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Between March and August this year, I made several trips to Tianxingzhou and the Lüdāo residential area in Wuhan. Situated in the suburbs of Hongshan District, Tianxingzhou is a river island surrounded on all sides by water. It has a history of watermelon cultivation stretching back more than a century…
On a mid-river island that flourishes with the waters yet is swallowed by them, how do melon farmers come to terms with an increasingly erratic climate—or are they destined only to be forgotten, to be displaced? ◉A path on the river sand, November 2022 What lies…
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.…
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…
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…
