The Farm to Fork Strategy, embedded in the European Green Deal, is the EU’s instrument to act in favor of a sustainable food chain and food system. This action plan will be implemented in the period between 2020 and 2023. Its goals are different, addressing a “0” environmental impact, the adaptation of the food industry […]
The fair market is the purchase of goods and services whose supply chain has a positive impact on the environment and living beings, including humans. The market as a whole is slowly moving towards this type of purchase. But are the products we buy really ethical? Are we sufficiently informed to define our consumer behavior […]
Like COVID-19 the anti-palm oil claims spread around Europe We warned you!!! Anti-Palm Oil Claims will penetrate Europe. Following the Italian path, the claim Palm Oil free is spreading throughout Europe, like a virus. Italian Food companies and retailers paved the way. They have massively used it in their commercial and marketing strategies: misleading consumers […]
Strict EU laws on food are seen as the right solution to climate change issue. But, a responsible supply chain would work better with less law-ties In the past 20 years, European Union has enacted many new rules and regulations concerning food. How our food is produced, transported, labeled, and even consumed has all been […]
Palm oil-producing countries risk being caught in another trap, under the pressure of lobbies and ideological groups. The proposed new dual limit for 3-MCPD will not improve health and sustainability standards. It will also not reduce the impact of food crops on climate change. It will only jeopardize and kill the impressing achievements of the palm […]
We all love and drink coffee, and nobody wants to pay an arm and a leg for it. But, by keeping coffee prices so low, we may be causing it to go into extinction. A full assessment of the world’s coffee supply shows that 60% of known plant species are facing possible extinction. Factoring in climate change, […]
PALM OIL IS LIFE: EUROPEAN MISCONCEPTION This is the new episode produced in our series on the positive impacts of palm oil on environmental sustainability and food security for billions of people. The video provides scientific facts and arguments that demolish the European environmentalists and health conscious fanatics ideologies. Palm oil (PO) – see our dedicated page >>> – […]
The wave of intense fake-news against palm oil has returned. COMMERCIAL WAR It is the umpteenth confirmation of yet another commercial war, at least in Italy, against producers who use palm oil. Beyond the usual fake news (“sustainable palm oil does not exist”, “palm oil contains powerful carcinogens”), as citizens, we are concerned that the […]
Paolo Gentiloni, Brussels’ next economic chief has begun a warpath that has the potential to hinder the EU’s sustainability and innovation. Gentiloni wants to raise taxes on polluting companies. Over the past few years, discussions such as these regarding large tax increases have been gridlocked and for good reason. The proposed increase in taxes does […]
The European Commission has presented its proposals toward the Common Agricultural Policy for 2021, however, little headway has been made. Global warming continues to be a major cause of worry surrounding our future. It causes droughts, such as that in Germany during the summer of 2018 where €340 million in drought aid was paid out […]