It is said that we are what we eat. Food is the closest connection we have with the environment.
Food is one of the basic needs of human existence. In some parts of the world people are still suffering to fulfilL this need but in other countries food is no longer a need. In today's economical system, agriculture and food production is a very profitable business and its production, transportation and maintenance has lot of impacts on the environment. Where does our food come from? Who produces it? What is industrial food production and GMO? Why is a hamburger cheaper than a fresh salad?

There is a whole range of impacts on the environment, so get informed about GMOs, meat production, the eco labels on food and much more facts and information in this section:

• Globally, over 4,000 assessed plant and animal species are threatened by agricultural intensification, and the number is still rising. Over 1,000 (87%) of a total of 1,226 threatened bird species are impacted by agriculture.

• Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tonnes — gets lost or wasted.

• Almost 870 million people, or 12.5% of the world's population, were undernourished in 2010-2012; the vast majority of them (852 million) live in developing countries.

• Global crop production has expanded threefold over the past 50 years, largely through higher yields per unit of land and crop intensification.

• Food miles calculator
• Corporations behind the food
  • Monsanto
• Eggs production
• GMO
• Global fishing
• Meat production
• The truth behind meat production
• Foie Gras...Still want to eat it?
• Ecolabels on food
• Water
  • Water footprint & Virtual water
  • Facts
  • Water and food