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These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

8 August 2022

Researchers trained an algorithm to estimate the environmental impact of 57,000 products sold in the UK and Ireland to help consumers make eco-friendly choices

Ethiopian oat (Avena abyssinica). This grain has long been used in Ethiopia and is well adapted to the high elevations and conditions there.

Thousand edible plants identified as underused source of vitamins

24 February 2022

Comparing 6400 understudied wild plants with the better-known plants they are related to suggests that 1000 of them are rich in the B group of vitamins

Climate impact on childhood diet may undermine food security efforts

23 January 2021

Warming temperatures and more variable rainfall are reducing diet diversity among children in many countries – and may even undermine efforts to improve food security

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These are the UK supermarket items with the worst environmental impact

Thousand edible plants identified as underused source of vitamins

Climate impact on childhood diet may undermine food security efforts

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