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Food/Nutrition

“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” 
― Charles de Gaulle, former President of France
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As Japan Ages, Menus Adapt to Finding the Gourmet in Purées

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Flickr/Robert De Vido
Japan has the world's highest proportion of people aged 65 and older. Through a variety of innovations, they're been setting an example for the rest of the world on how to accommodate the needs of an aging population. A recent area of innovation has been with food. 

As an estimated 5 million elderly find it increasingly difficult to swallow and enjoy food, Japanese chefs are developing some unique cooking methods so that the elderly can still ingest delicious food, while preserving textural and visual appeal. 
​“Solving the eating problem is not just about averting pneumonia or suffocation, dehydration or malnutrition. It is also a quality-of-life issue because it is the most important activity for our pleasure.”
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Eiichi Saitoh, professor at Fujita Health University

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Courtesy: Tony’s Chocolonely
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This Amsterdam Candy Company is Making Sure That Its Chocolate is "100% Slave-Free" 

How Climate Change Could Worsen Foods’ Nutrition

More than 60% of the world’s cocoa supply comes from West Africa, farmed by about 2.5 million farmers in countries like Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

​However, the farmers need help - and many of them rely on child labor.It's estimated that 2 million children help produce chocolate. 

Through rigorous sourcing, this company in Amsterdam has made it their goal to produce good chocolate - without depending on child labor.Here's how they do it - 
A dinner plate piled high with food from plants might not deliver the same nutrition toward the end of this century as it does today.

​Mounting evidence suggests that climate change could shrink the mineral and protein content of wheat, rice and other staple crops. 

​Here's why reduced nutrition may be especially dangerous for women and children - and why you can't just eat more to make up for the nutrient loss. 



Flying Food Comes to Iceland With a Drone Delivery System

Due to the city landscape in Reykjavik, food delivery by car can take nearly half an hour or more. But Flytrex, a drone company is changing that; they've been able to bring drones packed with meals directly to consumers’ backyards in 4 minutes.

If this trial goes well, you may  someday be getting  take-out by drone in your own yard...deliveries are planned to start around the rest of the world. 

How Fruits and Vegetables Have Evolved Over Time Through Domestication

An interesting short video shows how the fruits and veggies we know today really started - 
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Flickr/Food Dictionary

Why Mexican Chefs, Farmers, and Activists are Reviving the Ancient Grain of Amaranth

Amaranth, the ancient indigenous plant, is part of a movement to revive native crops and cuisines, and a means of restoring the physical health and economy of Oaxca, one of the poorest states in Mexico.

Can amaranth help to combat the high rate of birth defects, malnutrition, and obesity? 

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