GENEVA (Reuters)-Global food shortages and higher prices are more likely to cause malnutrition than outright famine, at least in the near-term, the coordinator of a new United Nations task force …
As the U.S.wrestles with dramatic food cost inflation, reducing meat in your diet may help stretch your grocery dollars--and also protect the environment
To address the problem of greenhouse gases, conscientious consumers are turning their attention to the supermarket and dinner table. It's not just paper versus plastic anymore. Not every student in …
NEW DELHI (Reuters)-High food prices and shortages will continue in the near term, making some poorer countries vulnerable to food riots, Jacques Diouf, director general of the Food and Agriculture …
Okay, my friends, I??? ve thought long and hard about and I don??? t disagree. (Ironically, 30 years ago, when I first started writing about fish, we talked about underutilized …
The New South Wales Government has rejected claims Sydney fish market sells old and damaged seafood. Some of Sydney's top chefs have criticised the market saying they are concerned about …
How far will chefs go to display their empathy and respect for the animals they cook? All the way, it seems, to the barnyard and the slaughterhouse. Leading chefs like …
A supermarket chain says it will not allow genetically-modified (GM) food in its home brand range in South Australia, because an overwhelming number of customers are opposed to GM foods …
A new Queensland study has found the benefits of genetically modified (GM) plants and food outweigh any risks. Ethicist Lucy Carter's PhD research found the arguments against the technology are …
WASHINGTON (Reuters)-A U.S.Food and Drug Administration report finds that meat and milk from cloned animals is, for the most part, safe to eat, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday
Eating locally means different things to different people, but to urban foragers it can literally mean eating close to home
WASHINGTON? Public health experts suggest the obesity epidemic and global warming can both be attacked with the same effort. How? Get out of your car and walk. Or bike instead …
Have your say on the organic debate by posting your views in the box at the bottom of this page THE biggest study into organic food has found that it …
Organic produce is better for you than ordinary food, a major European Union-funded study says. The £12m four-year project, led by Newcastle University, found a general trend showing organic food …
Switching to organic is tough for many families who don? t want to pay higher prices or give up their favorite foods. But by choosing organic versions of just a …
Switching to organic is tough for many families who don? t want to pay higher prices or give up their favorite foods. But by choosing organic versions of just a …
The kids at Queen Elizabeth Senior Public School in Mississauga are hoping to raise a little money? and some consciousness? this week and next. Instead of the usual chocolate bar …
PEOPLE in rich countries should limit their meat-eating to the equivalent of one hamburger per person per day to help stave off global warming, an Australian-led study in the Lancet …
A worker shows dried coffee beans at a coffee factory which opened in 1962 in Dili, East Timor