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How much water is in 1 kilo of beef?

This has nothing to do with vegans or vegetarians. It is actually a matter of sustainability with many aspects. Today, we will focus just on one of these: Water!

Mozambique: 4 lessons learned

Fishing communities in Mozambique, give us valuable lessons regarding sustainability and food security.

The challenges of being a beekeeper

Saving the bees and making a living. These are some of the main challenges of a beekeeper nowadays.

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Agriculture

Can our planet feed us all? What are the challenges that we are facing as far as agriculture is concerned? Studies, reports, facts and info are giving us an idea...

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Livestock

60% of the mammals that are currently living on earth are livestock (mainly cattle and pigs), 36% are humans, and 4% of the living mammals on the planet are wild animals.

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Fish & Sea Life

300 years of whaling industry have led us to an 80% decline as far as life in the oceans is concerned. And this is only a small part of what is happening in our seas...

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Biodiversity

0.01% of all the world’s inhabitants (a.k.a. humans) have caused the loss of 83% of all wild animals and 50% of all plants, since civilization was established.

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Food Waste & Loss

Did you know that almost a billion people are going hungry, while we waste

1/3 of food we produce? The life of a product is longer than we think and ugly produce tastes as good as the pretty one!

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Sustainable Eating

Our choices as far as our nutrition is concerned may have a major impact on our planet. Yes, we can promote sustainability starting from our plates by improving our diet.

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Food Insecurity & Conflicts

Food insecurity can certainly be a factor of probable outbreaks of social unrest or worse,

yet conflicts have also induced notable instances of food insecurity.

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Why food biodiversity is important?

We are giving you 5 main reasons for which biodiversity is connected to food security, but also to our own well being.

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Food insecurity can raise conflicts

The Horn of Africa, happens to be a characteristic example of geopolitical changes that emerge due to climate change and food insecurity – changes that threaten to destabilize already vulnerable regions in the area.

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WFP: Drought is killing Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is teetering on the brink as people struggle to find clean drinking water, medicines and nutritious food.

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Let's talk about food... in the classroom

Greek olive oil producers confronting climate change

As stated by the Greek Ministry of Agriculture, more than 3,000-4,000 people are turning to olive oil production every year.

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FOOD DEFENDERS

How does the way we choose and.... treat our food affects the planet?
We have to stop (food)wasting our time!

SMART EATERS

You will be surprised of the impact you can make for the planet starting from your... plate. The major step?
Improving your diet.

ECO FARMERS

Agroecology and other smart and green solutions have made farmimg more... trendy (and essential) than ever.

WATER SAVIORS

You don't consume water just by drinking it. Chances are that you may actually be... eating a significant part of it.

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