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En mai dernier, lors des Assises Nationales de l’Alimentation, Jean-Philippe GIRARD, président de l’ANIA, a présenté un Nouveau Pacte Alimentaire. Sur la base des attentes recueillies directement auprès des consommateurs entre novembre 2015 et mars 2016 lors de sa Grande Consultation Citoyenne, l’ANIA a élaboré un Nouveau Pacte entre ceux qui produisent l’alimentation

While France throws away about 1.5 million tons of food waste per year, a law, promulgated on February 11th, now obliges supermarket chains to give their unsold goods to charities. But Denmark, where nearly 700,000 tonnes of food are thrown away every year,

The first edition of this event dedicated to food, À table en 2030 looks at the challenges of food demand and gastronomy in 2030 on 3 and 4 December. What will be the composition of Western countries' plates? What are the emerging consumer trends

On November 23rd, the deputies unanimously adopted the registration of 40% of local and seasonal products, including 20% of organic products in collective catering by 2020, within the framework of the Equality and Citizenship bill. Passed by the MPs in April, the Senate had censured

Defence Airbus and Space, The Forest Trust (TFT) and SarVision have jointly developed an innovative service that allows food and beverage companies to provide evidence of the implementation of their commitments to environmental protection and more specifically the fight against deforestation. After 14

Dans un contexte de crise agricole sans précédent, la culture bio s’impose comme une véritable alternative pour un système agricole à bout de souffle. En témoigne l’ampleur de la vague de conversion à l’agriculture biologique en 2016 comme en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, où 700 nouvelles fermes se sont engagées en bio au

Who can resist the creamy flesh of a ripe lawyer? Crushed into guacamole, cut into strips or spread on toast, it's a fruit that the whole world loves these days. But the avocado is less "green" than it looks. And its status as a fashionable food is not as "green" as it seems.

For the first time in France, thousands of people are creating their own supermarket, the Louve. Not a small shop... a dazzling supermarket of 1450m² in a popular district of Paris, where everyone participates to eat well at affordable prices. La Louve might never have existed without the model of

The Institut Paul Bocuse is organizing for the first time, from 25 to 27 November 2016, a FoodTech challenge on its Ecully Campus, challenging innovation and creativity. It is aimed at all holders of revolutionary ideas linked to the sector, to shake up the codes of tomorrow. The Institut Paul Bocuse wants to

At a time when the Senate has just censured an article in the law allowing the introduction of organic produce in canteens, the Fédération des Conseils de Parents d'Elèves des Ecoles Publiques (FCPE), players in the organic sector (FNAB) and Agir pour l'Environnement are mobilizing to remind senators of their commitment to guaranteeing equal access to organic produce in canteens.

Les nouvelles techniques génétiques prennent toutes sortes de noms au gré des intentions de chacun :  NBT (New breeding techniques), OGM ou OGE (organismes génétiquement édités) … Toujours est-il qu’elles présentent les mêmes propriétés que les OGM (résistance aux herbicides ou aux insecticides notamment), mais échappent à leur cadre règlementaire.

Partout dans le monde, des mouvements paysans naissent et s’organisent en opposition à « l’agrobusiness » et aux OGM afin de préserver la biodiversité et l’avenir de la planète. Ces agriculteurs militent pour une production agricole saine et plus soucieuse de l’environnement. Ils affirment « qu’un autre modèle est possible

For a long time now, people have been talking in the columns of UP' Magazine about CRISPR-Cas9, this formidable or terrifying - depending on one's point of view - tool of genetic modification. An invention by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Chapentier that is the subject of a fierce patent battle. But Monsanto, without intimidating itself

Fresh Me Up, c’est l’histoire de deux amis qui ont décidé de fonder un véritable réseau de quartier pour lutter contre le gaspillage alimentaire. Comment ? En créant une plateforme 2.0 de mise en relation entre les distributeurs de denrées alimentaires et ceux qui les transforment, restaurateurs ou associations. Fresh

The gastronomic news website Atabula publishes an open letter against the invasion of agrochemicals in our plates, following the announced merger between Bayer and Monsanto. A hundred of great French chefs such as Yannick Alléno, Olivier Roellinger, Mauro Colagreco or Michel and Sébastien Bras denounce "this danger for our plates". What is the