The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics reported that the Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages item contributed to inflation of 3.24% in 2023 with a progress of 3.74%. This increase was supported by the higher prices observed in meat (7.9%) such as ground beef (12.3%), chicken giblets (12.1%), beef stew meat (11.4% ), gutted chicken (10.3%), […]
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FAO: world food prices remained stable in September
The reference index of international prices of food products that calculates the FAO remained largely stable in September as the decline in the prices of vegetable oils, dairy products and meat was offset by a notable increase in those of sugar and corn, the agency reported today. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) food price […]
Less meat, more chicken: Argentines adjust their diet due to high inflation
Diego Silva feels the impact of the inflation in his butcher shop in Buenos Aires: Customers adjust their pockets to buy meat, a central product in the Argentine diet, after a rise in prices that hits consumption. Argentina registered this Wednesday the highest monthly inflation in three decades, 12.4%, with 124.4% for 12 months. Everything […]
Is chicken? This is what the first bite of meat “cultured” from cells tastes like
When I told my friends and family that I was doing a report on the first chicken meat grown from cells animals, his first comments were something like: “Gross”. His second comment was: “What does it taste like?”. The short answer, and you’ve probably heard this phrase before in other contexts, was: It tastes like […]
Changing our diet will be as relevant against climate change as recycling
The food chainespecially in the globalized world and overexploitation of the countryside and the sea, leaves behind a huge carbon footprint and poverty water that sharpens a climate change that perhaps can be mitigated by eating more sustainably. This is how chefs and scientists defended it in a meeting prior to the Science & Cooking […]
In the US, the price of beef is increasingly difficult to digest
Your shopping cart is full, but there is no trace of steak. “Too expensive,” Lisa, a mother, said as she walked out of a Giant supermarket in Washington. In U.Sland of barbecues and grills, the beef it is becoming a luxury. Inflation rose 7% in 2021, something not seen since 1982. And January data, released […]
Study confirms that reducing meat consumption combats climate change
Consume less meat and dairy products in the world’s richest countries would help reduce by more than 60% polluting emissions during agricultural production, in addition to improving the health of the population, indicates an investigation published in the scientific journal “Nature Foods”. “If we reduce meat consumption, it also ‘frees up’ land to grow other […]
US announces $ 1 billion in aid for small meat producers
With information from EFE The President of the USA, Joe Biden, announced this week US $ 1,000 million in aid for independent meat producers in his country, with the aim of reducing market control by large producers and curbing the rise in prices. Biden’s decision was made known amid the growing pressure facing his government […]
After the meat, comes the laboratory coffee
After the meat, ¿café from laboratory? Finnish scientists have finalized a new technique that allows one of the most consumed beverages on the planet to be manufactured in a more sustainable way. “It is really coffee, because there is nothing other than coffee matter in the product,” says Dr. Heko Rischer. This new black gold […]