Hello,
This recent article calling out Barilla sponsoring a study on nutrition of pasta, caught our eye. Italians have been eating pasta for centuries just as Indians have been eating rice.
So what has changed?
Our food system is becoming industrial and our plates are being dominated by corporations, food trends and heavy carbon footprints. Our stomachs are restricted to what’s on the super market shelves and urban markets.
So maybe it’s time we shift the conversation.
Unfortunately (or fortunately) climate change is doing the heavylifting for us.
Unseasonal rains have forced farmers to switch back to crops like millets that are naturally drought resistant, nutritionally beneficially and nitrogen-fixing.
Mahua, Kachnar, Lasode — seasonal and delicious, don’t come from intensive agricultural systems.
The next time we put food on our plates, let’s think beyond our meals and how our choices impact the food system.
Stay Hungry,
Anusha and Elizabeth
SDGs 2030, distant dream or achievable reality?
Asian Age
With 2030 merely 12 years away, India is far away from achieving its SDGs. Significant policy changes and improving resource allocation are good ways forward.
Animal Agriculture more harmful to environment than transport
Business World
Varun Deshpande, MD India of Good Food Institute (GFI), discusses the sustainability, efficiency and ethical challenges in the current animal agriculture and GFI’s role in fostering cellular agriculture in India.
In the middle of a food revolution?
Hindustan Times
With the world waking up to the reality of Industrial food systems, there’s an increased demand for better food quality. More peasant food webs might be the answer to India’s agrarian distress.
Some More News:
- Get ready to say goodbye to uninspiring menus and dull ambiences as these food courts in Mumbai get a makeover.
- Under FSSAI’s new regulations, food products should carry a traffic light labelling with red indicating high fat, sugar or salt content.
- Ranking states based on agriculturewould encourage investments in the sector, says Rakesh Bharti Mittal, president of CII.
- Demystifying Mahua: Aparna Pallavi explores the magic of Mahua, the staple wild flower of Adivasi communities.
- Scientists have discovered 19 variants of Europe-origin pathogens that might kill India’s potato yield.
- Results of government testing reveal that around 30% of milk sold in India is adulterated.
Originally published at mailchi.mp.
Stay connected to the Indian Food System 