How to Have a Sustainable Wedding

02/03/2023

Wedding planners and sustainability experts weighed in on how to consume mindfully while planning the wedding of your dreams.

Characterization and potential valorization of industrial food processing wastes

10/04/2023

Valorization and utilization of industrial food processing waste as value added products, platform chemicals and biofuels, are needed to improve sustainability and reduce waste management costs. Various industrial food waste stream samples were characterized with respect to their physico-chemical characteristics and elemental composition.

Women feeding the world: A global view of women in agriculture and fisheries

16/12/2022

Gender inequality is present in all societies, even in the most advanced in terms of gender equity. But the situation is much more serious in rural and fishing areas, where women are small producers and need up to three full working days to ensure their family’s subsistence.

Improving the safety and security of fruits and vegetables during COVID-19 pandemic with postharvest handling

01/12/2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged the world’s economy during 2020-2021, reduced the purchasing power of households, partially restricted international movements and trade (including food products) and damaged horticultural production. This resulted in uncertainty in the food business and caused f...

Food supply chain during pandemic: changes in food production, food loss and waste

01/12/2022

The global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 triggered disruption in almost all areas of the Food Supply Chain (FSC). During this year many confounding factors contributed to the disruption of the normal FSC and impacted the system adversely. This includes the agricultural food production system, the fir...