A new network, led by the University of Southampton in the UK, aims to identify opportunities and barriers to growing more climate-resilient crops for the nation’s food supply.

A new report, published by UK food system charity The Food Foundation, is calling on the food industry to address biodiversity loss – warning of higher economic costs in the long term if this crisis is ignored.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has warned that several major crops, including wheat and coffee, could lose half their optimally suitable land by 2100.

Protein Industries Canada has announced additional funding to help strengthen Canada’s plant-based ingredient supply chain through genomics and artificial intelligence programmes.

A consortium of four UK research organisations, led by the John Innes Centre, has secured £3m to develop climate-resilient legume crops.

Above Food has entered into an agreement to acquire The Redwood Group’s speciality crop food ingredients division for $34m.