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NEW ECOSPRINTER EDITION

Posted on 26 September 2022

The long-awaited Food Issue of the Ecosprinter is finally here! 🌽 With contributions from Iason Paschalidis-Gerostergiou, Dusan Ljumovic, Angela Timmermans, Nessa Molina Cano, Melissa Muhr, and Emil Schenkyr, and the generous support of Thomas Waitz MEP, this year’s issue tackles three main questions: ➡️ What is the environmental impact of food?  ➡️ What are the…

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Call for writers: FOOD (Printed Edition)

Posted on 1 November 2021

What is the environmental impact of food? What is the European regulatory framework around food production? What are the social implications of the current food production system? Is food access equal across the world? How can indigenous knowledge be leveraged to improve the current food system? Food is present in everyone’s daily lives, and people,…

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A journey to veganism

Posted on 22 September 2018

Becoming vegan is not an easy path, especially when you come from a country where cheese is a religion and a majority of traditional plates are made with dairy products and meat. Maybe that’s the reason why I didn’t come to it directly. When I began thinking about the impact of my diet on earth,…

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To meat or not to meat? – survey results

Posted on 21 December 2015

How do people, who consume meat or abstain from eating meat, see their habits and how do their habits influence them? In May 2015 the Food Systems & Animal Rights Working Group of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) conducted a survey on the consumption of meat. The survey aimed to provide a clearer…

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GMOs on the European Menu

Posted on 22 January 2015

The new legislation, approved the 13th January by 480 votes to 159, allows EU member states to restrict or ban the cultivation of genetically modified organism (GMOs) crops on their territory. More flexibility for member states that from next spring, they can negotiate directly with the companies and they can even ban the cultivation of…

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What is Food Sovereignity?

Posted on 9 August 2014

Thanks to our friends at Earth in Brackets from the US, we are sharing their guide ‘What is Food Sovereignity?‘. Earth in Brackets is a group of university students from the College of the Atlantic who tackle many environmental, social, and development issues. Check out their site for more interesting primers on a host of…

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Home made carambars®

Posted on 28 October 2013

According to legends, Carambar® would have been born from a mistake, in the Delespaul-Havez chocolate factory, in the North of France : during a test for a sweet made of caramel and chocolate, a machine broke down, producing eventually a a rod-like sweet, called immediately “Carambar ® “. Since then, the caramel sweet has become…

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The Ecocooker : food for thoughts and vice-versa

Posted on 5 October 2013

Argh, October is coming and with it, cold air, despair and hunger. But The Ecosprinter might have found you a solution for the last of these, through a special page on what everybody really cares about (we all know this “Environmental protection” thing is a joke, no? yes, maybe…?) : I called ……………………………FOOD ! Each…

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Join the food revolution

Posted on 15 March 2004

Food is essential. We need it for our lives, health and well being. Good food is political. And as such we need a good food policy that includes the right of the poor to feed themselves; that reflects the sustainability and diversity of agricultures and that shares responsibilities between farmers, fishers and consumers for fair…

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Planet Earth is not edible

Posted on 13 November 2003

In the early stages of our childhood we are taught how to walk properly, eat decently and piss without assistance. After mustering these elementary capabilities we are exposed to the ritual of consumption. Whenever we consume, be it household products, food or energy, we rarely question the origins of that particular product. Balancing the costs…

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