Foodthink says 16 October is the 44th World Food Day. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has set this year’s global theme as: ‘Food security for all, building better lives, and creating a better future.’ Genetically Modified (GM) technology, along with its supporters and promoters, has…
From 1 January 2025, platform workers in Singapore—including those in food delivery, courier services, and ride-hailing—will receive more comprehensive social protections covering work injuries, retirement, healthcare, and housing. They will also be able to form “Platform Work Associations” to strengthen their collective bargaining power. This is the result of the…
Today, 13 October 2024, is the 35th International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Established by the United Nations, this day aims to raise international awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation. Over the past year, the increasing frequency of abnormal natural disasters across various regions has remained the greatest threat to…
Delicious chocolate chip biscuits are high-fat traps that trigger a “cycle of fear”, dragging us into one nightmare after another, saturated in dread; the “crunch” of crisps is a crisp outlet for suppressed anger, providing a hollow sense of security; sugar-free cola is a “happy liar”, like a false perfect…
Foodthink’s Take In August this year, the film *Another Hopeful Day* was released. It is not only the most profound exploration of delivery work and algorithms in cinema, but also a rare and exceptional work of realism in recent years. On 4 September, Foodthink invited the film’s director, Liu Taifeng,…
This summer, North China has seen persistent rainfall, making farming feel like opening a blind box. Vegetable prices have shot up. While summer is typically the harvest season for fruits and vegetables, this year there was almost nothing to gather. The window for sowing in August was repeatedly pushed back,…
Do we really understand today’s agriculture and food? When people think of farming, their subconscious memory is often that of an ancient scene: peasants toiling in the soil, back-breaking work under the open sky. In reality, driven by technology and capital, the landscape of modern agriculture has undergone a radical…
Is a future where artificial intelligence replaces humans still far off? While some have already begun to fear for their livelihoods, the widespread adoption of algorithms in sectors such as food delivery and retail has already transformed the way ordinary people eat. But does new technology necessarily herald a progressive…
The Paris Olympics closed last week, but the dust has yet to settle on the doping controversies. The turmoil involved at least three incidents related to food safety: Ultimately, all three incidents were determined to be caused by the consumption of meat products “contaminated” with doping agents, rather than the…
From hunter-gatherers to slash-and-burn agriculture, from toiling in the fields to GMOs, drones, lab-grown meat, and even AI technology; from being confined to the kitchen to waiting for food deliveries—humanity’s agricultural and food systems have undergone a radical transformation. The seismic shifts occurring in our farmlands reflect the impact of…
