Tag: Food
How to save the banana? The answer may lie in Indonesia
A fungus known as fusarium wilt is spreading across multiple countries and infecting Cavendish plantations from the Philippines to Peru
Whale Sharks: Guardians of the ocean under threat
These filter-feeding marvels roam the open waters, traveling vast distances and captivating the imagination of all who encounter them
Homage to the hardworking bee
The next time you get to enjoy honey, don’t forget to pay a little homage to our humble, hardworking friend — the honeybee
Philippine Court issues ‘Writ of Nature’ against Golden Rice, Bt eggplant...
The petitioners claimed that Golden Rice and Bt eggplant are harmful because it poses risks to the environment and the health of consumers
Childhood aggression rooted in malnutrition and peer groups
Intelligent legislators and government officials must pass laws to curb advertising by the junk food industry
Philippine food environment is failing children, says UNICEF
The study says that children are eating fewer fruits and vegetables, and more sugar, salty and fatty products
Rohingya refugees decry ‘devastating’ cuts to food aid
The drop has already caused hardship among the roughly one million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh's overcrowded camps
In bid to boost childbearing, North Korea offers sporadic extra food
North Korea’s birth rate is about 1.8 children per woman – just below the replacement level of 2.1 births, according to 2020 World Bank data
Filipino priest backs call for ‘no meat Fridays’ for Catholics to...
“What is good for the planet is good for the body. What is good for the body is good for the planet,” said Father Anton Pascual of Caritas Manila
Catholics could help cut carbon with meat-free Fridays, says study
If meatless Fridays were reintroduced across the world, it could mitigate millions of tons of greenhouse gases annually
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