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February 10 marks World Pulses Day . A day dedicated to celebrating beans and lentils doesn’t seem worth getting excited about – but it should be. Because there are hundreds of forgotten and sidelined bean species that could change the game when it comes to improving global food security and cutting world hunger . World...

Reported by Sarah Brakebill-Hacke, University of Cambridge While it is true that our food security and our food system are vulnerable to conditions created by climate change, the agricultural industry is also a major contributor to the problem. The food system contributes as much as 37% of total emissions between livestock...

Event Report and Recipe Suggestions (see below). You can find the recording of our event here. Did you know that dried algae contain more protein than roast turkey (Britain’s traditional Christmas dish)? In fact, spirulina is one of the most concentrated foods on Earth; rich in protein and packed with amino acids, vitamins...

Fonio: A case study. In this inaugural Forgotten Crops Society Dialogue, Chef Pierre Tham, a Senegal-raised, New York City-based chef, author, restaurateur, social entrepreneur and culinary ambassador and Professor Bruno Gerard, an agronomist who currently leads the agrobioscience program at Mohammed VI Polytechnic...