Legacy announced for North Brabant European Region of Gastronomy 2018

North Brabant, awarded European Region of Gastronomy 2018 celebrated its successful title year during a closing event held in Breda on 3 December 2018. The Grande Finale was an opportunity to highlight many achievements of an intense yearly programme and to announce a legacy plan for 2019. During the title year, North Brabant celebrated food […]

The future of agrifood; making crops that feed themselves?

By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion. With limited land, and intensive farming already causing irreversible environmental damage, how can we feed the world without exhausting its natural resources? All over Vietnam it’s transplanting season. In every direction farmers with their famous conical hats are pushing tiny rice seedlings deep into […]

Minho, European Region of Gastronomy 2016 will prepare a seminar to map its gastronomic resources

The first European Region of Gastronomy award was given to Minho and Catalonia by IGCAT, as first holders in recognition of the work that has been done on gastronomy qualification by all stakeholders in the area but overall because of a creative programme to structure and promote the cultural and gastronomic products of Minho. In order […]

From tree to wine bottle: Eco-tour in Spain follows cork’s path

A new tour allows travelers to watch the cork harvest and later follow donkeys carrying towering loads to one of the traditional pueblos blancos, towns whose buildings are painted stark white and dot the countryside in Catalonia, Andalusia and Extremadura. Read original article at ocregister.com