By Sofia Fujiwara As recently as October 20th, 2021, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin reached an all-time high valued at $66,974.77, further increasing the risk in interest for digital currencies as lucrative investment opportunities worldwide. With meme cryptocurrencies like “dogecoin” and parodic ones like the most recent “‘shiba inu coin”— risk managers…
Read MoreBy 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 Not long ago it was deemed terribly outdated and out of fashion, not to say nationalistic and totally unsustainable.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…
Read MoreBy Madeleine Nordgren Junk food, [noun] – pre-prepared or packaged food that has low nutritional value (Oxford languages dictionary). Junk food is served for lunch at schools to students who require healthy nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and healthy fats. Pre-made hamburgers, pizza, tacos, and nuggets are examples of…
Read MoreBy Ella Wahlstedt Många forskare och miljöexperter talar om att vi står inför en kommande global livsmedelskris. Kombinationen av klimatförändringarna och faktumet att befolkningen ökar i samma takt som markytan vi kan odla mat på minskar, försämrar våra chanser att försörja jordens alla invånare med mat. Det är därför centralt…
Read MoreBy Tilda Janbrink In January 2021, Unicef and the World Food Program (WFP) published the report “Covid-19: Missing more than a classroom”. The report presented some alarming numbers: as a result of schools closing in an attempt to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, about 370 million children around the world…
Read MoreBy Petter I. Larsson The current food-chain is fragile, which has been made clear during the covid-19 pandemic as well as the Suez Canal obstruction (in March 2021), which affected the global shipping of commodities. Changed conditions such as a pandemic or disturbance of global trade risk leading to shortages…
Read MoreBy Rieke Smit Food can bring people closer together, but it can also create distance, especially when it is lacking. Eva Heikki, nurse for Doctors Without Borders, talked to Uttryck Magazine about the role of food in her humanitarian work. As a trained ICU nurse, she has accompanied Doctors Without…
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By Oscar Jablon A recent report released by U.S. congresswoman Katie Porter showed that big pharmaceutical companies create monopolies to drive out competition and price gouge essential drugs prioritizing profit over lives. This comes as no surprise as a 2019 Gallup poll revealed that at least 50 million Americans have…
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I started this with the idea of writing about the Business Plot of 1933 and from that seed I began a long road of research and synthesis with some of my background knowledge about the time period that has taken me to places far reaching and diverse in thinking about…
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