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fromOpen Culture
5 days ago

How a Volcanic Eruption Helped Unleash the Black Death in Europe in 1347

A volcanic eruption around 1345 lowered temperatures, failed Mediterranean crops, shifted trade routes, and helped spread the Black Death into Europe.
Beer
fromBoston Herald
2 months ago

6 European beer stews to try this winter

Europe's north-south climate divide creates distinct beer and wine regions, with northern Europe developing hearty beer stews using regional brewing traditions.
Environment
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

How the climate crisis threatens our food and the people that grow it

The Independent funds on-the-ground journalism covering reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, relying on donations to maintain open-access reporting without paywalls.
fromNature
7 months ago

Power and profit drive what we eat: here's why the food system needs a revolution

Stuart Gillespie's book Food Fight offers a sharp diagnosis: a global system once designed to stave off famine through cheap, calorie-dense foods now fuels obesity, disease, environmental harm and inequality. Drawing on four decades of experience in global nutrition and policy, Gillespie argues that tinkering won't do. Fixing the system will take nothing less than a revolution. The statistics that Gillespie presents in this eye-opening book are shocking:
Public health
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