consumption, Food Systems, Livestock, Nutrition, Production, Sustainability
Read the article With the growing attention on environmental sustainability, there has been a common narrative call to...
07 Feb Attempting to capture the total footprint of food production
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in Climate, Energy Consumption, Food Systems, Health, Knowledge Hub, Livestock, Production, Sustainability
Read article Published in Nature Sustainability, a recent paper has attempted a finer-grained quantification of the environmental...
01 Feb Cropland and delivering nutrition to the world’s population
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in Affordability, Animal Food Sources, Climate, Cost, Food Sourcers, Food Systems, Livestock, Nutrition, Sustainability
Watch the animation here Global crop foods are central to the delivery of nutrition to the world’s population,...
01 Nov Double cropping in the US amid supply challenges
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in Affordability, Climate, Cost, Energy Consumption, Food Sourcers, Food Systems, Knowledge Hub, Nutrition, Production, Sustainability, Vegetable Food Sources
Read article It’s conventional to think of an area of land producing one harvested crop each growing...
04 Oct Likely footprints of lab-grown milk proteins investigated
Read article A recent study from the Finnish VTT Research Centre has provided a best early estimate...