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Industrial agriculture often neglects biodiversity and sustainable ecosystems. Food forests, on the other hand, are species-rich and full of life. Unlike natural forests, food forests are mainly composed of perennial edible plants, including trees and shrubs with edible fruits. They are self-sustaining, productive, and relatively inexpensive to manage.

Could food forests be replacing part of our conventional agriculture?

Tune in to find out what food forests are, how they are designed, and whether they present a scalable solution.

Article by Lina Dilly
Read by Inés Oort Alonso
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

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The FAO estimates that we lost 75% of our crop diversity during the 20th century. This trend is threatening food security and human health. But in recent years awareness has increased and efforts to reverse this trend are being made. So what is crop diversity? How can this benefit our food system?

#ChallengesWithFarming

Article by Lina Dilly
Read by Eloise Adler
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article 'Crop Diversity: Why It Matters'

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This project is co-funded by the European Union.

The Fairtrade certification system was created to support and empower marginalised small-scale producers and workers in low-income regions of the world. Fairtrade enables farmers and workers to tackle poverty and improve their own financial sustainability, by creating a trade model with fairer prices and working conditions. But to what degree does it work in practice? How does Fairtrade overcome limitations of its system for greater impact?

Article by Jane Alice Liu
Read by Jane Alice Liu
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article Does Fairtrade Really Work?

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Understanding the impacts of sugar on our health is not an easy task. Food science is complicated and imperfect, but some level of confusion has been added in by sugar industry stakeholders, who have spent millions over the past few decades to support studies that would produce desirable results for their industry. That’s why a little historical journey will help us spot conflicts of interest and put current findings in perspective.

Article by Silvia Lazzaris
Read by Silvia Lazzaris
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article: Is Sugar The New Tobacco?

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FoodUnfolded is powered by EIT Food, an extended body of the EU.
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Have you heard of phosphorus? It’s a naturally abundant mineral, essential for the growth of plants. Although it naturally replenishes, the slow regeneration cycle of phosphorus reserves has led to concerns over improper management and unsustainable extraction. Listen on to learn how this might impact future food systems.

Article by Madhura Rao
Read by Madhura Rao
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article: Phosphorus | How It Impacts Food Security

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FoodUnfolded is powered by EIT Food, an extended body of the EU.
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Is soy bad for the environment? Produced on a colossal international scale, soy has a huge environmental impact – but probably not for the reasons you think. Listen to discover the hidden driving force behind soy-related deforestation, and why eating plant-based alternatives like soy is still better for the planet. Stream our AudioArticle: Is Soy Bad for the Environment?

Article by Molly Melvin
Read by Inés Oort Alonso
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

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You would never know when looking at it, but vanilla happens to be one of the most volatile spices on the global market. On the whole, natural vanilla bean extract makes up only 1% of the vanilla flavour on the global market with the majority of vanilla flavouring coming from synthetically-produced vanillin. Some 1,700 to 1,800 tonnes of demand for natural vanilla is projected for 2020. Around 65% of that will come from the Northeastern region of Madagascar, where the rise and fall of vanilla’s price takes a very real toll on the fates and fortunes of the local community. Listen to our AudioArticle on Vanilla Beans: The Cost of Production.

Article by Samanta Oon
Read by Aran Shaunak
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article: Vanilla Beans | The Cost of Production

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The organic food market is currently worth $168 billion and has more than doubled in the past decade. Despite being the fastest growing food sector in most European and North American countries, organic agriculture still only contributes to between 1 and 8% of total food sales in the regions. The European Union has now established that by 2030, a quarter of all European food production must be organic, and more and more consumers recognise the organic label. But is organic really where we should be focussing for the future of food production?

Article by Silvia Lazzaris
Read by Eloise Adler
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article at Is Organic Food Really Better?

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:29 Organic food was born as a philosophical movement
03:36 When did we turn to organic?
4:06 What is DDT?
5:52 What does it mean to do organic farming?
10:50 But is organic really better?
14:16 A possible solution
15:32 Is organic the only alternative?
17:03 What is crop rotation?
17:20 So what is the goal?
18:10 We need a better system for everyone
19:06 Credits

#organic #organicagriculture #organicfood #sustainability #sustainablefoodsystem #foodfacts #foodhistory #agroecology #organicfarming

Many workers employed onboard offshore fishing vessels have been subjected to unsafe working conditions, unfair wages, subpar living conditions and both physical and psychological abuse. While this issue exists around the world, it is particularly rampant in Southeast Asia, a region that owes much of its recent prosperity to its ability to provide cheap seafood through its fisheries. Here is the cost of cheap seafood that you don’t see.

Article by Madhura Rao
Read by Madhura Rao
Graphics by Eloise Adler
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article: Cheap Seafood | The Social Cost of Production

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Our supermarkets are brimming with Spanish produce: green beans, strawberries, aubergines, watermelons... If you live in a European country, chances are that you enjoy produce grown in the greenhouses of Almería, a region in the South-East of Spain. Here’s the side of Almerían greenhouse farming you don’t see.

Article by Inés Oort Alonso
Read by Inés Oort Alonso
Sound Design by Jane Alice Liu

Read the full article at https://www.foodunfolded.com/article/how-ethical-is-our-european-grown-produce

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