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A Nature journal publishing research and commentary on all aspects of food production, processing, distribution & consumption that contribute to food security and sustainable food systems.
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December issue: Malnutrition underestimation, food systems boundaries, plant-based iron fortification, cost and climate impacts of healthy diets, food industry robots, crops that nourish… and more!
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December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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November issue: Wild forage fish and future aquaculture production, cultivated beef, enhanced soil carbon storage, drought-tolerant rhizobacteria, food systems modelling, the human cost of diets… and more!
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November 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Correspondence: Science thrives on diversity, critical debate and the inclusion of marginalized voices. In global food and nutrition governance, the one-adhering-body model can institutionalize exclusion.
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Who gets to speak for science in the race to transform global food systems - Nature Food
Nature Food - Who gets to speak for science in the race to transform global food systems
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November 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Interview: Corinna Hawkes, Director of UN FAO's Division of Food Systems and Food Safety, talks about systemic transformation in practice - and how it is possible to overcome siloed structures where there is focus and intention.
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Changing paradigms through practice - Nature Food
While the need to transform food and agriculture through a systemic approach may seem obvious, how to do it given siloed policies and structures is unclear. Corinna Hawkes, Director of the Division of...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Article: Food systems are the single biggest cause of planetary boundary transgressions. In line with the EAT Lancet report, this study estimates food systems boundaries as a share of planetary boundaries, across 9 key indicators.
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Identifying the safe operating space for food systems - Nature Food
Consensus exists on the urgent need for food systems to be more sustainable, but defining their environmentally safe operating space is challenging. This study proposes food system boundaries as a sha...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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October issue: Crop water footprint, Africa’s nutrient gaps, renewable-fueled plant factories, drought resistance in Korea, impacts of the China-Brazil soybean trade, environmental footprint of aquaculture feeds… and more!
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October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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September issue: Documentaries on plant-based diets, biodiversity impact of diets, dish swap for healthier menus, agri-food employment, rebound effects of upcycling food waste… and more!
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September 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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August issue: Food systems’ indirect emissions, crop yield stagnation in Africa, traditional knowledge in a circular bioeconomy, food humanitarian aid, settler colonialism and protracted crises… and more!
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August 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Correspondence: the #UNFSS+4 starting in Ethiopia next week must be grounded in transparent governance, direct participation in decision-making processes, and accountability.
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Why food systems governance must be grounded in human rights - Nature Food
Nature Food - Why food systems governance must be grounded in human rights
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July 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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July issue: Flavonoids, pest migration, US-Mexico import tariffs, food ingredient safety, Myanmar's poultry-fish sector, nitrogen benchmarking for cropping systems… and more!
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July 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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June issue: Food biodiversity indices, soil health, ammonia decarbonization, mangroves, national pathways for food systems transformation, semantics of food waste… and more!
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June 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Comment in Nature: The sudden withdrawal of almost half of global funding for nutrition suddenly will have dire consequences for decades.
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The full lethal impact of massive cuts to international food aid
The sudden withdrawal of almost half of global funding for nutrition suddenly will have dire consequences for decades.
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June 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Data on small-scale fisheries has been piecemeal. A systematic assessment of the sector yields insights into some of their most vital contributions to humanity.
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Small-scale fisheries
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June 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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May issue: Air pollution from agricultural machinery, food waste as resources, Africa’s potential fish production, biochar application, global seafood mercury, shortcomings of food processing classifications… and more
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May 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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April issue: Dietary preferences and healthy aging, aquaculture systems in China, soil biodiversity and resilience, digital agriculture, public health approaches to better diets… and more!
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May 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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March issue: food environments and human health in focus
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March 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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February issue: labor market, food waste policy in the USA, crop rotation in Tibet, public food procurement in the UK, low opportunity cost feed, value-added taxes for foods in the EU, production diversity and diets in rural Africa... and more!
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February 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Perspective: safe and reliable cell sources are needed to scale up cultivated meat production. Details from pre-market dossiers can help with food safety issues associated with commercial upscaling and commercial viability.
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A risk-based approach can guide safe cell line development and cell banking for scaled-up cultivated meat production - Nature Food
Safe and reliable cell sources are essential for cultivated meat production. This Perspective explores approaches from fields using similar technologies and pre-market dossiers to address food safety ...
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February 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Article: a predictive equation for total energy expenditure shows that misreporting of energy intake in large dietary survey datasets is greater than 50%. The equation can help reduce reliance on traditional dietary assessment methods.
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Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake - Nature Food
This study presents a predictive equation for total energy expenditure derived from doubly labelled water measurements. Applying this equation to two large datasets (the National Diet and Nutrition Su...
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February 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Analysis: the first annual monitoring update of the indicator framework proposed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative shows #governance and #resilience to be most connected to other indicators across themes, highlighting entry points for action.
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Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030 - Nature Food
This study presents the first annual update of the indicator framework developed by the Food Systems Countdown Initiative, published in Nature Food in 2023. Almost half of all indicators show some des...
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February 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Perspective: degrowth posits a radical pathway of transformation to reduce ecological impacts while increasing well-being and reducing inequality. Food systems and degrowth transformation measures must be better aligned through concrete practical actions.
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Degrowth as a plausible pathway for food systems transformation - Nature Food
To address the view that degrowth and the food system are not well aligned, this Perspective offers concrete practical actions to integrate the two, thereby widening the narrative and analytical lens ...
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February 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Article: proteomic signatures can complement traditional dietary assessment methods by linking healthy dietary patterns and risk of major chronic diseases and mortality - ultimately aiding the development of personalized dietary interventions.
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Proteomic signatures of healthy dietary patterns are associated with lower risks of major chronic diseases and mortality - Nature Food
The use of biomarkers to complement traditional dietary assessment methods can help strengthen findings from nutritional epidemiologic studies. This study identifies plasma proteomic signatures that r...
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February 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Want to be part of Nature Food's team? We're hiring a full-time editor for 9-12 months with expertise in food systems, food security and sustainability. Application deadline: March 10th. For more information:
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February 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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January issue: degrowth and food systems transformation, food grade cell banks, misreporting of energy intake, soil phosphorus stocks, fruit ripeness sensors, food price projections… and more!
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January 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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December issue: meat-free days, water productivity and irrigation systems, innovations in pesticide use, carbon footprint of aquaculture, short supply chains... and more!
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December 19, 2024 at 4:37 PM