India’s dietary guidelines have 4.5 times lower carbon footprint than United States’

A country’s dietary guidelines can influence consumers’ choices and carbon footprints.

Sahana Ghosh

· Jun 18, 2021 · 07:30 pm

World Vegan Day: Why we celebrate this day, history and significance

World Vegan Day was first celebrated in the year 1994.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 01, 2019 · 09:10 am

The World Peace Diet: Could eating only plant-based foods help reverse global warming?

Nothing more fully and powerfully influences the daily lives of everyone than our food, food choices and food systems.

Kathleen Kevany, The Conversation

· Aug 30, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Is climate change making our dal and roti less nutritious?

The food we eat is changing.

Maya Kilpadi

· Oct 07, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Your chocolate bar may be fuelling deforestation in West Africa

Large area of forest reserves in Ivory Coast have been converted to illegal cocoa plantations to meet demand, a campaign group says.

Anna Pujol-Mazzini

· Sep 20, 2017 · 09:30 pm

As millets become the new ‘it’ food, the Dongria Kondh community is looking for long-lost varieties

Once thought a poor man’s grain, millets have become a favourite health food.

Manipadma Jena

· Jun 30, 2017 · 08:30 pm

First spoons, now chopsticks: Edible cutlery is being developed for a zero-waste future

The challenge is to make the cutlery durable and yet tasty.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Apr 15, 2017 · 03:30 pm

'Why I don't advocate vegetarianism': Indian environmentalist Sunita Narain explains her position

Even though vegetarian diets are considered better for the environment, the country does not consume too much meat and many farmers depend on livestock rearing.

Sunita Narain

· Mar 28, 2017 · 06:30 pm

We’ve calculated the environmental cost of a loaf of bread. Here’s what you can do about it

The main source of global warming isn't baking or transport, but fertiliser used to grow wheat.

Peter Horton, The Conversation

· Mar 03, 2017 · 10:30 pm

An Indian NGO’s unique idea to curb food wastage: Taking from the wedding and giving to the poor

No Food Waste has its own app which marks areas with surplus food and the closest 'hunger spots'.

Sharmila Vaidyanathan

· Feb 24, 2017 · 11:30 am

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Globally, 2 billion people consume insects, a practise known as entomophagy.

Saliou Niassy, The Conversation

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Sunday Ekesi, The Conversation

· Jan 16, 2017 · 11:30 pm

The hipster hunger for superfoods is starving India’s adivasis

A hundred million of India’s indigenous peoples are compromising on food security to feed a global fad.

Purabi Bose

· Dec 09, 2016 · 12:30 pm