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"The global cost of food fraud is $50 billion, and $2-3 billion in Australia alone." #FoodSecurity
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-22/fig

Are those prawns really 100 per cent Australian? The mission to fight food fraud
As consumers it's almost impossible to tell if a label on food is genuine. A small team of scientists are taking on this big problem.

Farmers focus on what will sell, leaving new options unexplored
This thread will highlight plants with higher Optimal Growing Temperature,
and that don’t depend on seasonal cycles or flower in late season.
#climatechange #foodsecurity

👀Great, hopeful review on one avenue to increase #crop yield 🌿🧪.
Context - we'll need 35-50% more food globally by 2050 but there are few signs that we're getting there. Yes, many issues in this space.
But photosynthesis is now one of the plant metabolic pathways where we have really good understanding, sufficient to see meaningful improvements of yield in the field, in #rice, #potato, #soybean. This is detailed in the review ➡️ #PlantSci #FoodSecurity

#USpol #SNAP #WIC #food #FoodSecurity