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Toxic food, the invisible exposure
385 million cases of acute pesticide poisoning every year. Neurotoxic residues in 100% of urine samples tested in healthy Spanish adults. A pear with 14 pesticides in it — all perfectly legal. The history of industrial agriculture is a history of poisons we defended until we couldn’t anymore. So here is the only question that matters: what are we defending right now that our children will pa
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8 tips to bring back the Buzz
How to turn your home and neighbourhood into a pollinator paradise Up to 90% of flowering plants in Europe depend on bees to reproduce. In France alone, 72% of cultivated food species have some dependence on insect pollinators. In Germany (one of the most studied cases on the continent) the total biomass of flying insects collapsed by three-quarters in just 25 years. So, lose the bees, and the kno
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Lemony Quinoa and Rocket Salad
In May, fast-growing leafy greens like rocket are at their peak in European fields. Building meals around them is one of the simplest ways to eat with the season. The beauty of a salad like this is that it’s not rigid; you can swap in whatever crisp greens you have on hand, like spinach or watercress. It is a straightforward, seasonal dish designed to make the most of what is actually growing righ
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Wanted: Farmers willing to convert to organic
It is hard to think of any sector that has been as persistently questioned as organic farming. Every few weeks, a familiar argument resurfaces: organic cannot feed us, yields are too low, the risks are too high. Organic is often portrayed as well-intentioned, but ultimately impractical: a nice idea that collapses under real-world pressure. But in the surveys we have conducted, the results are clea
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The Pineapple Paradox: Why “Green” Means Ripe in Organic Farming
In the 1700’s, pineapple was a symbol of such extreme wealth that European aristocrats would rent a single pineapple for a night just to display it as a centrepiece at parties (Levy, 2014). It was rarely eaten, and its value lay entirely in its status as a rare, exotic icon of prestige. Today, that luxury era has been replaced by a supermarket myth. We are still obsessed with the pineapple’s
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Farmer Survey 2025
At CrowdFarming, our mission goes far beyond offering nutritious organic food to European consumers; because at the end of the day the reality is that we work for farmers. Our goal is to solve the systemic problems they face in a direct sales model so they can focus on what really matters: farming. As our farmers face the rising pressures of inflation, unpredictable weather, global geo-politcal ev
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Energy Balls: Two ways!
These no-bake energy balls use a simple base: dates and nuts. Dates provide structure and sweetness, nut butter binds, and citrus adds acidity and aroma. Put them together, and you get a fudgy and nutritious snack bite. Chocolate/orange and lemon/coconut are great combinations, but once you’ve got the base, the recipe is flexible: swap the nuts, change the nut butter, or try a different citrus fru
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Immune to inflation: How regenerative farming beats the global food monopoly
If you’ve paid attention to the news lately, you’ve probably noticed that our global food system is cracking under pressure. Between extreme weather wiping out harvests, the war in Ukraine sending energy prices through the roof, and the recent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz paralysing the global fertiliser trade, the extreme fragility of how we feed the world has never been more obvious. But thi
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