World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns
Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise
December 2024
It's complicated
How we created ultra-processed food from industrial waste – video
Neelam Tailor traces the surprising journey of ultra-processed foods from their origins in industrial waste to today's complex ingredient lists and the regulatory loopholes that paved the way
August 2023
Putin is using food as a weapon – but his cynical attempts to drum up forced allies will fail
Josep Borrell
By reneging on the Black Sea grain deal, Russia has driven up food prices around the world, says Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy
March 2023
‘We’d have died of hunger’: the charity kitchens feeding millions in Pakistan
Lost jobs and soaring prices have pushed 5m Pakistanis to the edge. As demand soars at Ramadan, charities cannot cope
UN chief says extension of Black Sea grain deal 'essential' on trip to Ukraine – video
Guterres told reporters the deal provided 'critical relief' to people struggling with high food prices because of the war
Ukraine and UN chief call for new grain deal to safeguard global food supplies
Reports suggest Russia unhappy about deal and is threatening to pull out of scheme exporting grain from Black Sea ports
December 2022
The Observer view on a humanitarian calamity in the making
Without a 25% rise in aid, tens of millions of people will be put at risk of starvation and disease. We must step up to the challenge
November 2022
Climate ‘loss and damage’: why it’s such a big deal at Cop27
Global heating crisis is felt most by countries that are least to blame, so funding is central to demands for climate justice
August 2022
Grain ship leaves Ukrainian port of Odesa for first time since Russian invasion – video
For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, a ship carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn has left the port of Odesa heading for Lebanon
June 2022
Today in Focus
How to feed the world without destroying it
George Monbiot on the growing global food crisis and the degradation of our soils. Can the solution be found in the lab?
May 2022
‘My house, the barns, I lost everything’: the Ukrainian farmers devastated by war
IMF boss warns over food prices and declines to rule out global recession
Globalisation of food production has left millions hungry
US accuses Russia of weaponising food in Ukraine crisis and holding global supplies ‘hostage’
The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same
George Monbiot
Ukraine war has stoked global food crisis that could last years, says UN
Zelenskiy calls for end to blockade of Odesa port to prevent global food crisis
Millions of tonnes of grain stuck in Ukraine, says German UN official
April 2022
Our unequal earth
Seed banks: the last line of defense against a threatening global food crisis
As climate breakdown and worldwide conflict continue to place the food system at risk, seed banks from the Arctic to Lebanon try to safeguard biodiversity
March 2022
Unless we act, escalating commodity prices will cause a decade of global turmoil
Rupert Russell
The Ukraine war is sending the cost of energy and food soaring across the world. Price controls may be the only way to stop a devastating chain reaction
