Food

21/02/2019

FOOD Navigator, WEF embraces the fourth industrial revolution: ‘Food systems are ripe for technology disruption’

Big data, the Internet of Things, artificial learning and blockchain technologies are largely underused in food systems, but present a major opportunity in accelerating their transformation, according to a World Economic Forum report. (Continue) Source: FOODNavigator
21/02/2019

FOOD Navigator – ‘We are fed up’: Protests call for climate smart food as ministers launch UN digital council

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday (19 January) to put pressure on political leaders to promote climate smart agriculture, higher animal welfare standards and farming practices that promote biodiversity. (Continue) Source: FOODNavigator
27/01/2019

Cities and Circular Economy for Food

The linear food system is ripe for disruption. For every dollar spent on food, society pays two dollars in health, environmental, and economic costs. With 80% of all food expected to be consumed in cities by 2050, businesses, public bodies, organisations, institutions, and the people located within them hold the […]