November’s food for thought…

• Seastock completes first harvest of methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis in Western Australia
• Does sustainability drive purchase intent? If you don’t have delicious and nutritious you don’t get to play at the table
• Cows Are Too Stressed Out to Keep Up with Global Dairy Demand
• Transforming livestock systems to achieve better agrifood systems and help solve global challenges

Seastock completes first harvest of methane-reducing seaweed asparagopsis in Western Australia from ABC News. Read the article

Does sustainability drive purchase intent? ‘If you don’t have delicious and nutritious you don’t get to play at the table’.  Are we falsely under the impression that sustainability is driving consumer purchasing decisions? from Food Navigator.  Read the article

Cows Are Too Stressed Out to Keep Up With Global Dairy Demand from Bloomberg UK.  Scorching temperatures are impeding milk production and withering the crops that cattle eat — dynamics that could contribute to shortages or price increases. Some of the discussions at COP27 where around the impact of climate change on agriculture and this article explores those challenges and some of the adaptation strategies.  Read the article

Transforming livestock systems to achieve better agrifood systems and help solve global challenges - DSF welcomes the FAO’s new Director’s remarks at the recent World Dairy Summit. Thanawat Tiensen, FAO’s new Director of the FAO Animal Production and Health Division is also a Governor of the DSF. He spoke of the FAO’s vision for future Livestock work: sustainable livestock transformation for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all. The FAO believes that achieving a sustainable way of feeding an ever-growing population, livestock systems can play a major role in improving nutrition, farmers’ livelihoods and rural development and contributing to better agrifood systems. However, a sector needs to move towards more sustainable practices to enhance the benefits of dairy in developing economies, reduce the sector’s impact on the planet and accelerate climate action. Read the full announcement details