How unhealthy are ultra-processed foods?
Ultra-processed foods are commonly portrayed as a modern health scourge: a threat lurking on the shelves of every supermarket linked to obesity, heart disease, cancer and early death. Researchers warning…
Big Food’s natural brand acquisitions prosper best when left alone
When Hormel Foods Corp, maker of Spam canned meat, said it was buying Applegate Farms in May, fans of the organic and natural meat company lamented its takeover by Big…
Elusive economics of natural resource
It has been for sometime that I have been advocating the use of natural organic fertilisers. The reason is that chemical fertilisers have made our soils toxic. The excessive use…
Pakistan and the new Middle East
The global economic landscape is undergoing a profound transformation and the Middle East – long defined by oil rents and labour imports – is now emerging as a dynamic hub…
Heart & climate disaster
NOT only did the floods wash away fields, livestock, livelihood and homes, they also exacerbated the hunger and malnutrition crisis in the country and trapped communities in less-visible diseases, leaving…
Ignorance and the world
If leaders around the world were less ignorant, perhaps we would be living in a better place. Sadly, this is not the case. In the US, which claims to be…
CAREC connectivity
Pakistan’s strategic location, at the crossroads of Central and South Asia, has long been described as a natural gateway for regional trade. However, being well-placed on the map has not…
Walking is a blessing
Walking is such a blessing. You realize when, for one reason or the other, this God given gift is restricted or hindered due to some accident or disease. Walking has…
Save soil, save life
SOIL is our lifeline. It sustains life with a variety of foods, holds and filters water to provide us with clean and safe potable water and maintains ecological balance by…
Guerilla gardening
THERE are those who complain, and then there are those who take action … and the residents of Kenya’s Kericho county fall squarely into the latter category. Kenyan roads are…
