I love Italian cooking. My nonna was a foodie who raised me on 🍝, 🧀, and 🥩. But she also raised me to tell the truth and the truth is the Mediterranean diet has become a multi-billion euro lie.

The far-right is trying to use "blood and soil" rhetoric to win over farmers. In Romania, it's working.

Farmers are hurting right now, but it ain't because of Mercosur. My 2-cents below.

@HlavacekEu Dobrý den pane Hlaváček, jmenuji se Alessandro, jsem agrofood reportér v Politico. Děláme rozhovor s českým ministrem zemědělství a mě napadlo, jestli bychom nemohli vyzpovídat i vás: o českém zemědělství jsme toho moc nepsali a rádi bychom o něm napsali článek.

RT @POLITICOEurope: Farmers are furious about lab-grown meat and they’re taking their fight to the European Union. On this week's episode…

RT @POLITICOEurope: Forget GMOs, Ukrainian grain or greedy multinationals. Lab-grown meat is one of the hottest flashpoints in the battle…

"Homeless people should get to vote." It sounds so obvious, but in most of Europe they still can't. Thank you to @FocusIreland and @FEANTSA for leading the way - check it out below.

🍫 Big Chocolate is conning you this Easter. Brands and supermarkets are hiking rates by up to 50% and blaming it on west Africa's cocoa crisis, which has sheared a tenth off global supply. But there's plenty of greedflation, too.

RT @Busvine: European farmers say they’re being screwed by Big Food. Is a price floor the answer? A question worth asking. Answers here f…

RT @POLITICOEurope: Hundreds of Belgian farmers descended on Brussels, where EU agriculture ministers will meet today. In chaotic scenes,…

RT @POLITICOEurope: Spoilage alert: Houthi attacks on shipping are disrupting shipments of fresh food. Many exporters are struggling to ge…

Kenya’s Police Are No Match for Haiti’s Gangs. Here's why.

@VelasqDamaso Hola Señor Velasco, me llamo Alessandro, soy periodista ingles. Estoy escribiendo un artículo sobre como América Latina está luchando para reducir la pesca INDNR extranjera y leí sobre el "Acuerdo de Panamá" del mes pasado. Estaría dispuesto a ser entrevistado?

@amywilentz Hi Prof. Wilentz, my name is Alessandro Ford, I'm a freelance journalist covering organized crime in Latin America. I'm writing an article about Haiti right now: would you be willing to be interviewed? If so, please DM me.

@ioangrillo Hey Ioan, my name's Alessandro, I'm a freelance journalist (ex-InSight Crime). I'm writing a piece on the spread of gangster warlordism in LatAm and would love to speak to you about how things have changed since the book's publication in 2016. DM me if you're free.

@VikramDodd Hi Mr. Dodd, my name's Alessandro Ford, I'm a journalist at InSight Crime, a Colombia-based news outlet covering organized crime in Latin America. I was hoping to ask you a few questions on crime reporting in the UK - please DM if you're available.

RT @Borderland_Beat: 🇲🇽🛬 "As Mexico’s drug traffickers continue their thrust into overseas markets, they seem to be increasingly favoring a…

@Owen120 Hi Evens, my name's Alessandro Ford, I'm a journalist at InSight Crime, a Colombia-based outlet covering organized crime in Latin America. I'm writing an article on the PNH's use of Canadian armoured vehicles and I was wondering whether you'd be free to talk?

@teunvoeten Hi Dr. Voeten, my name's Alessandro Ford, I'm a journalist at InSight Crime. I'm researching an article about three unusual seizures at Schiphol Airport of drugs from Mexico and I was wondering whether you'd be available for an interview?

@arthurdebruyne Hi Mr. Debruyne, my name's Alessandro Ford, I'm a journalist at InSight Crime. We're a Colombia-based media organization investigating organized crime in Latin America. We'd be keen to interview you about your upcoming book - DM me if that's possible.