In order to reduce obesity, it does not help either to reduce the number of fast food restaurants or to make fruit and vegetables cheaper. This requires a change in our food culture, argues Wim Groot. The food must be more expensive. The four large municipalities will reduce the number of fast food restaurants in … Read more
Public trust in science being abused – Wynia’s Week Week 32 – 2022 Public trust in science is being abused ‘SCIENCE’ Arnout Jaspers: That it is ‘very bad’ with nature is not a scientific fact, but just one lie | FOOD CULTURE We are too fat because we want to eat cheap and does not … Read more
The costs of gas and electricity, fuel and groceries are skyrocketing. Life has become much more expensive in recent months, and as a result more and more people are affected, as can be seen in the video below: Pets also seem to be victims of the rising cost of living, according to a tour on … Read more
When the next phase of Brexit starts, a lot will change for businesses exporting fruit, vegetables and cut flowers to the United Kingdom (UK). It now looks like it will be in late 2023. Due to Brexit, they will soon have to provide all their shipments with a phytosanitary certificate. In ‘Buitenstebinnen’, a semi-annual publication … Read more
After all, there are all kinds of fun and relevant things to see at the green World Exhibition in Almere, says the landscape architect, who was already involved in 5 of the 7 Floriades. Like the research that TU Delft is doing in the Climate Arboretum. The effect that trees have on the temperature in … Read more
Ibrahim Barrie counts himself among the lucky ones. As a lecturer at a private university in Freetown, he receives a fixed salary. And by the standards of his compatriots, a good salary too, he says over the phone. Converted, it is about 500 dollars a month. Enough to support his family, parents, student sister and … Read more
Rabobank ranks Dutch milk production among the vulnerable sectors and has reserved an additional amount of 76 million euros to absorb setbacks in this sector. The bank has decided this because the government’s nitrogen policy for this sector causes great uncertainty. Finance manager Bas Brouwers says that labeling the loans for livestock farming as ‘vulnerable’ … Read more
Razoni filled with Ukrainian corn.Picture Reuters The original buyer in Lebanon suddenly withdrew the corn ordered, which was allegedly used as chicken feed. Razoni left the Ukrainian port of Odessa on August 1 with 26,000 tons of corn. After an inspection in Istanbul, the ship was bound for Lebanon, but the buyer there rejected the … Read more
August 11, 2022 | Kim Hendriksen & John Samson The consequences of climate change are already being felt on Curaçao. On a political level, little is concretely happening, even though a report has been ready for some years. For example, the island must build differently, produce more sustainable energy and be better prepared for extreme … Read more
About madObox Founders: Jane Dimitrova and Velin Kerkov Founded in: 2021 Employees: 12 Money raised:- Ultimate goal: Fight food waste. Tackling food waste is much more difficult than it seems at first glance. Many catering companies throw away food that is not sold on a daily basis. The Bulgarian start-up foodObox wants to do something … Read more
