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Here’s how the beef industry is putting sustainability on the menu

Here’s how the beef industry is putting sustainability on the menu
30 August 2016

Beef is one of the main sources of protein and the key ingredient in one of the most American foods on the global menu: the hamburger. The U.S...

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Sustainability certified Indian tea estates violate worker rights – report

Sustainability certified Indian tea estates violate worker rights – report
30 August 2016

Tea estates in southern India are hiring temporary workers during peak plucking season and denying these labourers basic rights as required by...

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New measures to help promote food safety in China

New measures to help promote food safety in China
29 August 2016

The State Council of China has approved an assessment system for provincial and municipal governments on their performance of food safety...

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We grow enough food. Getting it in to people’s plates is the problem.

We grow enough food. Getting it in to people’s plates is the problem.
29 August 2016

World leaders have agreed to the ambitious goal of eradicating hunger by 2030. The scale of the problem is daunting. Every day 800 million people...

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No gastronomy without biodiversity, says Slow Food founder

No gastronomy without biodiversity, says Slow Food founder
17 August 2016

The destruction of the world’s biodiversity was destroying humanity’s future, Carlo Petrini, the founder of the global Slow Food Movement, said in...

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Italy adopts new law to reduce food waste

Italy adopts new law to reduce food waste
16 August 2016

The Italian Senate aims to cut up to one million tonnes of wasted food a year by offering incentives to businesses who donate food to charities...

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Clever App brings the food label into the modern age

Clever App brings the food label into the modern age
16 August 2016

Sam Slover is co-founder of the Sage Project, a new online platform that reimagines food data for the Internet age. Slover’s vision isn’t a label...

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New cultural strategy look to the future

New cultural strategy look to the future
10 August 2016

Titled ‘Everybody Matters’, this is the first time that a Cultural Sustainability Strategy Framework has been devised for Galway and it spans from...

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Art project to turn Paphos into “open air art museum”

Art project to turn Paphos into “open air art museum”
9 August 2016

Artworks are being placed at different venues in the coastal town of Paphos, creating an “open air art museum” in the framework of the...

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Loving “ugly” food part of battle against hunger

Loving “ugly” food part of battle against hunger
8 August 2016

In the war on food waste in America — a nation that spends more than $218 billion a year growing, processing, transporting and disposing of food...

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Portland’s first food hub brings the farm to a bigger table

Portland’s first food hub brings the farm to a bigger table
8 August 2016

It’s easy enough to buy a handful of heirloom tomatoes at a local farmers market. But what if you need 400 or even 4,000 of them? What if you want...

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Sustainable tourism planned for Phi Phi

Sustainable tourism planned for Phi Phi
8 August 2016

The fate of Thailand’s most beautiful marine environment came into a negative light last year from the entry fee collection scandal and a...

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