Food
Half of the World’s Food is Going to Waste
January 15, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
A new study conducted by UK-based Institution of Medical Engineers has revealed an alarming fact, 50% of the world’s food goes to waste. Causes of this staggering issue include poor storage, strict sell by dates, bulk offers and consumer…
Fenugreen & The Tiffin Project Tackling Food Wastage
September 10, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
Fenugreen are concerned about the amount of food that goes to waste because of spoilage. As a result they have developed FreshPaper, a simple piece of paper that will slow the growth of bacteria and fungi and keep fruit and vegetables fresh…
The Changing Face of Farming
August 29, 2012 | Janeece Keller
Industry transformation will only happen when that industry realizes they’re bigger than themselves.
On 24th August, the second FACETS (Food, Agriculture, Climate, Energy, Topsoil, Sustainability) event was held in rural Australia,…
The Beast File | An Infograph on Food Waste in Australia.
April 14, 2011 | White Spaces
Australians love food, beer and barbies. Here is a detailed look at how we waste it and a some ideas on what problems our waste can solve.
Hungry Beast is a weekly, half-hour, TV show on ABC television combining journalism, comedy and the reportage…
Pop-Up Dinner in the Streets of Italy
November 22, 2010 | White Spaces
The Italian town of Ferrara kept most of the details under wraps until the last minute for its recent, pop-up dinner in the city streets.
Participants in Ferrara’s September Street Dinner began by purchasing for EUR 60 per person a package…
Extreme Innovation | How the World’s Best Restaurant Stays on Top
September 14, 2010 | The Bull 3
El Bulli is a small restaurant that overlooks Cala Montjoi in Spain’s Costa Brava region. It isn’t easy to get to as it is located 160 kilometres to the north of Barcelona and includes a final 40 minute drive around a winding cliff road. The…
Why Every Restaurant Should Allow Bill Splitting
August 10, 2010 | The Bull 16
I love a damned good plate of spaghetti marinara. In fact I’ll drive half- way across town to get a good one. Fresh seafood, garlic, a splash of wine and chilli served with al dente pasta really hits the spot for me.
Two weeks ago I had one of the …
Otarian | The First Ever Low-Carbon Restaurant
August 10, 2010 | White Spaces 1
Australian chain Otarian bills itself as “the first ever low-carbon restaurant, using a cradle-to-grave analysis in the carbon footprinting of every menu item.” Almost everything in Otarian’s restaurants—from the floor…
Starbucks Coffee Co Experiments with 15th Avenue E Coffee & Tea
August 6, 2010 | White Spaces 1
With a new purpose and new vision, Starbucks has gone back to basics with the launch of their 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea store.
The first of three experimental stores in Seattle, this Capitol Hill location loses the ubiquitous Starbucks branding…
Jamie Oliver Introduces the openIDEO Challenge with Food Revolution
August 5, 2010 | White Spaces
Jamie Oliver Introduces the OpenIDEO Challenge / OpenIDEO.com from IDEO on Vimeo.
How can we raise kids’ awareness of the benefits of fresh food so they can make better choices?
Jamie Oliver won the TED Prize wish last year. His wish was…
Bec-a-licious | Entrepreneurial mum creating amazing cakes
July 6, 2010 | White Spaces
Have you heard of Bec-a-Licious cakes? Never? We find that hard to believe however we are quite proud that we have now addressed that problem for you.
We stumbled across the Bec-a-licious facebook fan page looking for a cake for a friends party.…
Is there hope for our planet, before it’s consumed in one giant sugar plantation?
May 31, 2010 | Andrew Fallshaw 2
Just a random thought on “sweet things”. If you skip sweet things for a month, your taste buds adjust. They become hyper sensitive to any hint of sweetness, revealing an abundance of flavours in something as simple as rice. Try…
Top 10 Reasons To Shop Local First
May 17, 2010 | White Spaces 1Significantly more money re-circulates in greater grand rapids when purchases are made at locally, owned, rather than nationally owned, businesses. Money Is kept in the community because locally-owned businesses often purchase from …
STREAT | Thai papaya salad helping homeless and disadvantaged youth.
April 6, 2010 | White SpacesMelbourne based STREAT have launched there first food cart in Federation Square! After much pushing, pulling and last-minute repairing, we are serving yummy street hawker food at an affordable price.
STREAT actually manage to cook Thai …
The Salad versus the Big Mac
March 29, 2010 | White SpacesWhy does a salad cost more than a Big Mac? Part of the reason is that a huge proportion of our food subsidies go to meat while only 0.37 percent go to fruits and vegetables. That makes meat and dairy artificially cheap, so we end up consuming more…
The Deli Garage Lets You Spray Paint Your Own Food!
March 26, 2010 | Melanie Mueller 3Are you adventurous with food but ever feel like your food doesn’t amaze you enough, does it look boring or need some life? Then Esslack Food Spray may be just the right thing for you.
Thanks to the very clever German team – The Deli Garage…
Chefs Predict Food Trends of the Future
March 15, 2010 | White Spaces 1Macrobiotic food, raw food, local food…the list of food trends that have popped up in restaurants in recent years is virtually endless. The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) recently surveyed 400 chefs to find…
Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish:: Teach every child about food
February 15, 2010 | White Spaces 3Have you ever been so moved by a speech that it change the very foundations of your life? I have. The majority of the speeches that moved me to create changes in my life were delivered by TED.
Last week, they did it again. After awarding Jamie Oliver…
Frozen Yoghurt meets Designer in Berlin
January 29, 2010 | Melanie Mueller
Yoli is Berlins first Frozen Yoghurt Shop, with an amazing variety of topping ideas and an extra dose of calcium, vitamin B2 and a high proportion of live and active pro-biotic yoghurt cultures.
Although the concept is not new, Yoli succeeds…
[The Cool List #2] Project Label.
November 25, 2009 | White Spaces
We love this site and the concept behind Project Label.Project Label creates “social nutrition” labels to track manufacturers’ social and environmental responsibility.
Project Label strives to produce people-powered…
3 minutes with Rebecca Scott from STREAT
November 9, 2009 | White Spaces 1[PROFILES:PEOPLE]
Since meeting Rebecca Scott from STREAT, I have had a different perspective on life. We originally met for a coffee with Rebecca in July for a casual discussion in relation to STREATand the new venture we are embarking…
Project Label Creates Social Nutrition
November 9, 2009 | White Spaces
Project Label creates “social nutrition” labels to track manufacturers’ social and environmental responsibility.
Each company listed on Project Label is ranked according to various social and environmental…
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