The award-winning documentary *Whose Table, Whose Pasture?* will be screened at the Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University this Friday, 12 June 2026. Following the trail of imported beef and mutton alongside local yak and Tibetan sheep, the film’s director began in Xining’s wholesale and retail markets before heading to…
1 The one who pressed the piano pedal has gone first. On 21 May 2026, Carlo Petrini, founder of the Slow Food movement, Italian journalist and writer, passed away. ◉ The Slow Food movement advocates for food that combines excellent flavour with environmentally friendly production…
This summer, Foodthink is looking for a few interns and part-time collaborators to work alongside us. If you’re already keeping an eye on food, agriculture, environmental and rural issues, following developments in the food and agriculture sector, enjoy reading research, or are keen on content creation and uncovering…
1 A Braised Goose Worth 100,000 Yuan This is a Qiaopi dated 12 July 1946, sent from Seremban, Malaysia, to Huamei Township, Chao’an, Guangdong, over 4,000 kilometres away. It is now held in the collection at the Qinghui Pavilion of the Caitang Qiaopi Museum in Chao’an…
Where do our daily meals come from? Some race against the clock in wind and rain to deliver takeaways; Some safeguard a single rice seed in mountain terraces; Some have tended herds across the grasslands for generations yet feel powerless as livestock prices continue to fall; Others harness…
By late April, farmers across Heilongjiang Province are immersed in spring planting preparations. Following local agricultural custom, they begin with a traditional field-clearing burn to remove crop residue, followed by rotary tillage and sowing. Travelling along the roads, intermittent wisps of white smoke from these burns are frequently visible.…
This March, concerns over beekeeper losses following pesticide spraying on oilseed rape crops sparked considerable discussion. As beekeepers witnessed vast numbers of dead bees, public attention increasingly turned to the impact of pesticides on pollinating insects. Yet beyond these visible deaths lies a more insidious disappearance: the bees do…
Foodthink says Pickled vegetables, sour soups, fermented milk curds, bread, beer, sausages, cheese… Whether in China or abroad, fermented foods are everywhere. This may be because fermentation is, at its core, a biological process in which ubiquitous microorganisms interact with their specific surrounding environment. In modern society, fermented…
I grew up wandering through wet markets. Day to day, I am just an office worker in a cubicle, but come the New Year, I transform into the “deputy” of our family’s grocery stall. What is a wet market, exactly? For ordinary people living by the natural rhythm…
Registration for the Jiangxi session of the Local Ecological Agriculture Co-learning and Co-building Camp closes on 25 May 2026. With only a few places remaining, we encourage early registration. As a non-profit platform advocating sustainable food and farming systems, Foodthink published an open call in early 2024:…
