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Our study shows the UK must prepare for, and respond to, the risks associated with future food shortages.
Thérèse Coffey’s recent suggestion that Brits eat turnips instead of tomatoes during food shortages was mocked – but the turnip hasn’t always been so unpopular, as a food historian explains.
As with so many staples and foods in the past two years – lettuce, milk and eggs to name a few – the problem is a temporary imbalance between supply and demand. Here’s what’s happening with potatoes.
A confluence of many factors – from Russia’s war to drought to local corruption and lack of productivity – has inflated prices.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have global impacts far beyond the region directly involved in the fighting. Food prices will increase, and the effects will be felt by the most vulnerable.
Three ways the government could address the lorry driver shortage with longer-term solutions.
With the UK government creating hostilities with the EU, its hopes of switching to other food sources would take years to settle.
Yeast is a single-celled organism that’s everywhere around us. Understanding how yeast works can help you make better bread and appreciate this old friend of humanity.
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Warwick
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Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
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Associate Dean, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor of Science Policy, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Food Policy, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor of Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Supply Chain & Analytics, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Professor of Food, Climate and Society, University of York
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Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning, Cardiff University
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Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University