sustainability
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US funds $8m coffee and cacao research lab in Hawaii
The State Department is backing a University of Hawaiʻi-led program, the first federal coffee research money since USAID's funding collapsed in 2025.
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.
Potsdam packaging tax puts 50 cents on every takeaway cup
From 1 October, cafés, bakeries, fast-food outlets and petrol stations in Brandenburg's capital pay a levy on single-use containers and cutlery, with reusables exempt.
Madagascar vanilla prices fall to a decade low
A record harvest of more than 4,500 tonnes pushes wholesale vanilla prices down to a fraction of their 2018 peak.
Virgilio Martínez says recognition was never the goal
In a new interview, the chef behind Lima's Central reflects on what winning the world's top restaurant ranking in 2023 changed, and what it never did.
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.
Olive oil harvest 2026 starts early in Jaén, Spain
Green picking has begun in the world's biggest olive oil province, eight days before Andalusia publishes its first forecast for the 2026/27 campaign.
Norwegian mackerel season slows as the quota cut bites
Weekly landings fell from 23,000 to 4,082 tonnes as the fleet works a sharply reduced quota and British retailers swap Atlantic mackerel for cheaper jack mackerel in tins.
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.
Zeeland's mussel harvest hits a 30-year low, oysters hold firm
A wet 2024 cut the Oosterschelde's mussel crop by a third, CBS figures show. The region's oyster beds, grown in the same water, barely noticed the difference.
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