The food industry uses chemicals in a variety of ways, from adding flavorings and preservatives to extending shelf life. Some chemicals are used in the production process, while others are used to make packaging impermeable to oxygen and moisture. Sweeteners like glutamate and aspartame create cravings for unhealthy foods and can override [...]
The Food Foundation (TFF) is an independent charity focused on challenges in the UK food system. They maintain an online food price tracker that tracks changes in food price indices using CPI data from the UK's Office for National Statistics and they chart data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of [...]
Americans eat more chicken than beef. In 2020 Americans ate 96.4 pounds of broiler chickens per capita. According to data by the USDA and Economic Research Service. This is significantly more than the amount of beef consumed, which was about 57 pounds per person. This trend has been consistent since 2009, when [...]
China is the world’s leading seafood consumer. The country consumes around 22 million metric tons of seafood each year, which is more than double the amount of seafood consumed by the United States. This high demand has put a lot of pressure on the world's fisheries, which are already struggling to keep [...]
On August 31, 2022 Horizon Organic Milk brand (which is owned by Danone) will terminate contracts it has with 89 organic dairy producers in New York, Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire. According to Danone, the decision is due to “growing transportation and operational challenges in the dairy industry, particularly in the northeast" [...]
Karl Ritz, Emeritus Professor of Soil Ecology at University of Nottingham proposed these 5 Principles of regenerative agriculture. These really are a must read for anyone interested in this emerging trend in farming: Diversity More diverse systems have inherently greater capacity to carry out a broad range of functions, and for soils [...]