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The candy bar at the bottom of the pyramid

July 6, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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Last week, Nestle, the world’s largest food company, launched a barge called Nestlé Até Você a Bordo – or Nestlé Takes You Onboard – on an 18-day voyage up the Amazon River in Brazil. This so-called floating supermarket will bring more than 300 well-known Nestlé brands, including  Ninho (packaged milk), Maggi (soups and seasonings)... [read more]

The high cost of cheap food

May 21, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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“We have very, very expensive food in this country.” “It’s just that the prices are cheap.” So said Paul Hawken, the environmentalist, entrepreneur and author, in a speech that began Cooking for Solutions, a conference on food and the environment, accompanied by lots of marvelous eating and drinking, this week at the Monterey Bay... [read more]

Using the Environmental Sciences for a Sustainable Future

November 12, 2009 by Ceri Margerison
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Prof. Bob Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor at DEFRA, last night delivered a fascinating presentation on ‘Using the Environmental Sciences for a Sustainable Future’; taking place as the annual Institution of Environmental Sciences ‘Burntwood Lecture’, held at the Royal Society. Over the course of an hour Professor Watson delivered a wide... [read more]