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Who owns seeds?
How four big companies came to dominate the industry
Inheriting grandma's pan
The significance of family cookware and what we lose if we throw our old pots out
Can farmers influence food prices?
How rising global prices impact food production around the world
What do astronauts eat?
Designing a diet to keep astronauts healthy
Forbidden food: The Jews of Spain
The suppression of Jewish cooking under the Spanish Inquisition, and its global spread
The buffet business
How do you make money out of them, and what happens to all the leftovers?
Island diets
What do you eat if you live on an island?
Food as rehabilitation
Could changing the food behind bars improve prisoner outcomes?
Samuel Ikua: Global Youth Champion 2022
This year’s award winner and his mission to get people farming in the city
Eggonomics
Egg prices are rising – is avian flu to blame?
Why does Africa import a lot of food?
We speak to food entrepreneurs about how Africa can be more self sufficient
Hard to swallow
Dysphagia: Navigating an invisible disorder
A Ukrainian table at Christmas
Ukrainians living in the UK talk about how they’ll mark the festive season
Cooking with love
Your stories about the sentimental items in your kitchens
Chefs who changed course
Chefs who left the heat of the professional kitchen, and what they do now.
The opera singer's diet
What do the skilled performers eat to hit the high notes?
The ghost writers
The people who pen cookbooks for celebrity chefs.
Why can’t my child swallow?
Dysphagia: parents share their experiences of feeding a child with swallowing problems
What's the big deal about fine dining?
The world’s so-called ‘best restaurant’ is closing – so what?
What's the best pasta shape?
Why something so tasty can be controversial
The growth of food banks in Africa
Food banks have arrived in Africa – can they tackle food poverty?
Feeding the VIPs
Lifting the lid on the high pressure and unsung world of high-end mass catering
The joy of feeding birds
Who’s getting more out of this human-animal interaction – the birds or us?
A taste of home
What does a family forced to leave their country eat on their journey to safety?
How to photograph food
What it really takes to make something look delicious.
What do medics really eat?
Healthcare staff discuss the challenge of eating healthily on shift
Bringing dark kitchens into the light
Are the hidden-away catering spaces undergoing an image change?
Can small farms feed the world?
What sort of farm is best for our planet, wallet and diet?
Is this the end of the British caff?
Why the home of the ‘full English’ breakfast is closing – and what’s at stake.
How AI could design our diets
Are machines better at deciding what we should eat, than we are?
The growth of GM food
Governments in India and Kenya want their citizens to eat genetically modified food.