Production and alimentation From transgenics and hamburgers to prosumers, food safety and development 3.0 are topics covered by information material:
La Impossible, the Mexican cooperative that invented a way to get to a fair price
By Stella Álvarez FoodConciencia This week we spoke with Luis Bracamontes, an agronomist and currently a doctoral student, manager along with 30 other people, most of them women , of the “La Imposible” Cooperative located in the Colonia Obrera in the Mexican capital. We were surprised by his youth and tenacity to create and above all to persevere in a management […]
Aamon: tribal women in violence-hit bengal province triple incomes with organic rice; revive traditional varieties
By Urvashi Dev RawalonMay. 24, 2022 vikalpsangam.org In India, rice has been considered auspicious and a symbol of prosperity and success since ancient times. For thousands of tribal and underprivileged women in Nayagram block of Bengal’s Jhargram district, caught in a cycle of Maoist violence and poverty, the cultivation of organic indigenous rice varieties has […]
Local food: the not-so-secret ingredient for sustainability
By Gautam BishtonApr. 22, 2022 vikalpsangam.org Sometimes, the way food gets positioned socially may have no relation to how science determines its nutritional value. As evidence around climate change and its impact becomes more glaring, many people believe reorganising the global food system is one possible strategy to combat this challenge. Studies suggest that our […]