It’s basically a big patch of floating rubbish in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but what is it made of and how did it get there?
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What exactly is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
Future Food Fashions Trending in Milan
I recall sitting in a café back in May this year sipping a macchiato and eating a flaky pastry. Early morning in Milan was a sight, and out of the window I remember seeing the Duomo cathedral rising majestically out of the central square.
Continue reading “Future Food Fashions Trending in Milan”Food fraud is big business
Fraud in the food and beverage sector is big business – for both bad and good reasons.
Top 10 predictions for trending food changes
With all the changes and pressures afoot in the food industry, and with international targets clearly defined through several of the United Nations Sustainability Goals, what can we expect our food to look like in the future?
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Go on – eat an alien
Kirsha Kaechele, an American artist and curator, has bought us an interesting concept in ‘Eat the problem‘.
So what is it?
The problem with honey fraud
According to recent media coverage, Australian honey and honey producers are under threat from fraud.
The next big things for food
WITH food production and processing going through its biggest change since the industrial revolution, what can we expect our food to look like in the future? Some of these advances will be to the product we eat, some will be to the packing the product comes in and some will not be so obvious, but will be major changes to the way food is produced.
Reversing the great global bee decline
Bees mean honey right?
Well yes and no.
Yes, we have exploited and managed bees for their delicious byproduct for millennia. Besides a great tasting and relatively healthy sweetener, honey and bees are used for other purposes.
Saving threatened species from the danger of poachers
Illegal logging and wildlife poaching are driving species to extinction. But the scientists working to save these species may also inadvertently be releasing information that helps poachers find and destroy these species. Read on for helpful advice on how to avoid releasing a treasure map for poachers, rewritten from an interview with Robyn Williams for ABC’s Ockham’s razor.
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The Federated States of Degradia
With almost a third of arable land classified as degraded, what can we do to reverse the rapid pace of degradation and can we do it in a way that benefits us?
