The December issue of Food Science & Technology (FS&T) has been published. You can view it here and print copies have been sent to members and subscribers. The theme of this edition is food and climate change.
Articles include:
- Climate change and food systems - Tim G. Benton of the University of Leeds and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, addresses the challenges facing food supply chains resulting from the, often unpredictable, impacts of climate change on food systems.
- Food system resilience - John Ingram of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford discusses the different strategies for addressing food system resilience and the new opportunities that these will create in the food sector.
- Tap and grow - Molly E Brown of the University of Maryland and 6th Grain Global, Singapore, describes a new ICT tool that can help farmers use big data to respond to changing climatic and market conditions.
- Reducing the carbon footprint of food - John Newton of the Carbon Trust explains the value of certification in reducing the environmental impact of food products and building consumer trust.
and much more!