November 11, 2023

Behind the Aroma Podcast Notes for Season 02 Episode 05: Smuggling of Foods

 Bibliography: Adekunle B (np).  1999 – 2018 documentation by Bamidele Adekunle. Adekunle, B. (2010). The joint border post at ECOWAS borders. Nigerian Tribune. Adekunle, B. (2010). Towards securing ECOWAS borders. This Day; All Africa.com West Africa: Towards Securing Ecowas Borders - allAfrica.com Adekunle, B and Filson G. (2015). What African countries must do to boost trade among themselves. The conversation. What African countries must...
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August 16, 2023

Behind the Aroma Podcast Notes for Season 02 Episode 04: Technology and Food

 Bibliography: Adekunle, B. (2018a, June 7). Digital payment, ethnocultural food and alternative agriculture. https://evcontario2011.blogspot.com/2018/06/digital-payment-ethnocultural-food-and.htmlAdekunle, B. (2018, July 7). Autonomous vehicles and Agri-Food value chain. https://evcontario2011.blogspot.com/2018/07/autonomous-vehicles-and-agri-food-value.htmlAdekunle, B. (2019, June 23). The logic. ECVOntario. https://evcontario2011.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-logic.htmlAdekunle,...
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August 9, 2023

Understanding the Consumption of Tea: Black, White, Green or Oolong?

 Different types of teasTea (Camellia sinensis) is a beverage loved by people all over the world, though at different levels of affinity. I believe my love for tea started as a toddler who will wake up at the middle of the night to impress it on my aunties to make tea for me. Later in life, tea became something I drink only for breakfast. As I became a traveler, researcher and global learner,...
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June 29, 2023

Behind the Aroma Podcast Notes for Season 02 Episode 03: Opacity and Food Authenticity

BibliographyAdekunle, (2020). The Butcher’s Impressions. (2020, February 23). ECV Ontario. https://evcontario2011.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-butchers-impressions.htmlAdekunle, (2018). Halal Food: Conception, Misconceptions and Certification.  ECVOntario: Halal Food: Conception, Misconceptions and Certification (evcontario2011.blogspot.com)Adekunle, B., & Filson, G. (2020). Understanding halal food market: Resolving asymmetric information. Food Ethics, 5(1),...
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April 23, 2023

Behind the Aroma Podcast Notes for Season 02 Episode 02: Capitalism and our Food System

 BibliographyBen Ali, S.-E., Madi, Z. E., Hochegger, R., Quist, D., Prewein, B., Haslberger, A. G., & Brandes, C. (2014). Mutation scanning in a single and a stacked genetically modified (GM) event by real-time PCR and high resolution melting (HRM) analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 15(11), 19898–19923. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms151119898Ddamulira, G., Ramathani, I., Sebikejje, T., Naluyimba, R., Otim, A., Pariyo, A., & Maphosa, M. (2019). Mango Yield...
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Behind the Aroma Podcast Notes for Season 02 Episode 01: Geographical Indications

 BibliographyFrequently Asked Questions: Geographical Indications. (n.d.). https://www.wipo.int/geo_indications/en/faq_geographicalindications.htmlGeographical Indications. (n.d.). https://www.wipo.int/geo_indications/en/Geographical Indications: An Introduction, 2nd edition. (n.d.). www.wipo.int. https://doi.org/10.34667/tind.44179Idapuzone. (2022, March 25). 21/03/2022-Recognition of Penja Pepper as a PGI in the European Union - oriGIn | Organization for an. oriGIn | Organization...
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March 7, 2023

Pleasure and Hospitality: Attributes of Culturally Appropriate Foods

 Milk Tea: A popular beverage in Bangladesh I wrote this piece on a snowy late afternoon while sipping a hot cup of coffee. Outside my window, I can see how the streets were blanketed in an enchanting layer of white snowflakes. The snow fall reminds me of those rainy days back home in Bangladesh where people often enjoy the melody of rain by sharing stories, munching on warm, crispy pakoras...
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