Institute for Future Food Systems
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Transforming food systems through the leading science and solutions. Because how we eat shapes everything.
Humanity's deadliest pandemic was a bird flu. In 1918 it killed around 50 million people, close to 3% of everyone alive. That would be 200+ million people today. The next one will most likely come from industrial farming. And, compounded by antibiotic resistance, that risk is accelerating.
Our May digest of key studies and reports is up! iffs.earth/studies-and-...
Studies and Reports of the Month: May 2026
This month: individual agency and structural change are partners, not rivals. The choices with the most reach are the ones people make in their professional, institutional, and civic roles, and the…
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What does a diet that protects both your health and the planet look like? Almost no one is eating it yet. We checked dietary data from 12 countries against the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet. The pattern is strikingly universal. 🧵👇
Thrilled to share 4 new analyses of mine for @projectdrawdown.bsky.social on grazing Many studies that claim grazing benefits SOC are lacking: adequate baseline, controls, duration, 30cm soil-depth samples, & measuring over time And beef remains a leader in CH4 & land-use driving biodiversity loss
Our April issue of Studies & Reports of the Month is online. A throughline runs through this month's ten papers: the structures around us shape diets as much as individual knowledge or willpower. iffs.earth/studies-and-...
Studies and Reports of the Month: April 2026
51% of Europeans want to eat better, yet habit and budget still decide what reaches the plate. Japan’s red meat consumption runs at 569% of recommended levels. 98% of the environmental claims…
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The global food system generates $42 billion *per day* in costs - more than it contributes to the economy. Transforming the system costs $200-500B/year - less than 3% of the damage. Dietary change in HICs (reducing ultra-processed & animal-sourced foods) delivers most of the benefit.
Thousands of studies examine how pharma funding biases drug research. How many examine food industry funding of nutrition research? As of 2018, eleven (Nestle, 2019). A comprehensive review since found industry-sponsored studies are 30x more likely to report results favoring the sponsor (NAS, 2023).
Key takeaways from our second monthly digest, featuring some of February's most impactful and interesting studies, reports and news. February's evidence hits hardest on land and money. iffs.earth/wp-content/u...
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Key takeaways from our new “Studies & Reports of the Month” digest, featuring some of the most impactful and interesting studies, reports and news of the month. February's digest coming soon. iffs.earth/wp-content/u...
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📈Oil prices are spiking after escalation around Iran. 🥣 Food prices likely next. 1/2 the world’s calories depend on synthetic fertilizer made from fossil #gas – 1/4 of that trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz. This is a food access issue. 👉 #FuelToFork ipes-food.org/report/fuel-...
Out now, our launch report! At COP30 next week dozens of panels will discuss regenerative grazing. We've compiled the best science on the topic and compared grazing vs. plant-based with rewilding.
Big news! Plant Based Data is now the Institute for Future Food Systems, at IFFS.Earth Same roots, stronger mission. We still use science to drive action, and now we focus even more on amplifying solutions & countering disinformation.
