Air frying high-fat foods such as bacon produces fewer volatile organic compounds and other airborne particles than deep-fat frying. Your air fryer may be secretly helping the planet, even if you have a penchant for fatty foods. The mini-appliances have boomed in popularity in recent years, quickly becoming a mainstay in kitchens across Europe. Air fryers often […]
Overfishing and global warming are depleting food from our oceans, but rebuilding reef life could help provide millions of meals every year. Coral reefs could become a crucial part of the pathway to help fight global hunger and improve nutrition around the world. According to UNICEF data, around 2.3 billion people experienced moderate or severe […]
As cocoa production plunges, scientists have turned to a climate-resilient plant to save the chocolate industry. Chocolate is facing a “climate barometer” as extreme weather conditions threaten the future of global cocoa crops. The majority of cocoa (around 60 per cent) comes from West Africa, produced in humid countries such as Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where […]
The Gates Foundation on Friday announced a new four-year, $1.4 billion investment commitment to help smallholder farmers build resilience against climate change. The announcement – aimed at farmers across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where many livelihoods as well as food security depend on local agriculture – comes as world leaders gather in Belem, Brazil, for Cop30. As the […]
