Rethinking Sustainable Palm Oil: The University of Padua Study Challenging the Demonization Narrative
Leggi l’articolo in italiano A new study by Etifor and the University of Padua shows that oil palm cultivation can significantly reduce its environmental impact when embedded in controlled, traceable and sustainability-driven supply chains. The findings challenge the simplistic narrative of palm oil as the sole driver of deforestation, shifting the debate toward scientific evidence, […]
Complementary Proteins: Strategic, Business and Consumer Implications
Animal proteins remain at the heart of global food systems, delivering nutrient density, food security, economic value, and deep cultural identity. That’s why the future of protein shouldn’t be framed as replacement, but as protein coexistence. Innovation can expand consumer choice, but it should work alongside livestock supply chains, leveraging complementarities, nutritional quality, real sustainability, […]
The Future of Proteins is Coexistence: From Food Wars to Food Innovation
Leggi l’articolo in italiano At the 2026 Annual Assembly of ASSICA – the Italian Meat and Cured Meats Industry Association – held in Rome, industry leaders gathered to discuss “The Future of Pork in an Age of Global Uncertainty.” During the conference, Pietro Paganini highlighted how the pork and cured meats industry is undergoing a […]
Beyond Ideology: How AI and Data Are Rewriting the Animal Proteins Debate
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Are animal proteins really the climate’s “number one enemy”? For years, the debate was framed in simple, polarized terms: climate on one side, meat, dairy, and livestock on the other. But today, advanced data, new scientific metrics, artificial intelligence, and satellite monitoring systems are revealing a far more complex reality. The […]
Milk in the Age of Volatility: Why Dairy is Becoming a Strategic Industry Again
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The dairy sector is often seen as one of the most stable pillars of the agri-food system. But beneath that surface of continuity lies a market increasingly shaped by shocks, pressure, and deep transformation. Today, dairy is no longer just nutrition — it is economics, geopolitics, sustainability, and trust. To understand […]
Animal Proteins and Novel Foods: Why Balance is the Future of Food Innovation
Today, debates around food are often framed in binary terms – animal versus plant-based, traditional versus innovative, natural versus artificial, sustainable versus unsustainable. Yet food systems are inherently complex, and the real challenge is not substitution, but balance. This was the key message addressed during the Onfoods event “Proteins: Always Essential, Now Alternative”, promoted by […]
Giornata della Terra: la sostenibilità passa dalla zootecnia
Read the article in English Ogni 22 aprile, la Giornata della Terra riporta l’attenzione sul futuro del pianeta e su ciò che lo sostiene. Ma quando il tema è il cibo, il confronto si riduce spesso a slogan. L’allevamento finisce così nel mirino, considerato un problema da ridurre o cancellare. La realtà, però, è ben […]
Earth Day: Rethinking Sustainability Through the Evolution of Livestock
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Earth Day (22 April) invites reflection on the future of our planet and the systems that sustain it. Yet, especially when it comes to food, the conversations often falls into simplification. Livestock production, in particular, is still widely framed as a problem to be reduced or eliminated. The reality, however, is […]
A Tax on What We Might Do: The Cloud Precedent
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The cloud may soon be taxed not for what we do, but for what we could do. A technical measure that hides a dangerous shift: behaviours are no longer assessed, and decisions are made based on mere assumptions. If we accept it, we are no longer regulating markets; we are taxing […]
From Availability to Resilience: Rethinking Food Security in the EU
Leggi l’articolo in italiano We invest heavily in energy security. Yet, as I have argued for years, we take something even more fundamental for granted: food availability. In a world of fragile supply chains and growing geopolitical tensions, food security can no longer be assumed. It is time to treat it for what it is: […]