Food

Press release… Designated by the UN, the Year will highlight women’s essential roles and push for global action to tackle the structural barriers they face 05/12/2025 Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday launched The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global campaign aimed at …

Press release… International food commodity price trends reflect broadly abundant global supplies and intensifying exporter competition… 05/12/2025 Rome – World food commodity prices declined in November, led by lower international quotations for all major staple foods except cereals, according to the benchmark measure released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …

Ali Yıldız, Chairman of the Marmara Olive Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union, emphasised the importance of olive oil for health and announced that they would be promoting small-packaged products and running promotional campaigns to boost consumption habits. He also drew attention to the impact of European Union funds on olive oil …

Bodrum, one of Türkiye’s leading tourism destinations, once again highlights the culinary prestige of its registered çökertme kebab by securing the seventh spot on an international gastronomy ranking. Prepared in the Milas and Bodrum regions, the dish features beef cooked with special spices, served over matchstick-thin fried potatoes and topped with tomato sauce, with …

Designation brings Türkiye’s total number of EU-registered products to 44, says Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı… ISTANBUL… Maraş çöreği a traditional bun from Türkiye’s Kahramanmaras province, has been granted EU geographical indication status, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı announced Monday. In a post on the Turkish social media …

Press release… Pınar Et, Türkiye’s First Integrated Meat Facility, Celebrated Its 40th Anniversary… Pınar Meat(Et) General Manager Hüseyin Demir stated that Pınar Meat continues to lead the total processed meat market with a 19.1 percent tonnage share. Hüseyin Demir As Türkiye’s first privately owned integrated meat facility, Pınar Meat has …

COP30 marked a turning point. For the first time at a climate conference of this scale, agrifood systems and the direct participation of rural and Indigenous communities occupied a central place in negotiations and in the global narrative. This shift represented an explicit acknowledgment that agriculture —and the people who …

Our book, “I Live in Türkiye, I Know What I Eat – CHEESE,” was named “Best in the World” at the Gourmand Awards 2025 and has been named the Best Cheese Book of the Last 30 Years! Berrin Bal Onur This remarkable success of our book, published by Vakıfbank Kültür …

Türkiye’s central Anatolian province of Konya aims to preserve the region’s rich cuisine for the future with 87 geographically indicated food products. KOGAT President Ali Ülkü emphasized the importance of this initiative, emphasizing that Konya is home to a diverse range of culinary cultures. The aim is to enhance the …

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Head of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association and Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters’ Association, announced that Japan imports 80 billion dollars worth of food products annually. Pointing out that the TURQUALITY Project, Turkish Tastes, successfully implemented in the …