Press releases

Who are today’s elderly? What impact does diet have on their health? How are vegetables a nutritional asset for elderly people? What are the obstacles to a balanced diet?

What does a plant need to grow? What is the Green Revolution and what has been its impact on our society? How does science try to improve agricultural species of interest? Where do GMOs come from? What do they promise? After a monograph detailing how dietary rules developed over the centuries, the Louis-Bonduelle Foundation is now addressing state-of-the-art practices related to the improvement of plant varieties. If the vegetables we consider stars of our meals are quite different from those of our grandparents, it is because scientific knowledge about plants have helped enhance their taste, texture, nutritional value, etc.

On 24 January, Bruno Deshaies, a chef in the kitchens of the Carquefou town hall, was awarded top prize at the "Jour du Légume" (Vegetable Day) competition.

What governs our appetite? How do we regulate our food intake? Why are nutrition-related disorders so common in Western society?

The Foundation took advantage of its official Canadian launch on January 25 to announce the recipients of its Call for Proposals subsidies.

How is our consumption of fruit and vegetables evolving? What are the determining factors? What are the obstacles? Researchers and those involved in the evolution of food behaviours discussed various socio-economic and epidemiological approaches during the Louis-Bonduelle Foundation Conference. The Foundation’s goal is to take action one day at a time so that Europeans move on from theory to practice and eventually adopt healthy eating reflexes, and programmes which have been proven effective were the subject of detailed presentations. Participants also witnessed the 2010 Louis Bonduelle Research Prize being given.