Farmers, even in Italy, are taking to the streets. They do not feel represented by associations that do not protect their income because, in so many years, no one has tried to solve the problems of food, ‘from the field to the table’. So many words and no deeds. And the situation is aggravated by new taxes
Butter – the cost of which has risen by 83% year-on-year – is made from milk fat and cream and therefore its production requires a lot of milk, the global supply of which has declined, partly due to the diseases that have affected dairy cow herds in Europe, and partly due to the high cost of feed. Then there is the issue of climate change that causes milk prices to skyrocket as Granarolo confirms
Mercosur: possible dangers and opportunities to be discovered
In March 2023, Giorgia Meloni said in parliament that she does not deny climate change but does not want to ‘damage the economy or cause unemployment’. But funds to protect the environment would be part of the GDP if only they were used: the environment forgotten: eight billion unspent and task forces never born
bluefin tuna, due to pollution and possible extinction, should be consumed ‘in moderation’
“If Italian oncological research is today at the forefront in the international arena, a certain amount of credit goes to Guido Venosta”
Umberto Veronesi and Giuseppe Della Porta in Fondamentale, 5 April 1998
In the enormous confusion that now reigns in the American administration, health, already compromised by diabetes and alcoholism, is further endangered by the policies of the current government: under the pretext of dismantling DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programmes, the Trump government is suspending health aid to some 10 million ‘Native Americans’ in the US
From rampant ‘shrinkinflation’ to junk food from Nestlé and McDonald’s, to PFAS, to the ubiquitous inflation-fuelled trend towards discounting. Some diseases are a cause for concern
In France, Perrier mineral water risks being downgraded to potable, the problem of PFAS in water, even tap water
