Food Ramblings

Thinking about food and food security from a Cape Town perspective. Jane Battersby

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Food systems performance evaluated against targets and benchmarks reveals urgent gaps and a path to 2050 - Nature Food

This study identifies targets and proposes benchmarks for 44 indicators from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative. The analysis reveals wha

Policy report: https://lnkd.in/eRUMamtm

Executive summaries in 6 languages: https://lnkd.in/e3F2AZx5

Country profiles with performance metrics on the Food Systems Dashboard: https://lnkd.in/eCT3ATbt

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Premier’s Tulbagh closure could kill half SA’s canning capacity, producers warn | News24

While Premier Foods says its Tulbagh fruit processing plant is no longer economically viable, producers warn its closure would remove half o

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Why are ultra-processed food firms panicking and suing? Because they know time is running out | Felicity Lawrence

As the harm caused by their products becomes more evident, manufacturers are resorting to denial and lawsuits to keep regulation at bay, say

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The Myth of the Food Desert

The fight against “food deserts” assumes that better options lead to better diets. The evidence is thin.

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Baked-in failure: Your bread is expensive because the state does not work

Farmers get less than R4 from every loaf. The other R16 passes through machinery the state has broken, from the ports to the power grid to t

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El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year

UN forecasters warn of worsening conditions in 45 countries currently experiencing severe food insecurity

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From food to fuel: How South Africa’s cost-of-living crisis is reshaping daily life

From food baskets to home loans, the numbers tell the same story: South Africans are running out of month before they run out of bills.

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How the migrant exodus is crippling South Africa's agricultural sector

With over 160,000 migrants fleeing South Africa due to anti-foreigner protests, how are employers coping with the sudden labour shortage in

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Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO

Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/nyregion/mamdani-grocery-stores-discount.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/nyregion/mamdani-grocery-stores-discount.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/world/asia/iran-war-price-inflation-street-food-asia.html

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The fight against hunger: Woolworths and foodforward SA's alliance

Explore how Woolworths and FoodForward SA are tackling South Africa's hunger crisis through innovative partnerships and sustainable food rec

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Has Nutrition Been Lost in the Shift to Food Systems? — The Food Archive

I was having a lovely catch-up with my good friend and colleague Stineke Oenema, the former Executive Secretary of UN Nutrition, and we were

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Big Food vs. The People

We expose Big Food’s 239 lawsuits against life-saving policies

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Food is the best social lubricant. It should be part of the social infrastructure we use to build connection and fight loneliness. The OECD

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‘If all else fails, sue’: how ultra-processed food firms are using the courts to obstruct health rules

Exclusive: Global investigation reveals 235 lawsuits have been brought against governments in five countries since 2010