A group of German Green MEPs supports the use of genetic engineering techniques, which they believe could make a significant contribution to sustainable development. This is a novel approach that runs counter to the position that environmentalists usually take on this subject. In a forum on 10 June, the 22 signatories - who
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Should we introduce Jane Goodall? Founder of the Institute that bears her name and UN Messenger of Peace, her reputation precedes her. Famous for her lifelong work on primates, she advocates a new relationship with nature. In a recent intervention, she challenged all of humanity. The
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Régis Marcon, a starred chef (1), signed an op-ed published in Le Figaro on Monday 20 April to call for "a partial deconfinement of responsible catering". Surrounded by 17 of the most renowned chefs in French catering (2), he calls for saving "more than a million jobs". A platform at the
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Disruptions in agricultural commodity markets, lack of arms in the fields, inadequate protection of food workers against coronavirus: in a rare joint statement, the leaders of the three multilateral organizations responsible for food, health and trade, FAO, WHO and WTO, warn against
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Children and adolescents from modest backgrounds suffer more from dietary imbalances. To remedy this, several initiatives are trying to get involved in colleges to teach young people to cook in the form of practical workshops. Abd-el-Majid cuts a courgette, Salma slices a pumpkin and Lina slices an onion. But
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Organic has never been debated and has imposed itself in people's minds and practices as a matter of course. Last June, the Organic Agency, which has been scrutinizing this market for several years, published an impressive number of records. Explosion in the number of organic farms, expansion of the range of crops that have become even more important in the future.
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Farmers, cooks, craftsmen, intellectuals, scientists, artists, ..., all actors of food democracy, or simply citizen-eaters, are invited to meet on the fringes of the official Agriculture Fair. On the initiative of Alimentation Générale, KissKissBankBank, la Ruche qui dit Oui !, as for the other editions, the festival Sortons l'Agriculture
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Organic agriculture, new players and places of consumption, food origin and traceability, health and nutrition, the importance of animal welfare and consumer expectations... the catering sector is undergoing major changes. At a time when barely more than 1 in 10 French people perceive the efforts of the hotel sector
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We don't even know what to call them anymore: fake food, fake foods, junk food archetypes, highly processed foods have invaded the supermarkets. Too sweet, too fatty, full of chemical and synthetic products, they increase the risk of cardiovascular and cerebral diseases, but also of diabetes or heart disease.
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A new media campaign called All about organic is launched this Thursday, October 3 by the network Les Entreprises Bio Engagées. Objective ? To answer questions such as Are pesticides allowed or not in organic farming? Is organic food really better for your health ?
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How do we engage students in a career that serves the ecological transition and the common good? This is the challenge revealed by a new kind of partnership, that between an engineering school and a startup that has developed a connected greenhouse to produce its own food. Explanations. More and more
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Against a backdrop of a crisis of confidence in supermarkets and the unprecedented industrialisation of the organic food sector, the French are more than ever demanding transparency. To help them see more clearly, La Fourche, an online organic store, in partnership with Etiquettable, a collaborative application of
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They're cows like all the others. They graze quietly and watch the trains go by. Yet these 120 dairy cows at the experimental farm in Trévarez, in Finistère, are "low carbon" cattle, the subject of meticulous experiments to reduce their impact on the climate. 14 % of gases at
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Harold Vasselin's latest documentary "Gens des blés" will be released on DVD on September 5, 2019. It is a story of wheat and Man. Pierre is a biotechnologist, Florent is an organic farmer, Isabelle is an agronomist. Each of them works on the creation of new wheat, but they do it in a different way.
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Foodwatch alert: The Foreign Affairs Committee rolls out the red carpet for the AACC, two days before its vote in the National Assembly on July 17 to ratify the Europe-Canada trade agreement. The headlong rush for free trade agreements continues at full speed, just a few days after the announcement of the agreement.
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Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned Indian scholar, environmental activist and author of over twenty books. She has been involved in popular movements against genetic engineering worldwide and has led many successful campaigns against various multinational corporations and international institutions seeking to
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By November 2019, all cities in France will have to offer a vegetarian meal once a week in all school canteens, in accordance with the Agriculture and Food Law promulgated in November 2018, with the aim of reducing inequalities in access to quality and sustainable food (1). And by 2022,
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In France, the current industrial agricultural model is impoverishing biodiversity, depriving farmers of the ecological services provided by nature and ultimately threatening our ability to feed ourselves. We must therefore accelerate the agro-ecological transition from input-dependent agriculture. To do this, the Noé association is asking, through
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By 2050, there will be 10.6 billion of us on Earth. If the current dominant agricultural model persists, the planet will not be able to withstand the shock. From now on, it will be imperative for earthlings to change their food system: shift to plant-based diets, drastic reduction of food losses and waste,
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Organic farming is definitely on the up and up. The latest figures published by the Organic Agency, which has been scrutinising this market for several years, set an impressive series of records. But behind these abstract figures, there are some very concrete realities. The organic origins, the organic products grown by farmers and the organic
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