global food loss and waste

Global food loss and waste 30 percent of cereals   40–50 percent of root crops, fruits and vegetables   20 percent of oilseeds, meat and dairy products 35 percent of fish [FAO 2015, estimated yearly by quantity at roughly]...

Rio: free gourmet meals for homeless

“I thought, this is an opportunity to do something that can make a difference”, Massimo Bottura In a fraying section of downtown Rio, a pack of the world’s most venerated chefs with the help of a crew of orange-aproned servers (some of the volunteers had traveled from...

two halves, one world

½ Social and cultural conditions of small- and medium-scale farmers, fisheries, food manufactories are the causes of food loss in low-income countries, where men and women play different roles. In rural settings, while women are often the main actors, social barriers...

food waste

Around 1,3 billion tons of food are wasted annually in the world, which correspond to almost 1/3 of the food production (FAO data). Only in EU are thrown away around 88 million tons of edibles, 180 kilos each every year, with associated costs totally estimated at 143...

about good food

About Good food (“Mai Wiru” in Australian aboriginal language), where “good” means true, simple, organic, local, seasonal, fresh and natural; obviously also delicious because it represents at the same moment nutriment and pleasure. In my opinion Food is not simply a...