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Food was finally on the menu at COP27, but divergences on the meaning of sustainable agriculture and what food systems should look like in the future may have limited progress on negotiations.
Foods created by tissue engineering have captured imaginations within the food systems community. In this issue, we explore how cellular agriculture aligns with food systems priorities of sustainability, health, equity and economy.
Global fruit and vegetable systems are challenged by food loss and waste, food miles and climate change. Technological and political innovations are needed to improve supply and to ensure that the world’s population has access to 5-a-day.
There is widespread engagement of the scientific community with industry. Statements of competing interest are, therefore, an important mechanism for readers to assess real and perceived biases in published research and commentary.
