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Lived experience research recognizes the inherent expertise of communities, and challenges existing power imbalances in policy processes. Yet, without a strong rationale for including community lived experience, researchers, practitioners, community members and policymakers may face pushback when seeking to move community voice to the centre of food systems policy processes.
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.
The concept of ultra-processed food was introduced more than a decade ago. The utility of this concept hinges partly on whether it is framed as the literal level of food processing, which we term ‘ultra-processing formulation’, or as system dynamics, which we term ‘ultra-processing regime’.
Insect farming is a rapidly expanding agricultural sector with the potential to improve the environmental sustainability of livestock production. A holistic approach is needed to use farmed insects responsibly and effectively with broad benefits across food systems.
Octopuses, crabs and lobsters are probably sentient, yet their welfare needs are poorly protected in the food system. Upholding animal welfare in the seafood industry presents challenges, and more research is needed to address humane capture, housing and slaughter.