Musings on sustainable food systems, agriculture vs. agroecology, and more!
Seeing as I have only a short period of time in the city, I didn’t hesitate long before jumping into activities organized by the local foodie community. I was lucky to come across the Slow Food Walks that happened to be scheduled for this weekend, and so took ample opportunity by doing not one, not two, … Continue reading Insights In Belgian Chocolate: From Theory to Practice!
As I will be trying to post more content more regularly (since I suddenly don’t have to study in the evenings – can’t even deal with no more obligations after 5pm…), but still find cool links that deserve to be posted, I’m considering doing a weekly round-up like other blogs do – how about on a … Continue reading Fun Links Friday!
Today, as part of my job (ha! hard ‘work’), I spent 2 1/2 hours watching the Agricultural Committee of the European Parliament grill the new Commissioner-Designate on Agriculture Phil Hogan and pondering his answers. After the hearing, he was approved by 32 members (vs. 10 against), making it as good as certain that he will … Continue reading A New Boss In Town… What Will It Mean For EU Ag?
Walking up and down endless stairways in search of your own office, confusing the cafeteria with the exit, having in-depth heart-to-hearts with IT help desk people… This feels like a new job! At the first station of my Mercator year, I’m going to get to know the ins and outs of European food policy with … Continue reading First Day of an Exciting Time!
I love stumbling over new policy ideas and strategies that try to tackle problems rather than just drawing attention to the bad. In that vein, in the last two days I found two new projects that want to reduce food waste – here they are! 1. Seattle fines food wasters First, and extremely surprising for … Continue reading Two New Ideas To Combat Food Waste – Are They Any Good?
I hope you had an excellent weekend! I have been enjoying a fabulous time with alumni from my program, but of course we do find time to decompress and read a bit – these are some of the things that caught my eye. Around The World In 8 Hospital Meals showcases the stark differences that exist … Continue reading Hospital Tales, Rides Against Food Waste and Monsanto Connection – Link Love!
Howdy! I’m very sorry for the disappearance, I’m in a fascinating but time-consuming seminar these 3 weeks and can barely find a free minute to read the news, much less report on them. Still, there are a couple of articles that have tickled my fancy, including these: Buen vivir: the social philosophy inspiring movements in … Continue reading September Food For Thought
Español Sometimes, it´s easy to get caught up in the news of the day – Ukraine, Gaza, ISIS – that other news items go unnoticed. So, for example, that Central American agricultural producers are being hit extremely hard this year after a disease called coffee leaf rust destroyed many export crops. Now, on top of … Continue reading Drought in Central America – Sequía en Centroamérica
Two posts ago, we reviewed what is problematic with the current way the financial system works. Now, let’s put a more positive spin on things – what can we do about it to change it? There are a number of different propositions on the table, both in terms of regulation and policy (which I will … Continue reading New Ways of Banking [ISEE Recap 3]
Hi y’all, welcome to a new ‘what I’ve been reading!’ So much good information out on the internet these days… First up, National Geographic (my love) has an awesome article on The Evolution of Diet. It talks about scientists trying to analyze what the last hunter-gatherer societies on the planet are eating, in order to … Continue reading Of Water and of Meat