Nutrition basics should be taught in school
A recent report showed that the annual medical cost of obesity reached $147 billion (see article). On the other hand the contribution of the meat and poultry industry in the US is $832 billion...
View ArticleEducating the consumer – Nutritional information only is not enough
Last week a survey was published in the US about whether fast food customers were using nutritional information to make their choice. The result was that although they could read how many calories...
View ArticleWho will be the farmers of the future?
While most of the discussions about the future of agriculture and food tend to focus about how to feed 9 billion people, and about whether it should be organic or industrial, one question seems to be...
View ArticleHow to attract people to food production?
With the population increase, food production becomes an increasingly strategic activity. Yet, the food sector does not seem to have the appeal it deserves, and attracting new people appears to be a...
View ArticleConsumers shape food production systems
Although it is tempting to think that food production systems are created by agribusiness, they depend greatly on the choices and the attitude of consumers and society. For humans, food is not just...
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