May 22nd is the International Day for Biological Diversity. This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity is an especially significant one. “To Build Back Biodiversity, we must move from Agreement to Action.” We must implement the Framework and deliver on the promises for 2030 that are encapsulated in its 23 targets. Much must be done if weContinue reading “International Day for Biological Diversity: Moving from Agreement to Action”
Category Archives: Healthy & Sustainable Eating Patterns
‘Climavorism’ is on the rise: New research
According to Kearney’s annual Earth Day Survey (2023), “The environment is increasingly playing a role in purchasing decisions, with 42% of consumers stating they always or nearly always consider it. This figure, the highest on record, was an 18 percentage point increase from the prior year. The report also said the cost of more environmentally friendlyContinue reading “‘Climavorism’ is on the rise: New research”
Meat, rice, and dairy production will push the planet past the 1.5C Paris Climate Agreement target: New study
Greenhouse gas emissions that are produced from the way humans produce and consume food could add nearly 1 degree of warming to the Earth’s climate by 2100, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Continuing the dietary patterns of today will push the planet past the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7Continue reading “Meat, rice, and dairy production will push the planet past the 1.5C Paris Climate Agreement target: New study”
A recipe for change: The Cookbook In Support of The United Nations – For People and Planet
“Earlene Cruz is on a mission to make people hungry for climate action every time they sit down to eat. Cruz is the Founder and Executive Director of Kitchen Connection Alliance, an entity that seeks to improve systems for growing and distributing food worldwide. She was at COP27 last November to launch the Cookbook in SupportContinue reading “A recipe for change: The Cookbook In Support of The United Nations – For People and Planet”
New evidence that ultra-processed foods may increase cancer risk: research
“A study funded by the World Cancer Research Fund and Cancer Research UK and published in eClinicalMedicine, a Lancet open access clinical journal, provides new evidence of a link between ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and an increased risk of developing cancer.” (Chang et al., 2023; Ewing-Chow, 2023). “A team from Imperial College London used UK Biobank dataContinue reading “New evidence that ultra-processed foods may increase cancer risk: research”
Healthy plant-based diets are better for health and the environment than unhealthy plant-based diets: New research
In a new study published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health, researchers characterized the health and environmental impacts associated with high versus low scores on various plant-rich dietary indices in a U.S. cohort study. These researchers found that participants in the highest alternative healthy eating index-2010 (AHEI) and healthy plant-based diet index (PDI) score quintilesContinue reading “Healthy plant-based diets are better for health and the environment than unhealthy plant-based diets: New research”
Plant-based animal product alternatives are healthier and more environmentally sustainable than animal products: Review
A new paper published in the journal Future Foods concludes that plant-based meat and dairy alternatives offer a healthier and more environmentally sustainable solution when compared with the animal products they are designed to replace (University of Bath, 2022). The review analyzed the results of 43 studies. In completing the review, the author evaluated theContinue reading “Plant-based animal product alternatives are healthier and more environmentally sustainable than animal products: Review”
Ultra-processed foods should be central to global food systems dialogue and action on biodiversity
A recent commentary article published BMJ Global Health (2022) points out that, “The global industrial food system and consequent rapid rise of ultra-processed foods is severely impairing biodiversity. Yet although the impacts of existing land use and food production practices on biodiversity have received much attention, the role of ultra-processed foods has been largely ignored.Continue reading “Ultra-processed foods should be central to global food systems dialogue and action on biodiversity“
Biodiversity effects of food system sustainability actions from farm to fork
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers simulated the potential effects of dietary shifts and food waste reduction on the biodiversity impacts of food consumption in the United States. The authors found that “[a]dopting the [EAT-Lancet] Planetary Health diet or the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)–recommended vegetarian dietContinue reading “Biodiversity effects of food system sustainability actions from farm to fork”
IPCC: world will miss 1.5°C without transforming food system
http://www.ipes-food.org/pages/news-IPCC-world-miss-1.5-04042022 Reacting to the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the mitigation of climate change…, experts from IPES-Food called for fundamental reform of food systems to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming. The IPCC report, agreed by governments and scientists, finds that: We are nowhere near on track to achieve the ParisContinue reading “IPCC: world will miss 1.5°C without transforming food system“
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