appetite

Appetite for shark fin soup serious risk to threatened sharks

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Fishing pressure on threatened shark populations has increased dramatically in recent years and it is urgent that consumers reject shark fin products altogether — a study in Marine Policy by researchers from the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS), School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong (HKU), the Sea Around Us initiative at the … Read more

The Food Business’ Appetite for Big Data

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Restaurants in the US do not only want to make it through the tough times. They are looking to big data to help perfect their dish, their service, and perhaps even their memory of customers’ names. Tech startups such as Salido in New York are creating programs that consolidate all of a restaurant’s operations on … Read more