Transforming food and farming: European organic movement launches its vision for 2030 Brussels, Belgium – The European organic movement has launched its vision for organic in Europe in 2030 at the 9th European Organic Congress (link is external) on 11-12 June, organised by IFOAM EU together with the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the […]
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Fake burger may save the world
The Silicon Valley Race to Build a Fake-Meat Burger That Just Might Save the World By Daniel Fromson A real photograph of a real fake burger. (The Dodo.) In Romania, they have a saying: “The best vegetable is meat.” Actually, it might be an “old Alsatian saying,” or from some other primeval region, depending on […]
Tasmania an epicurean dream Down Under
Tasmania an epicurean dream Down Under By Nina Hendy Hobart, Australia After a long search, the Jackman family settled on Tasmania for their ‘dream’ farm The tiny island state of Tasmania is attracting a growing number of Australians and foreigners who want to pursue a richer culinary culture. More than a decade ago, during […]
The High Price Of What We Eat
Marcelo Gleiser iStockphoto On World Water Day, March 22, I wrote here at 13.7 that water — particularly its scarcity — should be one of our top worries for the coming decades. We listed a website with many disturbing facts about water or lack thereof, across the globe. On Sunday, The New York Times […]
Retailers set the price
Retailers set prices, not supply management Dairy cows are pictured at the Kooyman family dairy farm in Chilliwack, B.C., Tuesday, June, 10, 2014. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press) PETER CLARKE Contributed to The Globe and Mail Peter Clarke is chairman of the Egg Farmers of Canada. It’s as regular as the seasons – trade talks ramp […]
The Future Of Food Is On The Table
At World’s Fair In Italy, The Future Of Food Is On The Table May 31, 2015 7:34 AM ET Sylvia Poggioli Carlo Ratti of MIT designed this “supermarket of the future” exhibit. If you move a hand close to a product, a digital display lights up, providing information on origin, nutritional value and carbon footprint. […]
Floating farms of the future
Are floating farms the answer to solving world hunger? Fish and crops harvested on ocean rigs could feed Earth’s rising population A team from Barcelona has designed floating farms that could feed the world in upcoming decades The multi-levelled structures would be used to catch more than 1.7 million fish a year Solar panels on […]
What’s wrong with this sheep?
The Agenda Big Government What’s wrong with this sheep? We’re not sure. Inside the federal “sheep improvement” program. By Michael Grunwald The United States is the Bo-Peep of livestock-producing nations. We once had more than 50 million sheep, but we’ve lost nearly 90 percent of them over the last century. That said, we’re not the […]
Attack on meat has US industry seeing red
Industry sharpens its knives over a federal nutrition panel’s advice. POLITICO Magazine The meat industry is sharpening its knives over a small federal committee that issued sweeping nutrition advice that essentially told Americans to drop the burger and grab a handful of kale. The beef and pork associations spent months […]
Crisis in heart of US egg country
Business Day Egg Farms Hit Hard as Bird Flu Affects Millions of Hens By STEPHANIE STROMMAY 14, 2015 SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — J.T. Dean is facing a gargantuan task. Mr. Dean, a son of the founder of one of the country’s biggest egg producers, the Center Fresh Group, must kill and dispose of about 5.5 […]