Foodthink says The Atlantic salmon is known more commonly in China as ‘salmon’ (sanwenyu). Last week, we published a piece on salmon farming, ‘Is Salmon Truly “Free”?’. But what of the state of wild salmon? We may have forgotten what truly wild salmon is; they are almost impossible to find…

Foodthink Says Xibei has apologised and promised to improve, and Luo Yonghao has fallen silent; the storm over Xibei’s ready meals has subsided for now. But has the controversy truly ended? Debates and doubts regarding ready meals may resurface—what will be the next focal point? Before the public fully recognises…

Foodthink says *Eating the World: Industrial Britain, Food Systems and World Ecology* was published in 2020 by Chris Ott, a historian at Ohio State University. The book examines the shift in the British diet since 1750 alongside industrialisation: a transition from locally sourced plant-based proteins to the mass consumption of…

Foodthink Says “Stories about food are the best stories we can tell.” This is what veteran BBC journalist Dan Saladino told Foodthink during an interview at the 3rd International Conference on Agricultural Biodiversity this May. Saladino specialises in reporting on food and agriculture. Over more than a decade, he has…

The film *Nei Sha* opens with an immediate explanation of its title. On the banks of a reed bed in winter, Teacher Tang, an organic farmer, explains to a visiting professor: this is the mouth of the Yangtze River, where shifting sands have deposited over time to gradually form islands.…

For World Book Day on 23 April 2025, Foodthink has compiled a reading list recommended by our editors, authors, and peers. Although these suggestions were gathered independently, they converged instinctively on the most fundamental relationship of human existence: our connection to food, land, and the natural environment. From Bruno Latour’s…

Throughout 2024, we received a wide array of books spanning food, agriculture, ecology, sustainability, and culture—each documenting the complexities and possibilities of our world in its own way. From the hurried labourer to the modern grassland pastoralist, from the food politics behind foie gras to the diverse efforts in seed…

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…

The “Fermentation Awakening Life Festival”, co-hosted by Foodthink and the Beijing Organic Farmers’ Market, opened its doors two weeks ago! Episodes on kombucha, mozzarella, and ricotta from “The Alchemy of Food” video series have been released in succession, while the “Art of Fermentation” book club has just concluded its second…