FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva praised Petrini’s contribution to increasing public awareness on the need to improve agriculture in...
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Is digital farming the future of food?
OpenAG, an open-source agricultural research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, advocates for an open-source...
MoreTribes create their own food laws to stop USADA from killing native food economies
Traditionally, many tribal members grew lima beans, squash, corn, and other vegetables; used mesquite trees for food, medicine, and other...
MoreWhy congress is looking at labels to curb food waste
According to a recent Harvard Food Law Policy Clinic´s report. Up to 91 percent of Americans polled said that they have occasionally thrown away...
MoreNutrition labels on junk food will finally make more sense – USA
On Friday, The Food and Drug Administration finalized new nutrition fact labels for packaged foods. Some cosmetic changes include bigger font...
More1st world conference on tourism for Development opens this week in Beijing
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Government of the People’s Republic of China has hosted the First World Conference on Tourism for...
MoreBill 36 designed to boost local food use, improve food literacy
The week of June 6-12 will be celebrated as Local Food Week across all of Ontario, US. Since 2003, the province has invested more than $116...
MoreForeign Investment in the African Tourism Market: Pros and Cons
Increasingly, Africa is at the forefront in promoting the tourism industry as a means of improving the continent’s economic development and...
MoreEuropean Parliament voted in favour of the Trade Secrets Protection Directive
The Parliament voted in favour of the “Trade Secrets Protection Directive” — a law that, according to SumOfUs, gives corporations alarming...
MorePaphos tourism and Cypriot food promoted in Finland to target visitors
The promotional campaign of Paphos and traditional Cypriot food, which will take place over the next four weekends at four of the largest and...
MoreFAO conference ends with call for better nutrition, sustainable agriculture
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Regional Conference for Europe concluded on May 6, as members called for better nutrition, food...
MoreBook documents the loss of bread, wine, chocolate, coffee and beer
When journalist and University of Melbourne professor Smran Sethi first leaned about the staggering loss of agricultural biodiversity we are...
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