Food Archives - ETH Ambassadors

Two men standing at the border of a lake, wearing t-shirts saying Creating a Circular Future

Food, Global

Building connections for resilient systems

Creating resilient food systems is linked to personal bonds; an understanding that applies to humans that occupy this planet and others we may visit in the future. ...

3 weeks ago

Africa, Food

Using a virtual platform to navigate a complex food system

I applied for this online short course hoping to find solutions, instead I gained skills for navigating a complex system. ...

4 weeks ago

Climate change, Food, Sustainable Development Goals

Tackling the challenges of sustainable cocoa farming

Changing farming methods to better withstand shocks will be crucial to the cocoa industry, and will ensure that chocolate fans around the world can sustainably indulge th...

1 year ago

Climate change, Food

Duckweed could be Europe’s next food trend

Duckweed, a fast-growing plant that covers the surface of still water, could be on our plates soon, if scientists have their way. ...

1 year ago

Climate change, Food

Tastelab, giving sustainability a new flavour

1 year ago

Africa, Climate change, Food

How to make feed from flies

In Kenya, fly larvae convert organic waste into animal feed. Engineering for Development (E4D) scholar, Moritz Gold works to bring the process to a viable scale. ...

2 years ago

Europe, Food, Summer School

The Misty Mornings of Gut Rheinau

The Summer School at Gut Rheinau proved to be an exceptional experience for MSc student Hassan Zia. ...

2 years ago

Africa, Climate change, ETH4Development, Food, Sustainable Development Goals

Nigerian Root

PhD student Rebecca Enesi explores new methods of farming cassava roots in Nigeria....

2 years ago

Africa, ETH4Development, Food

A Food Journey to Côte d’Ivoire

Behind the scenes of the World Food System Center’s course in Côte d’Ivoire....

3 years ago

Africa, Asia-Pacific, Food, Global, South Asia, Sustainable Development Goals

Humanitarian Logistics: a report from the Field

ETH is applying its engineering know-how to make humanitarian operations more efficient. Here is a report from the field....

3 years ago

Africa, ETH4Development, Food

Magic beans – breeding disease resistant beans for smallholder farmers

Although I have been working with beans for two years now, I only fully realized the importance and impact of my project when I arrived in Uganda two weeks ago. The tradi...

3 years ago

Africa, ETH4Development, Food

Safeguarding the Future of Chocolate

While we enjoy the bittersweet flavors and smooth textures as they melt on our tongues, the seductive power of chocolate faces a crisis of sustainability. Challenges with...

3 years ago

Food

Building connections for resilient systems

Using a virtual platform to navigate a complex food system

Tackling the challenges of sustainable cocoa farming

Duckweed could be Europe’s next food trend

Tastelab, giving sustainability a new flavour

How to make feed from flies

The Misty Mornings of Gut Rheinau

Nigerian Root

A Food Journey to Côte d’Ivoire

Humanitarian Logistics: a report from the Field

Magic beans – breeding disease resistant beans for smallholder farmers

Safeguarding the Future of Chocolate

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