Alors que de plus en plus de citoyens prennent conscience des dérives du système alimentaire mondialisé, le festival ALIMENTERRE, du 15 octobre au 30 novembre, part à la rencontre de ceux qui s’engagent pour une alimentation durable et solidaire- ici et dans le monde : citoyens, élus, agriculteurs, entrepreneurs, militants
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Sur le front de la sécheresse, la situation ne s’améliore toujours pas sur une grande partie du pays. Au 18 septembre, 79 départements font toujours face à des restrictions d’usage de l’eau. Une sécheresse causée par les dérèglements climatiques qui contribuent, comme dans un cercle vicieux infernal à les accentuer
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Après vingt ans de négociations, interrompues à plusieurs reprises, la France rejette le traité de libre-échange Mercosur en l’état entre l’Union européenne et des pays sud-américains, compte tenu de l’orientation prise par les politiques publiques de ce bloc de pays qui vont clairement à l’encontre des objectifs collectifs de l’Accord
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Pollutions diffuses, atteintes à la biodiversité liées à l’usage des pesticides, émissions de CO2, mais aussi faiblesse des revenus de nombreux agriculteurs… bien que l’agriculture conventionnelle assure notre sécurité alimentaire, elle présente aujourd’hui de nombreuses et graves vulnérabilités. Des fragilités qui se renforcent avec le dérèglement climatique, synonyme de sécheresses
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Vers la résilience alimentaire – Faire face aux menaces globales, à l’échelle des territoires, de l’association Les Greniers d’Abondance – Editions Yves Michel, 15 septembre 2020 – 176 pages Dérèglement climatique, épuisement des ressources, effondrement de la biodiversité, … Dans un contexte de crises systémiques, l’association Les Greniers d’Abondance plaide
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Small habits that will tend to disappear, profound changes in the ways of consuming, emergence of a "Covid Generation"? The health crisis raises the question of tomorrow's new trends in terms of consumption and, in particular, food. Agribashing, mistrust of industrial brands, distrust of retailers, arrival of new players, etc.
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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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The coronavirus pandemic still raises many questions about its origin as well as its health impacts. Its complexity stems from its entanglement in a human ecosystem in the throes of upheaval: climate disruption, pollution, chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, which aggravate the effects of Covid-19. What's more, the pandemic
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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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Researchers from the Centre for Infection and Immunity in Lille (CNRS/Inserm/Institut Pasteur de Lille/University of Lille/CHU Lille) and their colleagues from INRAE have revealed for the first time in mice that disturbances in the intestinal microbiota caused by the influenza virus favour secondary bacterial superinfections. Published in the
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::: 22/02 - Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist Matt Apuzzo has carried out a lengthy investigation of the CAP for the New York Times. He will be the guest of the Festival Sortons l'Agriculture du Salon (1) on Saturday 22 February 2020 from 11am to 1pm. His name is Matt Apuzzo,
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The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation (1), FADEAR, the CIVAM Network, FNCUMA and the TRAME network are joining forces to promote, through a call for projects, a massive transition towards agroecology through exchange and sharing between farmers' collectives. Objective: to support the exchange of experiences between farmers' collectives.
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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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Food has been on the international agenda since the end of World War II. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 proclaims, without ambiguity, in its article 25, the right to food. This right was reiterated and specified in 1966 in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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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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