Tag: Food Security

Enhancing Food Security Through Earth Science Data

Written by Guest Author, 01-02-2021

When most agriculture in the world is rural, getting crucial geoscience information to farmers is a technical challenge that a few organisations are just starting to figure out. Read on

Biodiversity

Why Listening to Bees is the Most Important Thing We Can Do

Written by Tristan Rayner, 16-05-2019

May 20th is World Bee Day, an important day in history: today, back in 1734, Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born. And while he might enjoy people celebrating his big day, it’s unlikely that he’d be happy with how he finds the planet and its bee population some 285 years later. Read on

Green New Deal

SOLHO: Off-Grid Greenhouses Powered by Sun and Sea

Written by Lydia Skrabania, 28-01-2019

Without access to electricity, farming can be a struggle. The Dutch ecopreneurs behind SOLHO have developed an innovative system for greenhouses that produce their own energy. Read on

Green New Deal

Vertical Farming: Will the Food of the Future Grow Inside, Underground and Up in the Sky?

A growing population, increased urbanisation, climate change and depleted soil - producing enough food to sustain the world is becoming more and more of a challenge. Agriculture needs new approaches and innovation. Could vertical farms hold the key? Read on

Responsibility

Kitro's Digital Solution for Cutting Back on Restaurant Food Waste

Written by Ana Galán Herranz, 02-10-2018

Two Swiss ecopreneurs are using digital tech to help food outlets track, visualise and analyse what they're throwing away - in a bid to reduce food waste and cut costs too. Read on

Green Living

Too Good To Go: Fight Food Waste From Restaurants by... Eating it Yourself!

Written by Tristan Rayner, 01-08-2018

Want to help stop food going to waste and bag a tasty bargain in the process? With the Too Good to Go app, you can. We've taken a closer look at how it works. Read on

Development

5 Technological Innovations That Are Shaping the Future of Food

Written by Marisa Pettit, 16-07-2018

With the world population set to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050, ensuring there's enough affordable, nutritious food to go around is one of the biggest challenges that we face - and it's one that affects us all. What potential does technology hold for ensuring food security far into the future? Read on

Green New Deal

MotorLeaf: The Farming AI Which Helps Boost Modern Indoor Farms

Written by Mark Newton, 23-05-2018

MotorLeaf introduces a green-fingered AI which can help indoor farms match the growing food demands of the future. Read on

Green New Deal

AeroFarms: Growing Salad Indoors Without Sunlight or Soil in the World's Largest Vertical Farm

Written by Gast, 15-05-2018

Can we really grow fresh greens without soil or sunlight? Right in the centre of a busy city? In the US, AeroFarms is moving food production inside - and upwards. Read on

Green Living

The Indonesian Palm Oil Alternative That's Powered by Insects

Written by Ana Galán Herranz, 08-05-2018

Part of a wave of food entrepreneurs looking for ways to make our diets more sustainable, Biteback is taking palm oil off the menu - and adding bugs instead. Read on

Green Living

Keeping Food Fresher for Longer With the Edipeel Smart Edible Coating

Written by Sarah-Indra Jungblut, 17-04-2018

Organic, invisible and completely edible - could Edipeel be the solution we need to drastically cut back on global food waste? Read on

Development

Feeding India: Stopping Food Waste in One of the World's Most Undernourished Countries

Written by Ana Galán Herranz, 12-02-2018

A young entrepreneur is seeking to eradicate hunger and food waste in India through a social organisation that rescues leftover food. Read on

Urbanity

La Caverne: Growing Mushrooms Under the Streets of Paris

Written by Julian Furtkamp, 18-12-2017

A disused car park hidden under the streets of Paris has become the home of a huge indoor agriculture experiment - an urban permaculture project called "the cave". Read on

Green Living

Can Innovative Greenhouses in the Arctic Solve Food Security Issues?

Written by Tristan Rayner, 12-10-2017

Food security in the Arctic isn't simple. Access to sufficient variety and nourishment relies as heavily on the weather as anywhere else in the world. Read on

Biodiversity

GreenWave: The Secret Underwater Gardens Saving Our Seas

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 24-05-2017

A new model of vertical ocean farming is making waves, and it promises not just to help reduce the effects of overfishing and ocean acidification - it has also the potential to mitigate climate change and turn an ailing small fishing industry into a thriving restorative ocean farming one. Read on

Responsibility

Food Sustainability Media Award: Because Good Food Is More Than Just A Matter Of Taste

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 08-02-2017

Should writing about food go beyond taste, trends and recipes? Should food sustainability be at the heart of solving some key paradoxes of our times, such as hunger, obesity, food waste and starvation, or the fuel versus food dilemma? If you write about these issues, this award is for you. Read on

Chances

Gold for Bottura: the Italian Top Chef Serves Meals to the Needy in Rio Using Leftovers

Written by Anna Rees, 15-08-2016

Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana is the best chef in the world. He’s currently using his culinary skills and prominence to throw light on the subject of food waste, preparing meals for the needy in Rio using edible food waste. Read on

Climate Protection

How African Farmers Are Taking a Rain Check On Climate Change

Written by Marisa Pettit, 01-06-2016

Climate change often affects those who have done the least the cause it, and who are least equipped to deal with its consequences. With ever-shrinking cycles of drought in Africa causing crops to fail, many small-scale farmers across the continent are being left high and dry. Read on

Green New Deal

Well Bread: How a Loaf Is Building a Healthier, Fairer Food System

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 10-05-2016

A grassroots community is using one key ingredient to help improve the diets of local residents, stimulate local economies and create fair trade deals between farmer and retailer: bread! Take a look at how the Bread Matters team is going against the grain to revolutionise the food system. Read on