Foodthink Says *Eating to Extinction* is a work that explores the global crisis of food diversity and serves as a vital call for the protection of local germplasm resources and cultural heritage. On 9 July, Foodthink and Beiye Books jointly launched the *Eating to Extinction* online reading series, featuring in-depth…
Foodthink Says Since the beginning of June, a video titled “From Waste Siege to Not Enough Waste to Burn: China’s Speed Leaves the West Bewildered” has spread rapidly across the internet. The idea of throwing eyesore rubbish into a furnace to burn it all away, then using the released energy…
I. A Journey Starting with Bananas Bananas have been one of the plants I have encountered most frequently over the past year. From Africa to Brazil, I have seen and eaten a great many of them—deep-fried, stewed with tomatoes, sautéed in butter; some as long as an arm, others as…
Foodthink Insights Internationally, an increasing number of scholars, policymakers, and practitioners have begun to promote and adopt the concept of “agroecology”. While this term remains somewhat unfamiliar in the Chinese-speaking world and is often translated as “ecological agriculture”, the latter fails to capture the rich connotations of agroecology, which integrates…
On 4 July, Independence Day, Donald Trump signed the “Beautiful Act”, announcing the passage of what he claims is the most critical core agenda of his second presidential term. This massive tax-cut and spending bill covers every aspect of American social issues. While Trump asserts that the “Beautiful Act” will…
Foodthink’s Take Severe rainstorms have once again struck Beijing. This time, the flooding swept through the northern mountainous regions. The inflow to the Miyun Reservoir reached 6,550 cubic metres per second—the highest level since the reservoir was constructed in 1959. What does this figure actually mean? Multiple villages and towns…
That bread has sold out again. As usual, I popped into the supermarket over the weekend to pick up my “weekly shop”. I headed to the bakery aisle in search of Jason’s Sourdough, only to find the shelf completely bare, save for a white “restocking” label. In just a few…
Foodthink Says The saga of “shortages” and skyrocketing prices in Japanese supermarkets has dragged on from last summer through to this one. Despite continuous government intervention, rice prices have refused to drop; instead, the situation has intensified, leading the media to dub it the “Reiwa Rice Riot”. Not only have…
The Amazon rainforest is disappearing at a rate of millions of hectares per year. In the first two decades of the 21st century, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon covered as much as 44 million hectares—an area larger than China’s Yunnan Province. Livestock development is the primary driver of illegal deforestation;…
In 2023, I arrived in Melbourne, the specialty coffee capital, on a Working Holiday Visa to work and learn. However, due to a lack of experience and the sheer number of young workers in Melbourne, I couldn’t sustain myself on a part-time cafe job alone. I happened to see people…
