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This summer, Malaysia is experiencing a veritable durian glut. Bumper harvests across major growing regions such as Johor, Penang and Perak, compounded by a recent surge in supply from mature orchards, have driven prices sharply down. According to the Sin Chew Daily, some lower-grade Musang King fruit has…
Author’s Note When I first drafted this in October 2024, it was heavy with emotion. I couldn’t quite grasp how the company operated; I was angry, resentful. Revising the piece this year, after my own “baptism of fire” at another state-owned enterprise, those incidents now seem fairly unremarkable in hindsight.…
As extreme weather shifts from ‘news’ to ‘the everyday’, we need action rooted in the land and driven by real needs more than ever. In late April this year, Foodthink officially launched the sixth round of the Lianhe Project small (action) grants. We aim to uncover locally…
Foodthink Says On 23 May, the documentary *Whose Pasture, Whose Table* was screened in Urumqi. Following the screening, audience members from local Xinjiang organisations, universities, animal husbandry experts, and various sectors of society shared insights and discussed the conditions of Xinjiang’s pastoral regions, drawing on the film’s content. The…
This year marks the UN-designated International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. To raise awareness of rangelands and pastoralists, the investigative documentary *Whose Table, Whose Pasture?*, supported by the Foodthink Lianhe Creation Programme, will be screened in Nanjing on the afternoon of 26 May. Following the screening, Tianle from Foodthink will…
Happy Youth Day to all our young friends! People often say that young people are the most proactive, dynamic, vibrant, and idealistic group. Yet in reality, most young people are simply wage earners hustling to make ends meet. In this busy, ever-accelerating era, over the past two…
From coordinated crackdowns on ghost kitchens to crops irrigated with “red groundwater,” food and agriculture issues tend to only briefly capture public attention when a safety crisis breaks. Should our focus remain fixated on these isolated incidents, many deeper-rooted problems will continue to be overlooked. Against this backdrop, Foodthink seeks…
Grain Rain ( guyu 谷雨 ) has arrived; the showers nurture the fields as the countryside enters the busiest and most vibrant season of the year. After a fortnight of quietude, Foodthink is also taking this solar term as a moment to begin anew. Riding on the season’s rains, we…
Friends were divided on whether Guan Qi was an introvert or an extrovert. Several people had asked him directly, only to receive a different answer each time. After he passed away, as we gathered together, we realised this was a truth that could never be pinned down. Whenever I recall…
Looking back at 2025, what news about food and agriculture left the deepest impression on you? Was it the struggle to harvest crops amidst the relentless rains of North China, the delivery platform wars, the heated debates over pre-prepared meals that nearly sparked violence, or…? Over the past year, Foodthink,…
