And this stage is becoming even more energy-intensive, thanks to ultra-processed foods and longer supply chains. Food-related plastics and fertilizers together represent 40% of petrochemical products.
On average, the two federal agencies that oversee the U.S. food supply - the FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture - announce more than 300 food recalls and alerts each year.
On World Food Day, it's important to discuss disruptions that contribute to the hunger crisis and how resilient supply chains ensure access to healthy food for all. Despite the world’s ability ...
"The U.S. food supply remains one of the safest in the world," FDA officials said in a statement. RELATED: Here's what may be behind the deadly McDonald's E. coli outbreak People might be alarmed ...
By Somini Sengupta High food prices, meet the global water crisis. The world’s food supply is under threat because so much of what we eat is concentrated in so few countries, and many of those ...
In the next 30 years, food supply and food security will be severely threatened if little or no action is taken to address climate change and the food system's vulnerability to climate change.