In April 2022, I was fortunate enough to join the newly formed EcoFood Systems team in NUIG. As I began working on some tasks which were related to the working goals of the project, I found myself deeply enthralled by the areas of city region food systems, food system mapping, the nutritional outcomes of food systems and food systems within the Global South.
Have you ever read or heard the words “have been recalled due to…” from your news source? More than likely that’s a yes. It’s also likely that you are more familiar with the term “food fraud” than you might have previously thought.
Sustainable. Resilient. Inclusive. All words that are thrown around as often as a teething toddler throws tantrums but what do they mean in the context of food supply chains? The Covid-19 pandemic unequivocally highlighted the vulnerabilities and inadequacies of global food systems, with estimates of between 720 and 811 million people facing food insecurity in […]