In the 1990s, as Russia thawed to liberal economics during the days of the Bush administration, Russia found itself flooded with American fowl.  So abundant was American chicken in Russia that it became popularly known as “Bush …

Ethical logic should be the filter for applied development where the question, “should a thing be done?” must be the gatekeeper of science and policy implementation.  In our food systems and their interconnected sectors  the …

This recently published article by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars examines the issue of foreign land acquisitions for food production.  The Article entitled, Land Grab? The Race for the World’s Farmland (Kugelman & …

Geoff Tansey’s book, The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security, has been out for a while but the content is as relevant now …

The Taylor Francis journal, Hunger & Environmental Nutrition presented this publication as their 2009 Christmas present.  This special edition of the journal is entitled Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and …

In July 2009, the UK House of Commons’ Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) release a report entitled Securing Food Supplies up to 2050: the challenges faced by the UK. The report was triggered …

DEFRA has recently released this report which is a developed analysis of the key factors contributing to the 2007/08 agricultural price spikes.This report considers these factors and explains the impacts and policy implications of the …

El Anzuelo is the newsletter published by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) on fisheries and the environment. In the most recent volume (vol. 22) the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is …