Sustainability
Where what we eat comes from, and who gets paid along the way.
China's farmed sturgeon now supplies 60% of the world's caviar
Yidu, on the Yangtze, ships more than 10,000 tins a day from a breeding valley built where fishing nets once hung. A kilo that cost 160,000 yuan a decade ago now sells by the tin for under 200.
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Ethiopian researchers turn coffee parchment into cellulose
A team at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University pulls almost 92% pure cellulose out of the husk that mills usually burn or dump.
BM Caterers starts growing its own produce in Wiltshire
A dedicated community farm now supplies the workplace caterer's corporate menus, part of a wider push by UK operators to shorten supply chains under cost pressure.
Belgian supermarkets still push meat and dairy, report finds
Questionmark's Superlist Environment Belgium 2026 ranks Lidl and Delhaize ahead of Colruyt, Carrefour and Aldi, but finds all five still encourage diets heavy in animal protein.
Ireland's fishing quotas still squeeze coastal fleets
Mackerel landings fell sharply and Dublin Bay prawn catches shrank under 2026's EU quota cuts; now Ireland chairs the talks that will set 2027's limits.
Farmed salmon: Roca, León and Atxa join 120-chef menu boycott
The open letter, run by the British charity WildFish, gathers chefs from 26 countries with more than 90 Michelin stars. Salmon farmers have not answered it; their trade press has looked at who pays for it.
Sake rice quality falls as Japan's summers heat up
Hyogo Prefecture's Yamada Nishiki, the rice behind 40% of Japan's sake, is losing quality as summer heat crosses 27°C during ripening. A heat-tolerant variety spreads slowly.
World's tuna purse-seine fleet grows to 693 vessels
ISSF's annual snapshot finds more boats and more hold capacity than a year ago, even as tracking tools reach nearly the whole large-scale fleet.
Mediterranean fishing quotas 2027 keep the trawler limits
The European Commission has proposed rolling over the effort regime for western Mediterranean trawlers and longliners into a third year, with ministers deciding in December.
Twenty-three green stars, and only eight of them shine twice
Sustainability now has its own scoreboard in the Dutch guide. Most of the kitchens on it hold no regular star at all, and that is the interesting part.
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