Food

Africa, Climate Change, Food

Agroecosystems & Resilience in Kenya: Reflections From a Field Course

ETH students in the course “Tropical Cropping Systems, Soils and Livelihoods” spent 2 weeks in the western region of Kenya getting hands-on training on climate-resili...

3 months ago

Food, RETHINKING LIVING, Summer School

Food Is The Ingredient That Binds Us Together

The World Food System Summer School ‘Food systems in Transition’ has been one of the most productive and creative journeys I have taken into food systems....

4 months ago

Africa, Food

Cassava-Maize Intercropping System: A Livelihood-Sustaining System Under Threat

Over 65% of arable land in Southern Nigeria is cassava-maize intercropping systems. Improving sustainably this system would contribute to enhancing the livelihoods of mil...

6 months ago

The entrance of a modern house with a green sign above saying "so gwundrig"

Events, Food, RETHINKING LIVING

RETHINKING Living: The Future of Food and the Food of the Future

What does the future hold for us regarding food? With an increasing population, it might look quite different in 20 years; it may even resemble the food of a Martian base...

2 years ago

Two men standing at the border of a lake, wearing t-shirts saying Creating a Circular Future

Food, Uncategorized

Building connections for resilient systems

Creating resilient food systems is linked to personal bonds; an understanding that applies to humans that occupy this planet and others we may visit in the future. ...

2 years ago

Africa, Food

Using a virtual platform to navigate a complex food system

I applied for this online short course hoping to find solutions, instead I gained skills for navigating a complex system. ...

2 years ago

Climate Change, Food, Sustainable Development Goals

Tackling the challenges of sustainable cocoa farming

Changing farming methods to better withstand shocks will be crucial to the cocoa industry, and will ensure that chocolate fans around the world can sustainably indulge th...

3 years ago

Climate Change, Food

Duckweed could be Europe’s next food trend

Duckweed, a fast-growing plant that covers the surface of still water, could be on our plates soon, if scientists have their way. ...

3 years ago

Climate Change, Food

Tastelab, giving sustainability a new flavour

3 years ago

Africa, Climate Change, Food

How to make feed from flies

In Kenya, fly larvae convert organic waste into animal feed. Engineering for Development (E4D) scholar, Moritz Gold works to bring the process to a viable scale. ...

3 years ago