We must make hope possible, not despair credible—only then can we walk the road to peace. — Raymond Williams Shortly after the raid on Venezuela, on 28 February 2026, US forces struck a primary school in Iran, killing at least 175 people, most of them children.…
Extreme weather has shifted from ‘news’ to ‘the everyday’, and we need action rooted in the land and driven by genuine needs more than ever. At the end of April this year, Foodthink officially launched the sixth round of the Lianhe Plan small (action) grants. We are…
In recent years, dining experience activities such as “flying kitchens” and “shared supper tables” have begun to gain traction. As a former cook, I was itching to jump in. Isn’t this the dream of anyone who loves to cook? You get to cook to your own heart’s content, free…
Foodthink Says Relief efforts for the floods in Guangxi are ongoing. In the hardest-hit area, Hengzhou in Nanning, the floods have swept through jasmine, paddy rice, sugarcane and banana cultivation, as well as fisheries and pig farming. As recently as the past two years, Hengzhou County had been strengthening…
After graduating with my undergraduate degree in 2025, I did not rush to find a stable job. Instead, I wandered in circles, searching for what I believed a good life ought to be. As the years passed, I—raised between cramped buildings and concrete—began to realise that nature could comfort…
16 June 2026 marked the fifth anniversary of Evil Valley’s founding. The skies had just cleared after the rain, so I rushed up to the roof to take photos. The forecast called for continuous rain—ten days before and ten days after. The old way of putting it is that…
1 Peak Straw Burning Ban Season It was clear to everyone that the crop straw burning ban had suddenly meant business. Set in 2025, Village A is located in the heart of the Dongting Lake basin in Hunan Province. The flat terrain makes it a…
In 2019, when Chen Xi first visited Qiandongnan in Guizhou, she was captivated by the paddy fields and rice of Yangdong Village. At the time, she had only just returned from the United States, where she had lived for eleven years, and was working in a Beijing office…
◉ Eating garlic scapes far from home is pure bliss. Photo: Jiang Xiechi “I came across some garlic scapes today!” On an early summer Saturday morning, a friend excitedly showed off their farmers’ market haul. Since moving to the UK last year, we’ve regularly met up at the…
Foodthink says Heavy rain and hailstorms have been frequent across the country recently, striking again at the critical growth stages of many crops and leaving farmers facing substantial losses. In public discourse, whenever the risks climate change poses to farming are raised, experts, the public, and even policymakers…
