The number of people using food banks in the UK has increased from 26,000 in 2008–09 to more than 100 times that in 2023. Nearly one in five British households experienced moderate to severe food insecurity in September ...
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2023
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Fewer than a third of charities in the U.S. (31%) engaged in advocacy in the last five years. This represents a dramatic decline in the past two decades, we found, even though the law allows these groups to speak up regarding ...
Economics & Business
Aug 3, 2023
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Children living with long-term poverty and whose families rely on food banks are more likely to achieve lower GCSE grades, finds a report co-authored by UCL researchers.
Social Sciences
May 25, 2023
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Many households in Britain have felt the impact of recent food shortages or, at the very least, noticed sparse shelves in the fresh produce aisle of their local shop. For people whose next meal may come from food aid, not ...
Social Sciences
Mar 21, 2023
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A world-leading seed conservation program led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is celebrating a major milestone today in its efforts to preserve rare, threatened, and important wild plants. As of March 1, the Millennium ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2023
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Donating to food pantries does wonders for the public image of grocery store chains.
Economics & Business
Feb 20, 2023
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Food is a hot issue in today's activism. Last year, UK climate group Just Stop Oil hurled tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Later they smeared cake on a Madame Tussauds waxwork ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2023
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Researchers at Hiroshima University are closer to identifying the molecular processes underlying how floods deprive plants of oxygen—and how to engineer hardier crops.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 9, 2022
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In his new book "Regenesis," journalist and environmental activist George Monbiot describes problems associated with agriculture now and into the future. He also gives examples of how agriculture can be improved to produce ...
Agriculture
Jun 23, 2022
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One consequence of the meteoric rise in the price of fossil gas has been that cooking meals is now much more expensive. In the U.K., food bank users declined potatoes as they couldn't afford to boil them. In Germany, increased ...
Economics & Business
Jun 1, 2022
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