I worked for Conservation International in Cambodia tracking endangered species and looking for tiger. Yet no specimens were stranger than those consumed as part of the insect-heavy diet of my compatriots. I dare say that grilled tarantulas and skewered baby birds were the jungle Doritos.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Debates over Genetically Modified (GM or GE or GMO as you prefer) food remind me all too much of debates over religion or other moral questions. Too often the discussion is driven from an assumed right answer and arguments crafted accordingly. There is no real debate but instead two sides talking past each other.
Monday, May 24, 2010
This is my third trip to Peru in search of native sustainably produced foods, and I have fallen in love. In a country that places no value on organic produce. It is a leap of faith for these producers to go against the norm and they look to the outside world to keep this faith alive.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
It makes sense that we don’t know much about a small purple berry that grows atop 60 foot palm trees in the flooded plains of the Amazon River, but unscrupulous companies seize opportunities like this to
make unsubstantiated claims to try to prey on consumers’ ignorance and insecurities.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Chicha is the traditional preferred drink and an essential part of most indigenous cultures in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Food defines culture as much here as it does everywhere else, whether in the Mediterranean where drinking wine is a daily practice or in the Pacific Northwest where seafood and microbrews are cultural icons. Here the iconic equivalent is chicha.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
As a country in which 85% of its inhabitants work the land, and where permaculture reigns, Rwanda is supremely placed to be the first in the world to be entirely labeled Organic and Biodynamic
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Consumers have, as a result of the recent global economic climate, had to seriously tighten their belts and think hard about the purchases they make with their hard-earned money. An almighty shift needs to take place in our production methods globally – and in the way that we as consumers make our purchases.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Why did the Haitian earthquake become a food crisis? I spent the last nine days in Haiti working with refugees in Haiti and personally trying to better understand the answer to this question.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Specialization and trade has created incredible wealth and other benefits. Yet a dogmatic application of comparative advantage to agriculture has been a social and economic failure.
Monday, January 4, 2010
The Indian reverence for food itself drives what is arguably the most efficient food supply chain in the world: the Dabbawallahs.
Friday, May 28, 2010
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