food

Lavazza’s Tablì Redefines Single-Serve Coffee with a 100% Coffee Innovation

Lavazza introduces Tablì to the Italian market, a breakthrough designed to deliver a truly “100% caffè” experience. The system is the result of a five-year research pa...

The importance of social determinants: How inequality makes pandemics more deadly

“The paradox is that a risk that makes us all equal reveals, at the same time, how unequal we are,” reads the book Pandemocracy: A Philosophy of the Coronavirus by Spanish philosoph...

Eataly alla Radice, the new product line that emphases transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain

The new brand Eataly alla Radice (Eataly at the Source) is all about supply chain transparency. The project is promoted by Oscar Farinetti's company with scientific coordination from the Univer...

Cities Rising to the Challenge: Building Food Security from the Ground Up

The European Union is becoming increasingly concerned about food security, as President von der Leyen reminded us in her Statement on Behalf of the Union. But framing this as a European concern requ...

Perspectives on the animal world: RM58 interviews

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The Think Tank section of Renewable Matter #58, devoted to Animals, explores the complex contradic...

From plate to policy: how social norms can halve food waste in cities

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Across Europe, cities are rethinking how to tackle food waste. In Bruges, trained residents workin...

Cheese Whey for Circular Groundwater Remediation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In early June, the Umbria region and ARPA Umbria, along with Ramboll Italy and the Grifo Agroalime...

Nothing fishy about fish: consumer demand drives push for more sustainable seafood

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano While consumers are often encouraged to eat more seafood for its nutritional benefits, such as ome...

Biodiversity and Health: A Vital Alliance for Our Future

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nature is fundamental to the health of people and communities. But when the word “biodiversi...

Do trade and tariffs decide what we eat?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Threats of new tariffs from US President Donald Trump are on the front pages of all newspaper...

Climate and Trump: uncertainty looms over global food prices

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After a 2.1% decline in global agricultural commodity prices in 2024, the outlook for the year ahe...

Startup, Keep IT Cool: Solar-Powered Refrigeration Tackling Food Waste

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Nigerian startup Keep IT Cool (KIC) delivers sustainable refrigeration and smart distribution solu...

Waste not, want not: turning food waste into fertile soil for sustainable growth

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In Catalonia there are 7.7 million residents and approximately 7.9 million pigs. That’s over...

Sustainably nourishing the global population: the third challenge of the Ocean Decade

UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the United Nations aim to reverse the cycle of decline affecting our seas by making the ocean healthy and resilient, safe, clean, productive, ...

COP28, Declaration for sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems

A milestone in climate action, with the hope that global commitment swiftly translates into tangible measures: On Friday, December 1st, the COP28 Presidency announced the historic signing of a decla...

A circular food system can reverse the overshoot of planetary boundaries

* Álvaro Conde and Alex Colloricchio contributed to this article   A global transition towards a sustainable food system is long overdue, scientists agree: and although farming has lon...