From farming to fermentation: Could New Zealand ‘brew up’ new foods to reduce agricultural emissions?
Photo by Delphine Ducaruge on Unsplash Ian Mason, University of Canterbury New Zealand agriculture contributed 50% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, an unusually high proportion by world standards. Dairy farming was responsible for about half...
The cow in the room… A problem of production or consumption?
Photo by Gulfside Mike on Unsplash One of the biggest challenges facing Aotearoa New Zealand’s environmental response are its farms. Addressing agriculture is central to reducing New Zealand’s unique emissions profile and combatting the impacts of climate change. New...
What are the differences between organic and conventional farming? 🔊
A new bill surrounding organic farming in New Zealand, as well as imports and exports, is currently going through parliament. The bill outlines plans to get stricter on what is defined as organic and what is not. But what are the differences between conventional and...
Does reduced agrobiodiversity threaten our food systems?
By Karl Zimmerer Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide, and that is not good, according to Karl Zimmerer. One day last March I talked with Juliana and Elisa, a mother and daughter who farmed just outside the city of Huánuco, Peru. Although they had only one...
No more chocolate by 2050? Why we need to understand what’s at stake
By Jovana Stanisljevic Is the world facing a major chocolate crisis? Jovana Stanisljevic finds out. No more chocolate by 2050? Several articles have pointed recently that we are heading to a major chocolate crisis. Global chocolate market value keeps reaching new...
What are the solutions to food insecurity? 🔊
Climate change, pesticide contamination, soil-depletion, loss of land, power politics, mass pollinator die-offs, and a host of big business practices threaten the long-term availability of healthy food. In part two of this symposium on the future of food, Maria...
TV Dinners: How does the media influence our perception of food production?
By Michelle Phillipov Michelle Phillipov investigates how the media influences our perception of food production. For the past five years, I have been investigating a new politics of food in which the provenance of food and the ethics of food production have become an...Subscribe by Email
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