General Interest

Although some of you might prefer to leave 2020 behind, we're looking back one last time. Here are the best read articles of 2020. Did you read them al ready?  Our list contains only articles that were published in 2020, not articles that were clicked on in 2020. This is because otherwise in our Dutch publication…

#THREAD - Pandemic restrictions have led to a spike in gardening, with people turning to their backyards for entertainment, comfort, and a sustainable source of food. But for those without green thumbs, there’s another option: yard sharing. thecounter.org/grassroots-gro…

The Counter (formerly New Food Economy) is 5 years old! Check out 5 of our most impactful stories: bit.ly/38lG3gt

Baconnaise, Chipotle, and Garlic flavors bring Hellmann's vegan range to a total of four products.

The presence of COVID-19 gave a different twist to some 911 calls this year, with food delivery complaints and questions about lockdown topping E-Comm's annual list of the worst reasons people called the emergency line. 

More people around the world are going hungry, with tens of millions of people having joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years.

In the 2020 edition of the ‘State of food security and nutrition in the world’, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that almost 690 million people went hungry in 2019, which was up by 10 million from 2018, and nearly 60 million in five years.

In addition, the report forecasts, the COVID-19 pandemic could cause about 130 million more people to suffer from chronic hunger across the world by the end of 2020.

The numbers explained In total, the amount of people suffering from hunger worldwide was revised down from 820 million, as stated in the 2019 report, to the current 690 million.

Its construction is organic and flexible, providing large areas of urban and vertical farming, greenhouses, wildlife corridors, and integration of habitat ...

Why did an industry association ask FDA to drop the official, legal definition of French dressing? “They want to put more junk in it,” @marionnestle says: bit.ly/3mMvVSQ pic.twitter.com/gEGwcwYrJu

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed disappointment the world is not eating enough greens. To that end, he declared 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables to encourage people to stay longer at the meal table and eat properly.

An online channel specialized in land, agriculture, food and the environment, Cultivons-nous tv, has just been launched by Edouard Bergeon and Guillaume Canet. Edouard Bergeon is a French filmmaker who achieved great success in 2019 with his feature film "Au nom de la terre" (In the name of the land),…

This research highlights a single letter change in their DNA code can potentially decide whether a plant is a lark or a night owl. The findings may help farmers and crop breeders to select plants with clocks that are best suited to their location, helping to boost yield and even the ability to withstand…

According to data analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, between 2000 and 2019, the federal Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) conducted more than 31,000 investigations of farm employers, and 70 percent of them detected violations. That led to employers…

We're pleased to release the inaugural issue of the Farms.com #PrecisionAgriculture Digital Digest!

This digital magazine will be published 4 times throughout the year, connecting individuals with the latest #PrecisionAg updates: secure.campaigner.com/csb/Public/sho… pic.twitter.com/KfXlMPC9wW

Technology beat farmers at growing strawberries in the inaugural Smart Agriculture Competition organized by Pinduoduo, China’s largest agri-focused technology platform, underscoring its potential to raise agricultural productivity and increase food security. The four technology teams, which employed data…

The popular Dilly Bars are made vegan by using coconut-based ice cream and vegan chocolate coating.

What's the best food for the winter blues? Adding these plant-based foods to your diet can help make seasonal affective disorder feel a little more manageable.

The post How to Reduce the Winter Blues With Plant-Based Food appeared first on LIVEKINDLY.

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today launched the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021 (IYFV) with an appeal to improve healthy and sustainable food production through innovation and technology and to reduce food loss and waste.

Bright red, tasty and healthy, that’s how we know and love bell peppers. In a first, the team headed by Professor Sacha Baginsky from the Chair for Plant Biochemistry at Ruhr University (RUB) has deciphered in detail, at the protein level, what makes them turn red as they ripen. At the heart of the project are the so-called…

The last six months have created almost perfect growing conditions for the classic Christmas dinner table vegetable; sprouts. However, for anyone that doesn’t like sprouts, look away now – just when you thought 2020 couldn’t get any worse, not only will there be more this year but they will be bigger too. One of the UK’s…

The CPVO has released an improved version of its Variety Finder database on 10 December 2020. The Variety Finder database, managed and kept up to date by the CPVO, contains information from 147 registers from 70 countries with a general search tool. It also includes a similarity search tool to test the…

Village Farms has introduced its newest exclusive tomato variety, Sensational Sara®. Sensational Sara® is a novel tomato variety with a deep red color inside and out. The flavor is best described as a balance of sugar to acid ratio. The tomato is bigger than a cocktail but smaller than a TOV with a sturdy, vibrant green vine…

Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines. The development of the genetically modified (GM) tomato has implications for developing nations where access to pharmaceutical drugs…

Fun fact! Did you know that in the wild or planted in tropical climates, the #poinsettia can reach heights of 12 feet with leaves measuring six to eight inches across? It is actually a small tropical tree (Euphorbia pulcherrima) belonging to the Euphorbia plant family. #funfact pic.twitter.com/PpftjKA0UE

#DidYouKnow that you can extend the life of your #poinsettia with excellent care? pic.twitter.com/MPzYhDU0NA

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Nothing much has been written about the coconut blossom. Coconut flower is an indispensable item in the auspicious moments in Kerala. Whether it is a wedding or a temple festival, the ceremony cannot take place without the use of coconut flowers. Apart from this, coconut flower is also used for healing many diseases.

The Date palm is a tree that grows in the desert. Its fruits are known as dates and it is commonly found in the tropics and deserts. This tree is also known as the Tree of Life. Date palm is also the national symbol of Saudi Arabia and Israel.

Alpine Fresh, grower, packer, and shipper of fresh fruits and vegetables, has added purple Brussels sprouts to its product line. This new commodity is being offered alongside the company’s green Brussels sprouts program. These purple gems pack a different color and slight change in flavor profile in comparison…

A new study, undertaken by University of East Anglia researchers, called 'Impact of home food production on nutritional blindness, stunting, wasting, underweight and mortality in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials', is published today in the journal Critical Reviews in…

A Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) investigtion report has recently exposed that the honey sold by some of the major Indian brands like Patanjali and Dabur is adulterated.

Vegetables are an essential component of our diet and not getting enough of them can have harmful effects on our health. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are advising people to consume two to three cups of vegetables daily to meet their dietary requirements for fibre and other…