sustainable - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-29T01:08:33Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/sustainableFood Standards Agency launches new five-year strategyhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-standards-agency-launches-new-five-year-strategy2022-03-22T10:27:37.000Z2022-03-22T10:27:37.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The Food Standards Agency has today <a title="Foreword - A changing food system" href="https://www.food.gov.uk/about-us/foreword-a-changing-food-system">published its strategy</a> for improving food over the next five years and recommitted to its mission of food you can trust.</p>
<p>The five-year strategy reflects the FSA’s greater responsibilities now that the UK is outside of the EU and takes into account growing public concern about health and climate change.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/news/food-standards-agency-launches-new-five-year-strategy" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>EU Sustainable Dairy Fact Book 2019: Combatting the Carbon Challengehttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/eu-sustainable-dairy-fact-book-2019-combatting-the-carbon-challen2020-01-09T11:53:43.000Z2020-01-09T11:53:43.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland has published an EU Sustainable Dairy fact book, which details the key research and knowledge transfer initiatives pioneered in the Northern Ireland diary sector.</p>
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<p>The fact book is an EU-funded resource developed in collaboration with the European Milk Forum.</p>
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<p>This year’s publication focuses on the Carbon Footprint of the Northern Ireland Dairy sector, and the proactive approach the sector is taking to lower emissions and mitigate against climate change.</p>
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<p>The fact book showcases the cutting edge research on carbon sequestration being carried out at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and shines a light on the investments and measures taken by local farmers to lower their carbon footprint by investing in renewable energy and making other efficiency measures.</p>
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<p>The fact book also features case studies on the work being carried out by local dairy companies to address their environmental impact, and world renowned nutritionists discuss the importance of dairy in a nutritious, well-balanced diet.</p>
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<p>There is also a chapter on Nutrition, which examines the part dairy products play in a healthy, sustainable diet.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.dairycouncil.co.uk/cmsfiles/Substainability/Fact_Book_2019_Web.pdf" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>The food systems approach: sustainable solutions for a sufficient supply of healthy foodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-food-systems-approach-sustainable-solutions-for-a-sufficient-2019-08-27T12:21:47.000Z2019-08-27T12:21:47.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p><span>A food systems approach (FSA) is a useful interdisciplinary conceptual framework for research and policy aimed at sustainable solutions for the sufficient supply of healthy food. A new report about this approach, entitled “The food systems approach: sustainable solutions for a sufficient supply of healthy food”, was recently published by Wageningen Economic Research and commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality</span><em>.</em></p>
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<p><em><a href="https://knowledge4food.net/food-systems-approach-report/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></em></p></div>