by Tasting the Future | Jun 8, 2023 | Agroecology, Climate Change, Food Security, Healthy, sustainable diets
With much fanfare and after many years of consultation with a wide variety stakeholder across Europe, the European Commission (EC) published its Farm to Fork Strategy (F2F)[i] in May 2020, a 10-year plan aiming to make food systems ‘fair, healthy and environmentally...
by Tasting the Future | Sep 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Agroecology, Pesticides
Exactly 60 years ago today, the environmental classic ‘Silent Spring’ was first published by Rachel Carson on September 27th, 1962. An author and American biologist, Carson was one of the first scientists to highlight the terrible damage we are doing to the planet...
by Tasting the Future | Jul 23, 2019 | Agroecology, Case Study, Food systems, health, soils
Until recently, China’s agricultural history and traditions have been embedded in approaches and systems in which soil health and human health were at the heart of their farming traditions. This changed as a result of the cultural revolution and rapid urbanisation...
by Tasting the Future | May 20, 2019 | Agroecology, health, soils
Over the last few years there has been a noticeable and welcome upsurge in research, evidence and policy exploring the importance of soil and its links to improving food security and reducing climate change emissions. There is evidence that healthy soils underpin...