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Many consumers in South Africa believe that we do not get the best fruit, which is reserved for export.
I was one of these people until I saw the display below in a supermarket in Cluny.
photo by Dave Harcourt (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License)
I was also surprised to see [...]
I am in France for a few months and have already been surprised by a number of differences between South African and French food products. Some really nice and different products are on the shelves, many showing the deep commitment of the French to food and eating!
I intend blogging every now and again on [...]
While the article links Kenyan beer to Senator Obama (the son of a Kenyan) now running as presidential candidate of the US, it is of more interest for information on selling alcoholic beverages to consumers at the bottom of the pyramid
from: San Francisco Chronicle (click image for full story online)
Consumers [...]
An in container sterilisation process has the real advantage that packaging takes place before sterilisation, negating any problems in packaging. A major disadvantage are the long cycle times and high heat inputs required which result in harsh product treatments.
The Shaka Process (not related to the Zulu King) offered by Packaging Technologies and Inspection [...]
South Africa’s new government lead the way in banning smoking in public (even the French can’t smoke in their cafe now) and seem to be making good decisions again.
from: Business Day (click image for full story online)
Responding to the potential food and particularly maize supply problems, the Agriculture Minister Lulu [...]
News of investment in science and technology which could assist farmers by reducing post harvest losses is always welcome and is based on strong logic.
from: Science & Development Network (click image for full story online)
After all the project to be run at Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine [...]
This is a particularly nice idea where the biodiesel can be used to meet simpler energy needs such as lamps, cooking stoves and unsophisticated generators.
from: Timbuktu Chronicles (click image for full story online)
However, this blog addresses few of the issues that will impact on the achievement of sustainable operation of [...]
The German Appropriate Technology and Ecoefficiency Programme (GATE) Programme of GTZ (the German Development Agency) has a good overview of sun drying as a food technology process.
from: GTZ – GATE (click image for full story online)
It presents the technical background of drying, describes and compares different drying operation and equipment, gives [...]
Many years ago Monty Python had a sound bite on a crisp factory that sold salt and vinegar ice and crispy bacon ice creams – it was counter posed by a shop that sold strawberry flavoured chips!
But now its for real and not a joke!
from: Haagen-Dazs (click image for full story [...]
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