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Slide of data showing higher CO2-equivalent emissions from more expensive options within major food groups

Slide of data showing varied or no correlation between retail price and nutritional profile score of widely sold items within major food groups

Big new paper shows limits to the common belief that healthy & sustainable foods are more expensive than other options.

Details: linkedin.com/posts/wamast...
Article:
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The Future of Food: Meeting Human Needs with Systemic Change The final chapter of this book invites you to imagine and shape the food system to meet each population’s need for healthy diets, decent work, environmental sustainability and resilience. To imp...

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Great story by @peterslevin.bsky.social tracing how agricultural research in Africa helps U.S. farmers.

Starts with aphid-resistant sorghum in Kansas, then other reasons we created these programs in the first place; features Tim Dalton (my first PhD student!), Dave Tschirley & other #FoodEcon folks

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