By Michelle Sara Gano The world is suffering from more outbreaks than the Covid-19 pandemic. Another eruption that spreads quickly, affecting many individuals simultaneously, is the pandemic of global hunger. Further is the pandemic of worldwide gender inequality. Both need to end, in order to reach sustainable global security –…
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By Robert Andersson Gathered alone or with family and friends, Under the lamp, in your bed, or where the table endsTake a spoonful delicious, whether homemade or bought, Smell the fumes, feel the taste, annoyed by a thought‘Was the oil Fairtrade and was the egg fresh,Are there allergens, which diets, should I…
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Av Frank Melander Den bästa hamburgare jag någonsin ätit intogs på ölbaren Mansugyo våren 2019 i Pyongyang. Ett ovanligt uttalande, särskilt med tanke på den gråa avbildningen av Nordkorea i västerländsk media. Under en termins studier i Pyongyang hade jag tack vare ett tillhörande studentvisum möjligheten att fritt utforska staden…
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By Lycke Holmén Many government programs have aimed to tackle America’s ‘food deserts’ — poor urban or rural areas in which a significant portion of the population have limited access to fresh produce and affordable healthy food options, leading to less nutritious diets and increased obesity rates. With the low…
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By Jana Paegle Does funky public-school tuna (MSC-branded!) caught in Thailand sound familiar? Recognize Hungarian raspberries? Ever seen Indian grapes on discount, Brazilian mangoes sold for a penny, or Danish pork ethical rants being the source of patriotic mobilization? Ever questioned the Sumatran palm oil in Swedish chocolate? It seems…
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By Eric Axner-Norrman In times of global pandemics, damaged international relations and growing concerns over future food supplies, the notion of self-sufficiency is coming back in from the cold. Not long ago it was deemed terribly outdated and out of fashion, not to say nationalistic and totally unsustainable. It was…
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By Aland Khalid There are a plethora of problems facing the country of Haiti each and every day, with the list notably containing weak infrastructure, poor medical care, low access to clean water, a high unemployment rate and so on and so forth. These were all problems even before the…
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By Tornike Kakalashvili There is nothing new with food disputes or culinary claims between different countries or cultures. The Greek-Danish decades-long “gastronomic fight” over the feta cheese and current feud over halloumi cheese between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots are some of these examples. The Caucasus region is seemingly one…
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By Emily Nilsson Food is one of the main ingredients of human life. For one thing, it provides us with subsistence to survive physically. At the same time, it is a source of social and emotional nourishment. The act of sharing a meal with others is one of the simplest,…
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By Rebecca Mariana Bengtsson Since the suspicion first surfaced that the SARS-CoV-2 virus stems from China, most likely from the Huanan wet market in Wuhan, Chinese communities abroad have been exposed to a wave of heightened racism and hate crime. A large portion of the hate has been directed towards…
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