Food System 101 In November of 2022, the human population crossed 8 billion. When I first heard of the news, I felt a sudden shock. The weight of it bore many questions, and concerns. Our population has been increasing at a steady rate in the last century. Calling it an increase is an understatement, it’s […]
Agriculture is an essential part of human existence. Tracing back over 12,000 years ago, people developed farming as a means to procure food that limited continuous movement of places. This allowed societies to remain in one place and expand as a result. The paradigm shift from nomadic to sedentary life meant that humans leveraged the […]
The New documentary Seaspiracy has brought in a lot of attention to what is happening underwater, and If I’m being honest, the documentary is great. I think it nicely encapsulates what goes on in the fishing industry. I also believe that it’s a wakeup call for many people to reconsider their consumer choices. It is […]
Milk is a staple item in many parts of the world. It is considered to be nutritious, filling and also a vital part of healthy child growth. Marketing, school lunches and subsidies have aided the milk industry massively in the last century. Prior to that, milk was not as heavily consumed. In order to arrive […]
Throughout my childhood and my adulthood life, I’ve known my grandmother as someone who is passionate and enthusiastic about growing her own food. In our garden in Croatia, she grows everything from tomatoes, onions, garlic, cabbage, eggplant, corn (and many more veggies). Various herbs, an array of beautiful flowers and the prettiest fig and hazelnut […]
Originally published on Medium.com 4 June 2020 During the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reading heavily into books that talk about the animal industry. The first book in my long reading list was Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, to which I’ve written a short book review on my Instagram blog page. The book that I’m currently reading, […]