Food

Over the past year, I have spent almost half of my time travelling. Being away from home means meeting new people, gaining new perspectives and stepping outside your comfort zone. I think this is something that most of us academics lack. Whenever I meet someone new and they find out …

Press release… Türkiye, the world’s food warehouse, ramped up its exports to South Korea, one of its target markets, by 34 percent to 145 million dollars in 2024. Turkish food exporters will collaborate with the Korea Origin Information Agency to further ramp up food exports to South Korea. The Aegean …

Approximately 50 tonnes of the 350 tonnes of ‘brown’ rock salt extracted from the salt marshes at the foot of Mount Beydağı in the Zara district of Sivas province is exported to Japan. Sivas… The harvest of the spring salt, which is produced in clay pools in the village of …

Press release… Gains in meat and vegetable oil price indices outweigh declines in cereals, dairy and sugar… 08/08/2025 Rome – The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, up 1.6 percent from June, driven primarily by rising international prices of meat and vegetable …

European researchers find extreme climate events, such as droughts, floods, heavy rainfall and more, result in both domestic and international price hikes for agricultural products such as coffee, cocoa, rice, among others… August, 2025… Global food prices are on the rise with extreme weather conditions caused by climate change, as …

The Presidency’s Agriculture and Food Policies Board has launched an initiative to tackle Türkiye’s annual food waste, estimated at 23 million tons and costing the country tens of billions of dollars. According to the Turkish Foundation for Waste Prevention (TİSVA), per capita waste in the country reaches about 102 kilograms each year, with fruits and …

Press release… The Turkish Tastes project, run by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) to raise awareness and consumption of Turkish food products in the US market, launched a powerful promotional campaign in Las Vegas as part of the ACF National Convention, one of America’s leading gastronomic events. At the event, …

Press release… The Eastern Black Sea Region, under the jurisdiction of Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Associations (DKİB) Secretariat General, saw exports totaling 929,980,511 dollars in the January-July 2025 period. In the first seven months of 2025, exports from the Eastern Black Sea Region included 716,816,000 dollars from Trabzon, 115,465,000 dollars …

July, 2025… The Sustainable Food and Drink Industry Association (SÜGİD) is a stakeholder platform established to support the sustainability transformation of the agriculture-based food and beverage industry. By bringing together a wide range of actors, from industrial organizations to academia, public institutions to civil society representatives, the association pioneers the …

WORLD PASTA DAY 2025: FROM TRADITION TO FUTURE October 24–26, 2025 | Istanbul Pasta is an indispensable delight in global cuisine, a shared cultural symbol, and a source of joy at every table. Celebrated each year on October 25 in a different country, World Pasta Day offers a unique opportunity to highlight …