Category: Food

America

How To Fix A Food System That’s Not Designed To Feed People

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/food-system-industrial-agriculture-environment_n_5fad6d57c5b6d647a39cf1be Earlier this year, Americans learned what it looks like when a food system reliant on industrial agriculture, near monopolies and exploited laborers breaks down. Just two months into the…

2 December 2020 · 3 min read

Food

Eir boss backs plan for organic food ‘champion’

Three prominent French businessmen, including the telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel who own Eir, have joined forces to create a blank-cheque company that caters to the demand for organic food and…

30 November 2020 · 4 min read

Food

Sicily is desperate for the EU’s cash

Nov 28th 2020PALERMO SEBASTIANO (“NELLO”) MUSUMECI, the governor of Sicily, counts off on his fingers some of the many things he says his island lacks: a hub-port to tap into…

27 November 2020 · 4 min read

Food

The dark side of Italian hazelnut farming

As the early morning mist clears to reveal the turrets of San Quirico Castle in central Italy, the greenery surrounding local farmhouses comes alive with sound: Red-bellied woodpeckers chirp and…

23 November 2020 · 8 min read