According to Heifer International the typical supermarket contains 30,000 items. About half those items are produced by 10 multinational food and beverage companies. And 138 people - 117 men and 21 women - form the boards of directors of those 10 companies. We’ve got a lot of (standardised) products, but not always that much choice.
So, […]
You might want to check out the video in this website that tells the story of a London ‘Freegan‘ family who salvage food from supermarket dumpsters in a protest at the shocking amount of food discarded annually. Or you might not, depending on how interested you are in where your and other people’s food comes […]
Such is the quote from Samuel Coleridge’s famous poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner“. It’s the first thing that came to mind when I read phil u’s comment this morning about Russel and Trevor Mallard going head to head on Morning Report. Russel did best Trevor in the debate, but in fairness to Trevor […]