Food regulation, foodborne risks, processing, additives, and related safety issues.
A financial media outlet’s former agricultural journalist Xie Xiaodan wrote food as supply-and-demand figures through financial reports, market prices and phone interviews. From pig abscess meat, vegetable prices and a shared-farm vegetable plot, they realised agricultural reporting must leave statements and return to the land.
US health official Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing ‘Make America Healthy Again’. The FDA has had a $400 million budget cut and 3,500 staff cut. Food testing quality control has been paused, and US food safety oversight is again facing difficulties.
Sold-out sourdough bread, olive oil, sea salt and vinegar are going viral as UK consumers use ‘anti-ultra-processed food’ and social-media aesthetics to turn affordable basic staples into pricier lifestyle purchases.
From the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Amazon, imported Brazilian beef links herders’ livelihoods, price choices and rainforest deforestation. Chinese consumers argue over low prices and the environmental cost.
From US military products to takeaway containers, plastic has penetrated everyday life through the oil industry and single-use consumption. Recycling and biodegradable solutions have limits; humanity must reconsider which products should be made from plastic and how to create less waste.
During the first decade of the 21st century, triggered by a series of food safety crises, a group of Chinese consumers began exploring better agricultural practices and ingredients. Across the country, the first wave of farmers dedicated to organic cultivation gradually emerged. Cao Xiaohong, a guest in this episode, was…
For World Book Day, Foodthink’s editors, authors and peers recommend books that connect food, land and the natural environment, including Bruno Latour’s ecological politics, French rural transformation, China’s environmental movement, vanishing foods and industrial additives.
I. The Plastic Crisis: Regularly Updated “Microplastics have entered the human brain, and the weight of these particles can even exceed that of a plastic spoon.” Several friends sent me this message a few days ago. Since I started working for an environmental organisation a few years ago, I’ve become…
At a recent press conference during the National People’s Congress, the National Health Commission announced the launch of a three-year ‘Weight Management Year’ initiative. The campaign aims to encourage the public to prioritise weight management, adopt science-based eating and exercise habits, lose weight healthily, and lead healthier lives. Everyone should…
Foodthink Says Was there ever a moment when you suddenly just didn’t want to order takeaway anymore? On 1st March, Foodthink’s new column, “Eat Something Good”, launched a call for submissions: 「100 Moments I Didn’t Want Takeaway」, and we received many letters from our readers. As an editorial team that…
