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As I’m doing more and more research to try and figure out where to best spend my next year, it’s been slightly overwhelming to find so many different interpretations of “sustainable agriculture”. What is really the “best” paradigm? Permaculture? Agroecology? Holistic management? Sustainable intensification? Can one even say there is one and only “best” strategy? … Continue reading Climate-Smart Agriculture – The New Paradigm for Sustainability?

Confession: Facebook is undoubtedly the first tab I open in my browser every time I turn on my computer. It seems we spend half of our life on that site, don’t we? In my defense, my newsfeed has slowly moved from being dominated by lolcatz pictures and Instagrammed lunches to a mix of news, inspiration … Continue reading Like Food (Policy) For Thought on Facebook and Join the Discussion!

Hey everybody! Hope you are having an awesome weekend! I have a treat for you today: This Slate article, entitled “Unacceptable Ingredients. How many of the groceries sold at Walmart would be banned by Whole Foods?”  A bit of background – Whole Food has this policy of “unacceptable ingredients” where it doesn’t stock certain products … Continue reading Walmart and Whole Foods Face Off

Once the US Geological Survey realized the importance of bees to the pollination of our crops, and specifically the dire need to preserve native species, they set out to catalogue them and used advanced macro-photography tools provided by the military to piece together extreme close-up shots like the ones above. There is nothing left to … Continue reading Bee Portraits – The Best Piece of the Internet This Weekend

Ohhh sugar. We love it, right? But often, it is also the demise of self-control, of overeating, and of our long-term health. Here are three articles that – topically, now in January – look at sugar and its addictive power.

Hey everybody! I just came home to Sweden after a  24h+ trip and am beat, but I still wanted to check-in with the answer to the question you have probably also spent a lot of sleepless nights over – do British cows moo differently than American ones? On the podcast “How to do everything”, Sir … Continue reading What Does The Cow Say?

Yes! Great commentary and a crucial refocusing of the debate that mirrors my own understanding, and relatedly my (hopefully) future work!