Gas in the glass
Every time you open a bottle of fruit juice or water, or a can of beer, or a bottle of wine, there’s an invisible ally at work, preserving the quality and shelf life of the drink: nitrogen. It...
Can Ghana save its forests without abandoning cocoa farmers?
“We earn around $200 [€175, ed] a month, and every expense has to come out of that,” says Francis Tenor, president of the Boase Sibi cocoa cooperative in Ghana’s Eastern ...
A farewell to Carlo Petrini, the visionary who brought political dignity to food
“Those who sow utopia reap reality”: this is the phrase that Carlo Petrini often repeated, and it perhaps sums up his life spent turning ideas once considered on the fringes into global ...
Why the price of cocoa is dropping, but the price of chocolate is rising
Over the past two years, the price of cocoa has fluctuated sharply, culminating in a recent drop, yet the price of chocolate and finished products continues to rise. On the New York Commodity Exchan...
Zero Waste Day 2026, food waste: Europe aims for a paradigm shift
30 March marks International Zero Waste Day, established by the UN in 2022. This year’s theme is food waste, but the transition to a circular economy is a much broader challenge: ranging from ...
Anthrofood 2050: Food Anthropology Enters the Public Arena with an Eye to the Future
It is rare for the anthropological community to choose, with a collective voice, to occupy the public square to intervene in systemic emergencies, abandoning the comfortable detachment of the observ...
Article 6, the first World Bank outcome bond is launched
The World Bank has, for the first time, launched a bond with returns directly linked to greenhouse gas emission reduction outcomes. It is the $200 million Clean Cooking Outcome Bond, which utilises ...
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...