Pasta

According to FAO, every year are collected worldwide some 600 million tons of wheat (some 600 kgs. per inhabitant). According also to FAO, between a 10% and a 40% of the food produced is thrown away and we share it in a very unequal way: In 2001, Argentina produced wheat enough to feed India and China altogether, but in the country instead, there were problems of malnutrition. Let us not waste pasta.

How can we do it

Pasta with germ stales before others, don't wait a lot to eat it.
In Summer, if we keep it in the fridge or in a cold place, little butterflies will not come to it so quickly.
If we have boiled too much, let us spread it with oil, before putting it in the fridge.

Looking for satisfaction in our lives also helps to make a better world. Let us enjoy what we eat...

How can we do it

We can eat pasta with sauce, in a soup or bowl, in salads...
To make fresh pasta at home is easy. There are on sale very easy utensils to shape it. Here there is a video that explains how to do it.

Digues la teva

Data d'actualització: 10/06/2010 - 19:29

Keep this in mind!

Pasta is a good source of carbohydrates with many cooking possibilities.

The best options are ecological, whole-grain, or semi whole-grain, and local ones.

Information sources

Enterprises and organizations of the sector: Barilla, Consell Internacional de Cereals, Flo, Grupo Gallo, Grupo Siro, La Moianesa, Pasta Sala, PDR Sorribas, Pedragosa, Unió dels Industrials de la Pasta Italians, Vegetalia;

research centres: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries d'Espanya, Institut Nacional de Recerca Agronòmica d'Algèria;

magazines: Pimiento Verde, The Ethical Consumer;

books: several authors, L'alimentació mediterrània, Institut Català de la Mediterrània, 1996, D. López i J. A. López: Con la comida no se juega, Traficantes de Sueños 2003;

organizations: Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos, Unió de Pagesos.