Category: Perspectives

Sucralose is one of the most popular artificial sweeteners in the United States and most parts of the world, especially for those cautious about their calorie intakes and sugar levels. In the United States, sucralose is considered an ideal artificial sweetener that is safe to consume. Although Sucralose is approved by the U.S. Food and...

The global weather phenomenon of El Nino is on course later in 2023, according to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  If it occurs in the twilight months of 2023, for its peak coincides with the European and North American winter, it will push the temperatures for this year to an unprecedented high. ...

It’s emerging that a huge portion of antibiotics are increasingly ending up in agricultural uses.  Factory farms in particular, or concentrated animal feeding operations, are intensely feeding animals with antibiotics to prevent or treat diseases. This has triggered a rise in antibiotic resistant bacteria.  When these bacteria get to human beings through the food chain,...

There is a raging debate in the U.S whether solar farms should be encouraged.  There are those who feel that by encouraging farmers to switch to solar harvesting for energy and profits, in place of growing food, the food sector will eventually be diminished and this is a grave danger to food security. On the...

While a three-year lockdown over Covid-19 still rings fresh in the minds of most people in rural China, it goes without saying that anything from this period that hints at freedom curtailing can have a sensational run. Indeed, something of a similar caliber is already running its course in a remote hamlet in Xian, north...

Each piece of plastic that has at any point been made is still on our planet today, aside from what has been scorched down. Also, this plastic doesn’t vanish. What happens is it separates into increasingly small pieces known as microplastics and nanoplastics. Microplastics have penetrated all aspects of the planet, especially the food supply...

At least three governments in the European region, the EU, have put a temporary stop to the transit of wheat and other food imports originating from Ukraine.  Here is a sketch of the evolving reasons that have led up to the ban, followed by an assessment of the impact likely to offshoot from this economic...