Foodthink says Since returning home in 2013 to establish the Chengdu Liangliang Farm, Tang Liang’s practice has provided a constant source of inspiration for those concerned with food and farming. In 2018, Tang Liang’s 《The Ledger and Lifestyle of a Family Farm》 offered a sincere answer to the question of…
Foodthink Says “Mingqian tea is as precious as gold.” Spring tea harvested and processed before the Qingming Festival often fetches a high price, representing the most critical harvest of the year for many tea farmers. If extreme weather causes a drop in yield, the incredibly short picking and marketing windows…
On a windy March day in Beijing, we sat down at the Foodthink office with Tang Liang, who had travelled from his farm in Sichuan, to look back on his twelve-year journey of returning to his roots. Tang Liang was the first in his family to attend university. After graduating…
One of the most significant recent news stories from Europe has seen farmers across the continent taking to the streets to protest against EU trade and land management policies, with France serving as the epicentre of the unrest. According to leaders of the primary French agricultural unions involved, extreme weather…
At the beginning of 2024, Foodthink launched the recruitment for the third ‘Ecological Agriculture Internship Programme’. We would like to thank everyone for their interest and enthusiastic applications. This year, we received a total of 62 farm internship applications. Following detailed discussions between Foodthink, 12 farm mentors, and our partner…
More than 20 years ago, a group of pioneer farmers and social organisations blazed a trail for “ecological agriculture” in China. Driven by a desire to ensure food safety and a commitment to protecting the environment, they began experimenting with cultivation free from pesticides, chemical fertilisers, and herbicides. Whether they…
The Spring Festival holiday has come to an end. What tastes of home did you rediscover this year? In this episode of Food Talk, the team at Foodthink gather to share their culinary memories of the New Year. From Shaanxi to Hainan, and Harbin to Beijing, each region brings its…
Foodthink’s Perspective As mentioned previously, consumers are often too disconnected from the point of production to truly understand the quality of their food, making it difficult for them to effectively safeguard their rights. To address this, Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) practices have emerged within China. PGS emphasises that various ‘stakeholders’—including…
Foodthink says ‘315’ is the shorthand for Consumer Rights Day. Every year on this date, people instinctively focus on which frauds have been exposed by CCTV. In daily life, however, a product’s value exists in more than just a binary of ‘real’ or ‘fake’; consumers also care about quality and…
A year ago, I decided to leave a non-profit organisation dedicated to sustainable agriculture to get onto the front lines of planting. I wanted to observe and reflect on the actual operations of ecological farming, experience rural life as a semi-farmer, and explore the possibilities of practising eco-agriculture. Consequently, I…
