Green it yourself

‘ Everyone disappointed ’. ‘ European Parliament votes for de-greening CAP ’. The headlines tell the truth: the new CAP will not look ...

Hunting the Streets

Signs telling us hunting is allowed You must have noticed it’s autumn. While most people decide to slowly crawl back in their houses (...

Cascine aperte

A typical Milanese cascina I do not know a European city which has so many farms within its municipality borders than Milano. After lo...

Food for thought

Vote with your fork! It seems easier to say this than to practice. I guess sometimes you feel really happy when you come home with a...

Golden ages and dark nights

A new year has come. A year in which we start with fresh ideas and good intentions. Now it has become January it won’t be long before days ...

Farming the city

Should the farmer start a food factory? Loads of articles, documentaries and books are written about people in cities which start to gro...

Bees and the boring countryside

See the diversity in a city! The countryside is often found boring by people living in vibrating cities. The choices between shops is ve...

Wine, wein, vin, vino

The landscape changes constantly when travelling from Holland to a south European holiday destination. This year I travelled to Italy. From...

Fun

The model as a result of the essay (roof is kept open to be able to look into the interior) I just realized it is such fun to write th...

Cash Cow

This tekst is also available on IL CAMBIAMENTO Many languages have sayings in which food plays a major role. The Dutch use the saying Als...

Idyllisch

Stedelingen hebben vaak een romantisch beeld bij het weidse platteland en de voedselproductie die daar plaatsvindt. De bloesems in het oos...

The origin of food

 Paintings on the work of (former) inhabitants of a small frazione near Barolo. More wallpaintings can be seen on Flickr One of ...

Streetfood

A food stand between Vigevano and Casale Monferrato (Piemonte) This tekst is also available on IL CAMBIAMENTO Some months ago I already...

Hide and seek

The Dutch landscape is often related to flowers, windmills and typical black/white cows in green polders. But is this still true? Last we...