La Finca Interacviva hopes to bring about the change in socio-economic, environmental lives of Colombian Indigenous People and those suffering from debilitating medical conditions through medical hemp.
Nutrition and Health 101: Belgium’s Inverted Food Pyramid Model
Belgium has adopted a new inverted nutritional triangle model that focuses on the impact of food on health and prioritizes plant-based food products over processed meat and high-calorie diet. The model was developed by Flemish Institute for Healthy Living.
Going Beyond Organic with Vertical Hydroponic Farming
Sonia Lo of Crop One Holding discusses the beginnings of the vertical farming company,its goals, its future, and its ‘Beyond Organic’ label.
1 Artist, 365 Days, and 8,000 Products: Visualizing Food Consumption
How much food do you consume over the course of a year? What would it look like laid out in front of you? What about the global consumption? Itamar Gilboa’s Food Chain Project is an exhibition depicting one man’s yearly consumption.
Berry Good Night 100: Transforming the Food System with 100 Idea Ambassadors
What will you share with us? Who will enlighten you? What will we be inspired to do together? Are the questions Berry Good Food Foundation is pondering over, so join them for an evening of TEDx-style event in San Diego.
Addressing Climate Change Through Permaculture Principles
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives will host the 13th International Permaculture Convergence in Hyderabad, discussing the progress and challenges of permaculture movement, and the significance of permaculture principles and practices in transforming the modern day agriculture under the context of climate change and its impacts.
Green Circle Chicken: Bringing Back Flavor, Texture, and Sustainability into Your Diet
D’Artagnan’s Green Circle Chicken, is a call back to simpler times of family farms when chickens were fed vegetable scraps and roamed the farmyard. Heritage birds are reared on vegetable scraps addressing the food waste issues that plagues the food industry, and thereby bringing flavor, texture, and sustainability back into your poultry meat diet.
Food Planet Health, New Website Launched by EAT-Lancet Commission
“It’s now time to go beyond adjusting recipes and start to build new and truly sustainable business models,” says Dr. Gunhild A. Stordalen of the EAT Food Forum 2016.
Join BCFN’s Webinar on Agriculture in Our Future: Voice of Youth
BCFN invites youth to join May 23, 2017 webinar that will focus on the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reform of Europe and discuss the need for food sustainability for future generations with international experts.
Poultry Workers Promised a Safe, Transparent, and Just Work Environment
Oxfam America and other workers justice organizations welcome Tyson Foods pledge to build and implement better and sustainable workplace environment for its workers, while still believing the journey for workers justice has just started.
First Food Authors on Food Habits in the Changing Dietary Landscape of India
Sunita Narain and Vibha Varshney talk about the new book, First Food: Culture of Taste, the importance of local and seasonal food in creating a healthy and diverse diet, and the need to challenge the junk food culture.
Applications for 3rd Organic Farming Innovation Awards Are Open
Organic agriculture needs innovation and creativity to bring itself into mainstream agriculture sector and improve the overall sustainability of agriculture sector.
Collaborative Effort by Natural Products Industry to Reverse Climate Change
OSC2 and SFTA combine their efforts and launch Climate Collaborative project with first ever Climate Day event at Natural Products Expo West 2017. The aim is to bring about collaboration within the natural products industry and associated actors to address climate change issues.
212 All Good: Think Global, Eat Local
The iconic New York area code inspired 212 café & bar from Bellona Hospitality group in Mumbai is taking a different direction with its new venture which caters nutritious and wholesome food using indigenous produce with a hope to improve our relationship with food.
IPES-Food and Partners Working Towards a Holistic Food System Policy for European Union
Through this Common Food Policy, EU is looking towards creating synergies and collaborations among various sectoral policies, engaging and learning from the grass root level social innovations in the hopes of moving closer to food democracy.
