Organic production, sustainable farming methods, and agroecological practices.
Since 11 May this year, a new national food safety standard has officially come into effect. The maximum residue limit for flumioxazin in chives has been increased from 0.2 mg/kg to 5 mg/kg, a 24-fold increase. While Fomephon is classified as a low-toxicity pesticide, long-term consumption may still pose certain…
I. Growing Up with the Flavours of the Loess Plateau I was born in the 1980s and grew up in the mountains of the Loess Plateau. I loved the mountains, the plateau, and the freedom of roaming through hills blanketed in wildflowers. My hometown lies where Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner…
I am Xiaomi. In December 2021, at the age of 26, I resigned from a civil service training company. Without a clear idea of what job to look for, I headed home to prepare for the Lunar New Year. During the holiday, I began to think about my future; I…
In this episode, the Food Talk host travels to Tongxiang, Zhejiang, accompanying Yu Jiangang—a young man who returned to his roots—to visit the village where he was born, raised, and has now returned. They explore the village’s final acre of Hangbai chrysanthemums and the biodiversity and Jiangnan culture that surround…
Highlights from the 10th annual Farmer’s Seed Network meeting at China Agricultural University in Suzhou, where farmers, researchers and local agriculture officials discussed community seed banks, heirloom varieties, organic seed certification, climate adaptation and seed exchange.
The Foodthink agroecology internship sends its second cohort to nine ecological farms, from Alxa’s desert fields to Hainan’s pomelo orchards, where interns learn from mentors and explore food, soil and new ways of living.
Since Dutch farmers’ protests against nitrogen reduction policies began over six months ago, the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging, or BBB), widely seen as ‘pro-farmer’, has emerged as a dark horse in this March’s provincial elections. Founded just four years ago, the BBB not only secured nearly 20% of the vote but…
“I have an idea—though I don’t know if it will be of any use?” Her mother-in-law and the former housekeeper both stared at her. She said, “We are at our busiest in spring, but the autumn is quiet. Why not take this time to trade in Hangbai chrysanthemums? They are…
In Europe and Japan, there is a long history of children learning through nature and agriculture. Every year, primary school pupils are organised by their schools to visit the fields to learn how to sow, nurture, and produce food—moving from the classroom to the outdoors, and from spring ploughing to…
Foodthink says Last Monday, we shared the reasons why more than ten young people decided to press the pause button on their city lives. Why, then, did they not choose to simply ‘lie flat’, but instead head to the countryside to learn how to farm and embrace a more laborious…
