Rethinking Food Waste - a Duke Climate Collaboration Symposium
On January 22, 2026, nearly 170 people gathered in Durham, North Carolina for the Rethinking Food Waste – Duke Climate Collaboration Symposium. Harvard Law professor and food policy researcher Emily Broad Leib’s keynote address kicked off the two-day symposium sponsored by the Duke Climate Commitment and organized by the Duke World Food Policy Center.
Day two of the event featured a research workshop of panels and breakout ideation sessions that drew 80 faculty and students from diverse academic backgrounds, community food organizations, foundations, and businesses.
What do we lose as USDA US household food security reporting ends?
On November, 20, 2025, Duke's World Food Policy Center hosted an in-depth webinar on a major policy shift by the US Department of Agriculture: the discontinuation of the US Household Food Security report. For nearly 30 years, this report has been crucial in measuring food insecurity among US households. This session features industry experts Emily Englehard from Feeding America, Lauren Fiechtner from Mass General Brigham for Children, and Parke Wilde from Tufts University. They discuss the implications of this change, alternative data sources, and the future of food security measurement in America. Learn how this shift impacts data-driven decision-making in policy, research, and community practices, and what steps can be taken to ensure continuity in understanding food insecurity.
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Consumption of Sugary Beverages by Adults Prior to Sugary Drink Tax in Colombia: An Analysis of the National Nutrition Survey 2015
Abstract Colombia has implemented a tiered tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), reaching 20% for high-sugar products by 2025. To inform evaluations of this policy, we…
Exploring the U.S. Regulatory and Legislative Landscapes for Cell-Cultivated Meat and Seafood
Katherine Consavage Stanley, Katariina Koivusaari, Khara Grieger, Amanda Wood, Gregory Jaffe, William R. Aimutis, Norbert L.W. Wilson, Rohan A. Shirwaiker. Exploring the U.S. Regulatory and Legislative Landscapes for Cell-Cultivated Meat and Seafood. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2025, 105527, ISSN 0924-2244, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2025.105527.
Cultivating an ethos of “everyday convergence”: insights from the Multiscale RECIPES Network for food waste reduction
Amanda Wood, Jack Daly, Jourdan Foulger, Rujia Xie, Norbert L.W. Wilson. Cultivating an ethos of “everyday convergence”: insights from Multiscale RECIPES Network for food waste reduction. Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (2025) 12:1658. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05905-6
Changes in energy content of menu items at out-of-home food outlets in England after calorie labelling policy implementation: a pre–post analysis (2021–2022)
Essman M, Burgoine T, Huang Y, Jones A, Polden M, Robinson E, et al. Changes in energy content of menu items at out-of-home food outlets in England after calorie labelling policy implementation: a pre–post analysis (2021–2022). BMJ Public Health. 2025;3:e001905. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001905
Global Food Demand: Overcoming Challenges to Healthy and Sustainable Diets
Andrew Muhammad, Emiliano Lopez Barrera, Norbert L.W. Wilson. Global Food Demand: Overcoming Challenges to Healthy and Sustainable Diets. Annual Reviews of Resource Economics. Vol. 17. June 10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-112923-040421
Food System Researchers Across Duke
Food systems research is deeply intersectional, and faculty across Duke's schools and departments are tackling critical issues through their work. We highlight some of that work here.
