'Empty shelves in Caracas. Food riots in West Bengal and Mexico. Warnings of hunger in Jamaica, Nepal, the Philippines and sub-Saharan Africa. Soaring prices for basic foods are beginning to lead to political instability, with governments being forced to step in to artificially control the cost of bread, maize, rice and dairy products.'

writes John Vidal, environment editor. 
Read his full article in The Guardian  

Jamie Oliver hit back at critics of his school dinner revolution yesterday, attacking the government for failing to implement it properly.

The TV chef described the government's approach to improving school dinners as "slow, painful, unstrategic, unmethodological" and "badly invested in".

Read more in The Guardian

The biggest study into organic food has found that it is more nutritious than ordinary produce and may help to lengthen people's lives.

The evidence from the £12m four-year project will end years of debate and is likely to overturn government advice that eating organic food is no more than a lifestyle choice. 

Read more in The Sunday Times  

A United Nations expert has condemned the growing use of crops to produce biofuels as a replacement for petrol as a crime against humanity.

Read the full report at the BBC