Analysis of national and local agricultural policies, food policies, regulatory changes, and governance mechanisms.
In an exclusive interview with Foodthink at the 3rd International Agrobiodiversity Congress, veteran BBC journalist Dan Saladino moves from Sichuan Red-Mouth Glutinous Rice to the revival of British farmhouse cheese and the Perry pear, discussing how to safeguard diversity in the industrial food system.
A joint investigation by Repórter Brasil and Hong Kong Free Press found that four Hong Kong-based companies purchased beef offal from 163 Beef, a slaughterhouse that repeatedly bought cattle from the Heller family farm, charged with deforesting 6,500 hectares.
Shaanxi is experiencing its worst drought since 1961. In May, at a workshop in Xianyang, Foodthink visited ecological farms and discussed climate technologies and pathways for social organisations, seeking ways to help farmers face climate disasters with preparedness and support.
This spring, Shaanxi logged its lowest average precipitation for the same period since 1961. Shitouhe Reservoir — the “Water Tower of Guanzhong” — is nearly dry. Mei County fruit growers pay steep wages for migrant workers to race the flowers; wheat fields yellow and wither over vast stretches.
Riders’ monthly cost: RMB 525 versus 1,500; pension benefits could differ by more than thirty times. Meituan’s “loss-making” claim crumbles under a close reading of its financial statements, while riders put it plainly: protection is not a luxury.
The sugar industry bought off Harvard professors; Coca-Cola manipulated obesity research. For over half a century, food giants have persistently distorted nutritional science, reducing food to isolated nutrients—at the expense of Americans’ health.
After the 2019 Rice Tariffication Law abolished import quotas, the paddy procurement price fell from 20 pesos to 14 pesos while middlemen sat back and profited; smallholders in Mindanao are now reclaiming autonomy over production through participatory plant breeding.
The Udon Thani sugar mill was shut for over-receiving burnt sugarcane, stranding nearly 2,000 lorries and some 50,000 tonnes facing rot. Fresh-cut harvesting costs triple that of burning; fines and subsidies cannot bridge the gap — smallholders have no way out between the burn ban and survival.
China’s registered dietitian system has no ethical guidelines on commercial endorsements, so taking ads easily becomes a purely financial choice. US Registered Dietitian (RD) Zheng Luyue interviewed peers; the traffic-integrity trade-off varies individually. Consumers can spot pseudo-science communication by identifying conflicts of interest and questioning data sources.
Foodthink marks Qingming by building a “cemetery” for five articles deleted from its WeChat Official Account — detailing, one by one, why and when each vanished, from a Bianlifeng algorithm battle to a farmer’s plastic mulch film dispute — and leaving keywords to help readers find the originals.
