Organic farming: Does it contribute to contaminant-free produce and ensure food safety?
An interesting article on the misconceptions of the benefits of organic farming on the ecosystem, especially in terms of organic waste management.
ICTs to address information inefficiencies in food supply chains
A study that explores how ICT can help in addressing lack of information among poor small holder farmers, it also discussess possible dangers that ICT can create when context is not taken…
Climate, Chaos and Collective Behaviour : A Rising Fickleness
The book is comprised of 11 chapters with each one presenting a specific case study, where the principles of chaos theory are linked to social science. It focuses on two disciplines, mass…
Social media? It’s serious! Understanding the dark side of social media
A very interesting paper on the drakside of social media, which can be unquantifiable and often unretrievable and nonforgiving in nature. The paper studies the important forces at play, using the social…
The Political Relevance of Food Media and Journalism: Beyond Reviews and Recipes
The book presents the idea that food, journalism, and politics are all interconnected and that food blogs are far from being trivial, regardless of how they may seem on the social media…
