🌱 How can we optimize land use and reduce food waste? 🌾 Surprisingly, livestock are a key solution! They can consume non-edible waste products and biomass, converting them into highly nutritious animal products. These resources would otherwise be wasted. By integrating

Should we convert grasslands to cropland? 🌾 Apart from most areas not being suitable for crops, there is another concern: The release of carbon. Grasslands store 20% of global soil organic carbon, which releases massive amounts of carbon into the atmosphere when dug up to

#Throwback to this informative graphic, summarising key questions frequently asked about meat (and their answers) Stay tuned for more great research being shared from the 2023 Societal Role of Meat publication in Animal Frontiers. If you'd like to stay ahead of the crowd or deep

THIS is our Friday Feeling, knowing there are less than 5 days until the official start of the next Societal Role of Meat Summit in Denver. Are you one of the attendees? Comment so we can connect and share insights throughout the week. If not, keep a lookout for the updates

An incredible line-up for the start of the International Summit: The Societal Role of Meat & Livestock. Good luck to all the speakers with your presentations, we look forward to learning and critically discussing this important matter. Charlie Arnot, Frédéric Leroy Andrew Mente,

Up next, a panel of global practitioners discussing sustainability in practice. Here we have representatives from different industry sectors in Ireland, Australia, Zimbabwe, and the US. #societalroleofmeat

Great progress has been made in the scientific community since the previous International Summit on The Societal Role of Meat. Since then, more than 1200 independent scientists have signed The Dublin Declaration of Scientists, each actively involved in generating research in each

What is Truth? It turns out that truth is a concept decided on by a society. The more technology and communication channels change, the more the construct of truth changes. Charlie Arnot delivered a brilliant presentation on the truth spectrum and where facts and science fit into

Dietary recommendations are incredibly complex. Frédéric Leroy stated how by generalising recommendations, we risk compromising our unique bodies' natural ability to self-regulate and function the way they should. There are multiple valid options to adopt a nourishing diet, some

Have you considered what the malnutrition situation looks like in low and middle-income countries, or how this could be worsened with stringent policies on the reduction of specific food types? Lora Iannotti shed light on the prevalence of childhood stunting and malnutrition in

Most dietary regulations focus on macros only, such as energy, protein, carbohydrates and fat. Although it can be a helpful guide, the reality is that micronutrient deficiencies exist across the globe (in high and low-income countries) and are at risk of becoming worse if we

If dietary recommendations are too simplistic, some lacking in robust evidence, nor considering individual physiology - what then? Frédéric Leroy and co-authors have been working on this answer with the newly developed (yet to be published) Nourishment Table. This table avoids

Global scientists and experts recently gathered at the 2nd International Summit on the Societal Role of Meat & Livestock. The two-day summit explored sustainable production, nutrition, ecology and more while fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration. brnw.ch/21wOn04

One of our team members, Elna de Lange, presented a new tool launching in 2025 that visualises global livestock production systems. This includes their herd-structures, land-utilisation and where relevant, greenhouse gas emissions. We are proud of the work she and co-authors

The localization of solutions is the only way we can create sustainable policies, tools and methods for the future of food systems. This was one of the key messages delivered by Enrike Maree as she brought a fresh perspective into the International Summit on The Societal