I’m always glad to hear about initiatives that try to connect science with broader audiences and this time Food4you is doing just that. The festival creates a space for all things food: movies, scientific knowledge, health & lifestyle information, cooking tips…you name it! Food4you will take place from the 1st until the 15th of October [...]
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Comics in the kitchen
Many of you know that I’ve recently been on a TED kick. It’s been great; the brilliant speakers have opened my mind to whole host of eclectic topics, dropped in some clever ideas, and left me with excitement piqued and synapses firing. When I told one of my friends about this habit, though, he opined [...]
Rectification of names
(A little chuckle from across the room.) ‘Sorry. Every time I read this, it makes me think of animals on a farm. I just think it’s a funny name.’ Indeed it is. But maybe not so comical as unsettling. The ‘name’ in question is ‘school feeding’, as in the School Feeding [...]
A place for food in pro-development planning?
The launch of the UK’s new draft National Planning Policy has food and environmental groups fearing for the future of the country’s green spaces and town centre, as the coalition government’s idea of ‘sustainable development’ has a strong pro-development flavour. The draft, available here, was launched last week and is open for consultation until October. [...]
2011 School Meals Challenge
A few years ago I listed to an interview with U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan about his experience tackling the 2007 Congressional Food Stamp Challenge. He and four other representatives pledged to eat for a week on $21, the average ‘food stamp’ budget at the time. They did – and in the process they drew a [...]
Consumers and the African entrepreneurial (and sustainable) spirit
Trying to be sustainable when buying food in Africa can be a bit of a problem for an expat (like myself). In Uganda, open markets still dominate agri-food retailing, but the retailers closest to the areas where expats concentrate in Kampala are… supermarkets, of course. Not that they are there only to play the role of a [...]
Measuring food sustainability is no piece of cake!
Measuring sustainability can be difficult. Thinking about it systemically is indeed very challenging. Zooming in and out on a given system can even make you dizzy! Like when you use Google maps… has that happened to you? You are looking to see where some town is located and then unintentionally your fingers do something and [...]
Extending the olive branch: is a new partnership possible?
Ladies and gentlemen of the alternative food community, it’s time I came out of the closet: I love high-tech food. Now, if you haven’t already unfriended me on Facebook, spilled organic Fair Trade coffee on your laptop while doing it, and settled upon shooting me hostile glances for the remainder of human existence – which, [...]
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