Introductions, activities, progress updates, participant records, and reviews related to the Lianhe Programme.
Foodthink says “Seeking the tastes of childhood” has become a trending topic over the last few years. The subject of this article, the “White Rabbit” melon, is the very embodiment of that “childhood sweetness” cherished in the memories of the people of Guanzhong. This heirloom variety has been cultivated since…
Editor’s Note Few dietary cultures are as deeply defined by religion and embedded in ethnic life as “Halal”. After connecting with Muslim friends from the Northwest, I realised that once they leave their predominantly Muslim communities to work in the South, they have very few affordable Halal dining options beyond…
Fieldwork in the pastoral areas of Gannan and Qinghai shows that low-priced imported meat from New Zealand, Brazil and other countries, called ‘fake meat’ by herders, is both squeezing local grass-fed meat out of the market and driving down herder household incomes.
Foodthink’s Take On 16 February, Foodthink hosted an in-person sharing session centred on *Fake Meat Displaces Real Meat*, a featured work of the Lianhe Creative Project. The author and guest panellists engaged in a lively discussion on topics such as the impact of imported meat and the future of traditional…
Every garden possesses its own theory of beauty and its own moral conception of happiness. —— Santiago Berrueyet, *Philosophy in the Garden* Strangely enough, it was “weeds” that first drew me to ecological farming. Firstly, weeds as a problem. As a student of sociology and anthropology, I spent nearly a…
Foodthink’s Perspective Termite mushrooms, known locally in Shaoguan, Guangdong as “Summer Solstice mushrooms”, have become a culinary trend in recent years, sparking a picking frenzy across Northern Guangdong. CaiCai and Dayan from the “Springflut” studio ventured into the Yao community and inadvertently found themselves amidst a vast army of mushroom…
Foodthink Says What happens when young people, reluctant to follow the mainstream path of life, come to intern at an agroecological farm? What do they gain? This article shares the reflections of Ze Jun, an intern in Foodthink’s third “Agroecology Internship Programme”, compiled from her talk at last year’s sharing…
From meat shops in county towns in the pastoral areas of Qinghai and Gansu to ranches in the Brazilian Amazon created by deforestation, low-priced imported beef and mutton push down local grass-fattened meat prices and affect herders’ income from livestock sales and their livelihoods.
I first came across ecological agriculture around 2016. Through my involvement in nature education, I naturally connected with people practising it and realised that many were farming for the sake of healthy food and a sustainable environment and lifestyle. At the time, I was growing plants and flowers on a…
In this episode of “Food Talk”, we connect remotely with five interns participating in Foodthink’s “Lianhe Project” to hear about their daily lives on the farm. These young people, hailing from all walks of life, have travelled to Green Me Farm in Jingyang, Shaanxi, for their internships. Do you think…
