This paper conducted a global analysis of market data from 54 countries and found that while sales in high-income countries were stagnating, leading firms maintained stable net profit margins and delivered relatively high shareholder returns, facilitated by financial strategies such as franchising and private equity ownership. U.S.-based corporations dominated the global market, with substantial expansion into countries outside the global North.

This paper tests a consumer-centric “nudge by proxy” approach, which indirectly encourages choices that mitigate or obviate external costs by addressing consumers’ internal motivations. It found the importance of addressing two illusions with future research: the “insufficiency illusion” whereby consumers falsely believe meat-free options to be lacking in a key area, and the “availability illusion,” when meat-free options are available but are genuinely lacking.

This study analyzed 118 life-cycle assessment (LCA) studies on GHG emissions of food production, considering LCA methods, life cycle phase, waste inclusion, and regional factors, including country, continent, and development status. It found only 22% of studies include waste, revealing up to 39% higher emissions in some categories compared to those excluding waste.

This discourse analysis of sustainable intensification and agroecology proponents found both claim to have the solution to agricultural sustainability but are largely inexplicit about their guiding assumptions and their own limitations, and rarely engage with research in the other discourse.

This event was hosted by TABLE on 4 November 2025 and took the form of a panel discussion moderated by Tara Garnett (Director, TABLE) with:Oliver Camp (GAIN)Matheus Alves Zanella (Global Alliance for the Future of Food)Alessia Mortara (Food and Land Use Coalition & Systemiq)

This event was hosted by TABLE both online and in-person at Speakers Corner at Wageningen University on 21 October 2025 and took the form of a panel discussion moderated by Jillian Student (Knowledge integrator and researcher on transdisciplinary research and education, Wageningen University & Research) with:Senni Alho, Innovations Officer, Clim-EAT;Sigrid Wertheim-Heck, Associate Professor in Global Food System Sustainability at the Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University & Research;Tamsir Sallah, Member of the International Association of Students in Agriculture and Related Sciences (IAAS World) and the Former Exchange Coordinator of IAAS NetherlandsPlease note there were technical issues at the venue so a few small sections of this recording have no audio. We apologise for the inconvenience. 

This paper critically reviews existing scenarios on global food systems, published by key organizations and authors, to identify common themes of plausible food system futures, the key uncertainties and emerging radical ideas. It found radical scenarios have not significantly evolved but have taken on new dimensions, and consumption patterns, technology, and investment influence food systems significantly. 

Hundreds of millions of African consumers rely daily on a vast network of smallholder farmers, wholesalers, and retailers within the informal economy. Yet, national governments and foreign agencies continue to rely on conventional economic development models that often fail in these contexts. Why do we keep applying such misfitting approaches when informality is clearly central to feeding Africa?

This study calculated the emissions of beef, pork and chicken eaten in every city and town in the U.S. It found that emissions intensity differ by up to 345%, depending on where the animals were raised and what type of production system.