Don’t let food poisoning crash your picnic – six tips to keep your spread safe: Jenny_Tr/Shutterstock Nothing says summer quite like a picnic. Whether you’re lounging on a beach towel, stretched out in a park, or unpacking a hamper in your garden, picnics are a beloved way to enjoy good food in the great outdoors. …
RS Pro Expands Process Manufacturing Offering for Food & Beverage Industry: RS South Africa, a global product and service solutions provider for industrial customers, today announced the expansion of its RS PRO range tailored to the needs of the food and beverage industry. This new launch adds to an existing portfolio of over 4,300 products …
Terrorists use food as a weapon: how Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab exploit hunger: Women receive food aid in Somalia. Terrorism creates food disruptions, undermining production systems and supply routes. Tobin Jones/Wikimedia Commons Over the last decade, there has been growing international focus on the role of food in conflict, particularly in Africa. The continent has …
Ecowas breakup could push up food prices and worsen hunger in west Africa: The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) lost three of its founding members on 29 January 2025. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger comprised 16% of the bloc’s population of 424 million and 7% of its economy. Some commentators have labelled their …
In Uganda rolex is much more than street food – it’s a national treasure: When Ugandans refer to getting a rolex, they seldom mean an expensive Swiss watch. Rolex is a popular kind of street food, made famous in global media. It serves more than just a practical function as fast food, but has many …
Africa’s worsening food crisis – it’s time for an agricultural revolution: Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse. The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report reveals that food insecurity in Africa is the highest of any world region. The prevalence of undernourishment is 20.4% (some …
Food scarcity in Liberia: how women who run households cope: Liberia, with a population of just over 5.6 million people, is one of the world’s ten poorest countries, with a GDP per capita of US$ 662.50. The lingering effects of two civil wars (1989-2003), Ebola outbreaks (2014-2015) and the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) have left Liberia …
Most food waste happens at home – new research reveals the best ways to reduce it: Kmpzzz/Shutterstock The EU and UK pledged to reduce food waste, in line with the UN’s goal to halve global food waste by 2030. With most (approximately 53%) of total food waste in European countries occurring in homes, this stage …
The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies – it’s damaging our health, our communities and the planet: creativeriver/Shutterstock Across the world, over 800 million people spend their days hungry. More than 2 billion have limited access to food. Yet today’s global food system produces enough to feed every person …
Fish and chips on Mars: our research shows how colonists could produce their own food: sciencepics/Shutterstock Humans can’t help being fascinated by space. And that interest seems to be making the possibility of moving humanity to another planet, like Mars or the Moon, more distinct, with Nasa hoping to set up colonies in the next …
Malawi faces a food crisis: why plans to avert hunger aren’t realistic and what can be done: Malawi is heading towards a severe food crisis later this year. Drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern has affected the harvest of maize, the staple food grown by nine out of 10 farming households in …
South Africa: Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk: For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from Johannesburg’s estimated 278 abandoned mines and 200 mine dumps includes uranium (a radioactive metal), …
How food preferences are linked to cognition and brain health – and why a balanced diet is superior: shutterstock Jon Coyle/Shutterstock From the crispy crunch of fresh veggies to the creamy indulgence of decadent desserts, we all have different food preferences. Our palates develop uniquely, shaped by genetics, culture and personal experiences. Food preferences play …
El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year: Maize is the preferred staple of most of southern Africa. In Malawi it supplies two-thirds of national calorie intake. Nine out of 10 farming households produce maize and devote over 70% of their land to growing it. Most …
Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that: Community gardens can be a boon for residents. Nattrass/Getty Images In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of colour to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape …
COP28’s commitment to transforming farming and food systems is an insult to Africans: Globally, food systems are unsustainable: 80% of the production of food is powered by fossil fuels. The food system is responsible for over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. It is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. The COP28 climate change conference …
Bad food choices: clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier options: South Africans have a hard time figuring out which foods are unhealthy when they go shopping. But this is about to change. South African supermarkets currently sell large amounts of unhealthy, ultra-processed foods. Packaged foods in particular have high levels of sugar, …
Football fans fighting food poverty: how a ‘lifesaving’ mobile pantry scheme spread across the country: Volunteers load up a van with food for the next 'mobile pantry'. @SFoodbanks It’s 9am in December on Tiber Square, a community space at the centre of one of Liverpool’s most diverse postcodes. The temperature is -5°C. Braving the cold, …