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Innovating Food, Innovating the Law

Innovating Food, Innovating the Law. Convegno Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Centro Congressi Via Emilia Parmense, 84 29122 Piacenza Italy Il termine “innovazione” è stato ampiamente utilizzato, dalle organizzazioni internazionali e nella politica dell’Unione Europea, per riferirsi alle implicazioni innescate dalla scienza e dalla tecnologia su tutti gli aspetti della vita umana. Rispetto al vecchio ... Innovating Food, Innovating the Law

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Prof. Colin Sage on Food and McMeekin

The following comment was written and sent to the Bassetti Foundation by Prof. Colin Sage, senior lecturer within the Geography Department at University College Cork, and refers to the interview with Prof. Andrew McMeekin posted on this site on 20th april 2011. Sage describes himself as being located “within a theoretically informed, socially engaged and ... Prof. Colin Sage on Food and McMeekin

La crisi del cibo

L’aumento del prezzo delle derrate alimentari, iniziato già alla fine del 2010, è stato l’innesco per la serie di rivolte che si stanno verificando nel Nord Africa e, secondo gli esperti, è destinato a determinare instabilità politiche ed economiche almeno per il resto del 2011 e il 2012. Alcuni dei meccanismi che stanno alla base ... La crisi del cibo

Margherita Fronte

Food for Mind. Food for Health

(leggi in Italiano) Between Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th October the city of Torino hosts the “Food For Mind. Mind For Health” conference and Cristina Grasseni of the Bassetti Foundation will be speaking. The event is organized by the IUHPE (International Union for Health Promotion and Education) – CIPES (Italian Confederation for the Promotion of ... Food for Mind. Food for Health

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Cloned meat and milk enter the food chain

This week both the UK and foreign news channels and press have run stories that raise some serious questions about the regulation of cloning and foodstuffs. It appears that milk produced by the offspring of a cloned cow is (or has been) on sale in UK shops, unmarked and mixed in with other milk. This ... Cloned meat and milk enter the food chain

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Food, Sustainability and Plant Science conference

The 10th EMBO/EMBL Science & Society Conference entitled “Food, sustainability and plant science – a global challenge” takes place on 6th and 7th of November 2009 at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany. The EMBO (European Molecular Biology Association) and EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) jointly promote the conference and state on the conference website that ‘This ... Food, Sustainability and Plant Science conference

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Functional Food, Novel Food e Nanofood

Il Gruppo Scientifico Italiano Studi e Ricerche (G.S.I.S.R.) organizza a Milano giovedì 11 dicembre 2008 una giornata di studio intitolata “Functional Food, Novel Food e Nanofood. Nuove frontiere nell’alimentazione“. Il nanocibo, come definito dal Nanoforum nel documento “Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food“, è “l’insieme di quelle tecniche o apparecchi che usano la nanotecnologia durante le ... Functional Food, Novel Food e Nanofood

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European Food Safety Authority is launching a public consultation

Public consultation on the Draft Opinion of the Scientific Committee on the Potential Risks Arising from Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies on Food and Feed safety and the Environment EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) is launching a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion on the Potential Risks Arising from Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies on Food and Feed ... European Food Safety Authority is launching a public consultation

Cristina Grasseni at the Slow Food Salon of Taste

On Monday 27th October 2008, within the vast programme of the Slow Food movement’s Salon of Taste which was held in Turin between the 23rd and the 27th October, Cristina Grasseni of the Bassetti Foundation took part in the round table presentation “The Shepherdess: Queen of the Alps”, devoted to the innovative local experiences of ... Cristina Grasseni at the Slow Food Salon of Taste

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La reinvenzione del cibo

La reinvenzione del cibo. Culture del gusto fra tradizione e globalizzazione ai piedi delle Alpi di Cristina Grasseni, Verona, Qui Edit, 2007 Da quando l’innovazione tecnologica in campo agro-alimentare ha cominciato a rivoluzionare le abitudine alimentari, è fiorito un interesse interdisciplinare – che coinvolge l’etica, la sociologia, la politologia, etc. – sul tema del cibo. ... La reinvenzione del cibo

Nicole Lozzi
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