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How changing our diet can have unexpected negative economic, social and environmental impacts
- Switching to a healthier diet not only reduces your risk of disease, it also improves the sustainability of our food system. But eating healthier also... -
A healthy lifestyle improves people’s wellbeing
- Professor holding an endowed chair in Nutrition and Intestinal Health Transitional Care, Ben Witteman, is saying farewell to WUR after a decade.... -
WUR will be the centre of discussion on sustainable consumption and production
- More than 500 people will participate in the conference “Transforming Consumption-Production Systems towards Just and Sustainable Futures”... -
Environmental score for all food products motivates companies to become more sustainable
- It may seem like yet another quality certificate, but a new label that gives all food products an environmental score turns out to be more than just a... -
The sprint towards a sustainable future
- More than 2,000 pesticides are used for agricultural production in Europe, yet knowledge about the effects of pesticide residue mixtures on ecosystems... -
Data make digital diet truly personalised
- Nutrition is a complex matter and very person-dependent. How can you combine all the scientific insights from countless studies and sources in a way... -
Tomatoes Unifarm on the menu of restaurant Novum in Omnia
- Restaurant Novum is the culinary meeting place at Wageningen Campus. The restaurant is located in conference centre Omnia, in the heart of Food... -
More efficient and sustainable: how to get the most out of plants
- Many plants used by the food industry are broken down into different ingredients for foodstuffs. This process is water and energy-consuming. Moreover,... -
Verminderen van bijna-over-datum voedselverspilling
- Heb je ooit voedsel gekocht met een bijna-vervaldatum-etiket in supermarkten? Heb je al dit eten opgegeten na thuiskomst? Over het algemeen zijn... -
‘Less food waste does make a difference’
- One out of every three kilogrammes of food in the world is wasted. ‘Hence, preventing food waste is equally important for the climate as...