Foodthink says In the face of the climate crisis, many advocate for the use of capitalist market mechanisms to achieve carbon reductions. One such model is discussed in this article: companies pay for carbon credits, with the funds used to help a specific region reduce deforestation rates and develop alternative…

Foodthink’s Perspective Some media outlets have dubbed 2024 the “inaugural year of GMO commercialisation” in China. In 2023, 37 varieties of genetically modified maize and 14 varieties of genetically modified soy passed variety certification, and 26 companies were granted permits for the production and operation of GM maize and soy…

Foodthink says As delivery riders face exploitation and pressure, merchants contend with exorbitant commissions, and users worry about the lack of health guarantees for their food, an increasing number of people have begun to criticise and scrutinise platform enterprises. However, beyond mere criticism, can we imagine an alternative platform model?…

Foodthink Says This year is expected to be the hottest on record. However, at the recently concluded 29th UN Climate Change Conference, nations continued to clash over funding issues, leaving negotiations repeatedly deadlocked. The climate funding gap for agriculture is particularly vast. When we talk about agriculture adapting to climate…

“The American system considers itself a very successful culture because we have more people in prison than we have farmers. To feel smug about such statistics is utterly contemptible.” Five years have passed, and I still remember the shock of first reading Joel Salatin’s *Everything I Want to Do is…

Autumn harvest has arrived once more, and the question of whether straw should be burned has again become a focal point of public debate. In October, several areas in Hunan saw a rise in unregulated open-air straw burning, which worsened air pollution in some regions and led to the provincial…

Foodthink’s Take Double 11 is here once again. Have you joined the shopping spree this year? Paying for one’s conscience, or spending based on a set of moral principles and values, is a form of ‘ethical consumption’ that differs from traditional consumerism. It reflects the consumer’s desire to support values…

As global warming intensifies, the Fall Armyworm has emerged as a new risk threatening global agricultural production. In the summer of 2019, during our fieldwork in Jixian (a pseudonym) on the North China Plain, the arrival of the Fall Armyworm put the entire county on a “wartime footing”. The Fall…

Foodthink’s Perspective Since the 1950s, a “Fair Trade” movement has emerged globally. Cheap agricultural products from developing countries are constantly imported into developed nations, yet the vast majority of profits from commodity prices are seized by large capital interests within the trade chain, leaving farmers and labourers with only a…