When it comes to food, we make on average 200 decisions every day, researchers say. These decisions may include what, where, how often, why, from whom to buy food, but also quantity, quality, origin, and impact of our food choices. Just like drops of water that, consistently after decades, can…

Stories of other people’s lives and foodtech In these explosive days, while the return from mass vacations seems the only one-dimensional frame to the current propaganda, in Pollica (S.A.), the third edition of the FAO and Future Food learning experience, focused on the theme of the Mediterranean, has come to an end. And that is on the…

Twenty-first-century humanism is often associated with a radical transition. A humanism that is increasingly hyper-connected, a humanism aimed at progress, a humanism increasingly able to contaminate itself with innovation and the digital. A trans-humanism or post-humanism thatrisks, if unmoderated, weakening and suffocating what makes the sense of humanity unique. From…

The proof that contemporary society has been gradually dissociating from the complexities of life is right in front of us. The advancement of resource commodification, marketization of every dimension of existence, oversimplification, blind overexploitation, and the progressive diminishing of diversity have pushed the world towards the edge of a breakdown. …

The state and advancement of drought and desertification on the Earth are detectable even from space. We have been progressively turning our Planet not only into arid and degraded lands, but also into carbon sources, Especially during the extreme drought events primarily seen on five continents. This degradation of the…

The potential of blockchain applied to agri-food systems and ecosystems. Globally, there is a widening distance between fields and tables, between producers and consumers. It is a dangerous gap, distancing the land from processed food, preventing citizens from knowing the agricultural practices used, and fragmenting nutrition between the agricultural methods and the different stages of the supply chain.

TURNING CRISIS INTO POTENTIAL FOR UKRAINE, ITALY, AND THE EU — “People are a mirror image of the soil they live on. When soil is degraded people are poor and malnourished”, Rattan Lal used to say. If we think about it, the results of biodiversity loss, soil degradation, and impoverishment are always replicated at the human level, with wars and conflicts…

Preserving the Mediterranean marine ecosystem, diversifying fishing models, countering the depletion of fish stocks, preventing seabed and habitat degradation, but also preserving traditional knowledge, encouraging cooperation including in research, protecting the rights of fishermen, especially responsible small-scale fishermen, and promoting responsible fishing. …

Act boldly, innovate broadly, and implement equitably. These are the cornerstones around which World Earth Day, which the world has celebrated on April 22 for the past 52 years, revolves. …