World Food Day 2023: Water crisis threatens $58 trillion in economic value, food security, says WWF report

Degradation of rivers, lakes, wetlands and aquifers threatens their economic value and their irreplaceable role in sustaining not only food …

Food allergies: what you need to know about the role your skin plays

The reasons for the rise in allergies are complex, but the skin is now recognised to play an important role as a gatekeeper for the body’s …

Softer, processed foods changed the way ancient humans spoke

The range of available speech sounds used in human language has not remained stable since its origin

You don’t decide what to eat, your nose and tongue decide it for you

Recent researches show that active role of sensory organs can affect food choices and cause food addiction and over eating  

Study sheds light on how salmonella bacteria infect plants

Researchers found that unlike other disease-causing bacteria, salmonella sneaks in through a tiny gap created when a lateral root …

Lead in Maggi shows how dangerous Indian food standards are

There seems to be a problem with India’s Food safety and standards. This comes in the wake of Nestle admitting that the lead in Maggi …

Indigenous food must be brought back to plates, say ecologists

Local food crops should be preferred over GM crops to address deficiencies, say experts at Bhubaneswar food sovereignty meet

India claims to be self-sufficient in food production but facts say otherwise

If the government decides to feed all its hungry people, India's tag of a net exporting country will be easliy lost

Conflicts, climate make 2 more nations need food aid

An FAO report says Cabo Verde and Senegal have been added to a list of 39 countries that need external food assistance owing to poor cropping …

Be prepared for spike in food prices, if distribution of monsoon remains uneven this year

Spatial distribution of rainfall is one of the factors ensuring healthy agriculutral production that keeps food inflation under control

Cow milk standard changed; lesser fat and solids now acceptable

Minimum fat content in milk is now set at 3.2 per cent by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

This Indonesian organisation is going global by promoting food biodiversity

JAVARA is creating farm-entrepreneurs and helping them discover forgotten food biodiversity  

India's food labelling, promotion laws need to be strengthened: experts

India does not have standardised serving size of foods and it is not required to be labelled

Food safety agency extends implementation of trans fats standards by six months

The amendment notified in August 2015 for implementation in August this year has now been extended till February 2017

South Sudan heading for unprecedented food insecurity

4.8 million people will face severe food shortage in the coming months, warn UN agencies. Food scarcity and conflict are also forcing many …

2023 in a blink: How food inflation affected India and the world this year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023  

Simply Put: Healthy diet

Junk food monster: Misleading labels on trans fat

Most of the food samples tested by CSE had higher trans fat levels than declared

Pots of wisdom

Earthenware is staging a comeback in our kitchens with a new fervour

Mr. Milkman is here

A new breed of dairy farmers is milking the growing demand for healthy, safe food

Dangerous delicacy

Food for all to free for all: Unconcerned WTO make matters worse

This is the second part to the report ‘Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine’  

Black pepper: Healthy or not?

Modern science suggests that black pepper does indeed confer health benefits, mainly as a result of an alkaloid called piperine

Hero Herb: Why we need to focus more on turmeric

The pandemic years have witnessed a boom in the production and export of the humble underground stem called turmeric, along with a renewal of …

Food and healthcare in war-torn Tigray: preliminary insights on what’s at stake

The war has put 4.5 million people, half of whom are children, in need of emergency food assistance