On Tuesday 24 April in NUIG’s Bailey Allen Hall, the relationship between tourism, food and culture in Galway, European Region of Gastronomy 2018...
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EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides
The world’s most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to...
MoreNorth Brabant Region on Tour in Brussels
On 22 March 2018, Strategic Advisor for ’s-Hertogenbosch City Anja van Hout presented to experts from the Pays de La Loire agrifood industry the...
MoreJunk Food Dumping and Coca-Cola’s Mexico Invasion
Today, Mexicans come fourth in the world for the amount of highly processed food they eat per person, at 212 kilos per year. According to Kantar...
MoreMichelin-starred chef transforms food waste into fine dining for the disadvantaged in Paris
Italian chef Massimo Bottura opened his sixth Refettorio community kitchen in Paris last week. The concept? To provide a sumptuous feast to the...
MoreFrom the Ground Up, Feeding our Future. Galway-West of Ireland 2018 officially launched
Galway-West of Ireland, when embarking on their European Region of Gastronomy journey two years ago, boldly proclaimed their aim to reach into...
MoreOvertourism: where will it take us? The sustainability of mass tourism debated at ITB travel show Berlin 2018
At the ITB travel trade show in Berlin overtourism is hotly debated. Majorca, Venice and Berlin — they all suffer from the excesses of tourism...
MoreCape Town’s drought reveals the future of travel – sustainability should no longer be a niche, but the norm.
For decades, the travel and tourism sector has been trying to make sustainable and responsible practices more mainstream; It shouldn’t be called...
MoreEU to scrutinise organic food supply chain in response to growth in fraudulent claims
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is to carry out an audit of organic food in the EU in response to growing retail sales within the sector that...
MoreIrish-based researchers confirm plastic pollution in 70% of Atlantic deep-sea fish
A new study sheds light on the magnitude of microplastic pollution in our oceans. The study, published in open-access journal Frontiers in Marine...
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