Edibility questioned

How true is Horlicks ad hype on boiled milk?

Experts say advertisement is misleading

Nestle adds almost 3 grams of sugar in every serving of baby food Cerelac sold in India

WHO guidelines against adding honey or sugar in food for infants violated only in Asian, African and Latin American countries, finds …

Ecuador's foot-and-mouth outbreak affects meat and dairy exports

Cooperative in spirit

Verghese Kurien, the man who made cooperatives an empowering business model

Politics behind Maharashtra's milk strike

Banking on mothers

A bank in Udaipur collects mothers’ milk; experts to chalk out plan to include it in national policy

World Breastfeeding Week 2023: Supportive workplaces needed to reach global breastfeeding targets

Rate of breastfeeding at 48%, up by 10 percentage points over past decade, say WHO & UNICEF

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Nestle scare

Contaminated baby milk products recalled in EU

Livestock production causes global warming, strains land and water resources

Today's breakfast: DDT

A significant proportion of food products in India, especially infant food products, has been found to be contaminated by poisonous substances

Deadline fails

'We need to promote the culture of donating breast milk'

Armida Fernandez, founder trustee of Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action, started the first human milk bank in India in 1989 in …

Britain gets special police force to check food crimes

All recommendations of food expert likely to be accepted by government

'Open forests for livestock grazing'

Otaram Dewasi, Rajasthan's Minister of Dairy, Devasthan and Gaupalan department and India’s first cow minister, tells Down To Earth how the …

The switch: What happens to GHG emissions if half of meat, milk consumption is swapped with alternatives?

Biggest impact on agricultural input use would be seen in China, sub-Saharan Africa 

In Short

Starved of fodder

Marathwada has been struggling with acute fodder shortage, but the state government has not taken any step to counter the problem

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

Why is fodder so expensive?

Supply from agriculture and forests is dwindling  

Retail FDI myths

There is no evidence that global retail chains ensure better prices for farmers or help bring down inflation

What is causing food inflation

It is protein products, not wheat and rice that are pushing food price index

Adulterated milk floods Maharashtra

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