Articles for Urban Food

Consumer inflation moderates slightly to 5.5% in November
1 month ago

Consumer inflation moderates slightly to 5.5% in November

The Hindu  

India’s retail inflation cooled slightly to 5.5% in November from a 14-month high of 6.2% in October, but remained significantly elevated for rural consumers at 5.95%, while dropping to 4.8% for their urban counterparts. “The decline in inflation in November 2024 is mainly due to decline in inflation in ‘food & beverages’ group,” the National Statistics Office said, pointing to …

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Gardening doesn't have to be overwhelming. Start by doing one thing a day
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gardening doesn't have to be overwhelming. Start by doing one thing a day

ABC  

As I enter my second year of renovating my house and garden solo, I've been feeling a touch unenthused about all the decisions left to make and all the work still to go. Small tasks help build motivation On low-energy days, my "one thing" can be so small it's mostly tokenistic. The other day, for example, I committed to turning …

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Consumption trends and monetary policy
10 months, 1 week ago

Consumption trends and monetary policy

Hindustan Times  

Consumption is the mainstay of India’s aggregate demand, constituting around 60% of its Gross Domestic Product. Average monthly per capita consumption expenditure was ₹3,773 in rural India and ₹6,459 in urban India in 2022-23 as against ₹1,431 in rural India and ₹2,629 in urban India in 2011-12. At a broad category level, non-food expenditure has grown at a much higher …

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World food capital urban forum held in Guilin
1 year, 2 months ago

World food capital urban forum held in Guilin

China Daily  

The 2023 Guangxi catering culture exposition and world food capital urban forum will be held in Guilin from Nov 17 to 19. The expo will also hold the inaugural world food capital urban forum and the catering and tourism integration development forum, inviting representatives from renowned cities to share their experiences and jointly discuss development matters. The event will promote …

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Urban poverty triples in Sri Lanka amid enduring crisis
2 years, 3 months ago

Urban poverty triples in Sri Lanka amid enduring crisis

The Hindu  

As Sri Lankans continue braving their worst economic crisis since Independence, urban poverty on the island has tripled in the last year, from 5% to 15 %, according to a recent World Bank report. Sri Lanka is experiencing “its highest poverty rate since 2009, and an erosion of the steady gains in welfare made between 2006 and 2019,” the Bank …

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How Brighton & Hove became Britain's greenest food city
2 years, 3 months ago

How Brighton & Hove became Britain's greenest food city

BBC  

How Brighton & Hove became Britain's greenest food city Steven Swinnen/Getty Images How Brighton & Hove became Britain's greenest city Long known as a progressive beacon, Brighton & Hove is quickly becoming a global model of food sustainability. In 2020, Brighton & Hove became the UK's first city to be awarded Gold Sustainable Food Status by Sustainable Food Places, an …

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Power in seeds: Urban gardening gains momentum in pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

Power in seeds: Urban gardening gains momentum in pandemic

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — On an assemblage of vacant lots and other pockets of unused land in the Bronx, gardeners from low-income neighborhoods have banded together to create over a dozen “farm hubs,” coordinating their community gardens and their harvest. In cities, where many see the phenomenon as inseparable from deeper issues of race and equity, some community leaders prefer terms …

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How urban middle-class India eats at home
5 years, 11 months ago

How urban middle-class India eats at home

Hindustan Times  

The apple hasn’t fallen too far from the tree. “Our parents might have had anything random for breakfast such as poha, omelette-bread, jalebi and milk, or all three, but now people, even as they continue their family’s food habits, know what is the fat, fibre and protein component in every meal.what protein to have or not to have at breakfast, …

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It's Impossible To Eat Healthfully. Here's Why.
5 years, 11 months ago

It's Impossible To Eat Healthfully. Here's Why.

Huff Post  

More people are thinking about the health consequences of what they eat, but few consider the health consequences of how food is produced. For millions around the world, hidden killers in our broken food system make healthy eating impossible, says a new report that warns of the damage from air pollution, water contamination and antibiotic resistance. Yet, even if we …

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