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Berlin (Germany), Jan 22 (EFE), (Camera: Maria Garrido).- Almost a quarter of German consumers now buy mostly organic food, an area in which Spanish fresh produce dominate. The latest data comes from a survey by the consulting firm PwC. FOOTAGE OF THE ALNATURA ORGANIC FOOD CHAIN AND LPG BIOMARKT AND BIO COMPANY STORES. INCLUDES SOUNDBITES FROM MANOJ PANDEY, 25-YEAR-OLD PROGRAMMER, CONSUMER OF ECO PRODUCTS; AND MAIKE BRAHMS, 20-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, CONSUMER OF ECO PRODUCTS.
Business Insider contributor Jannese Torres-Rodriguez was laid off from a job she hated in 2014. But it was a blessing in disguise. While unemployed, she began monetizing her food blog to pay off her student loans. Growing her business netted her $167,000 in just a few years. Now, if you want to build your own digital side hustle, you don't half to reinvent the wheel. Sites like Etsy and Podia provide sophisticated platforms to sell digital content, and have built-in user interfaces. Likewise, social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram can help you advertise and validate your service or product-based business. Don't want to sell anything at all? In that case, build wealth by providing content that gets a ton of traffic, and embed ads and affiliate links in your copy. That way, you can build a passive income stream that earns money 365 days a year.
Lisbon, Sep 18 (EFE), (Camera: Paula Fernández).- The pandemic has not only caused infections and deaths in Portugal but it has also lead to poverty. Thousands of workers with stable jobs who overnight they stopped earning money and now have to turn to charity to survive.According to data from the Portuguese Institute for Employment and Vocational Training, in July there were 407,000 people registered in the unemployment centres, 37% more than a year ago, although the figure is highly questioned by economists, unions and politicians who point out that the real unemployment rate is even higher.FOOTAGE OF FOOD BANK IN LISBON AND FAMOES PARISH IN ODIVELAS. SOUNDBITES OF:-ISABEL JONET, PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE FEDERATION OF FOOD BANKS: "In two months we received more than 60,000 people asking for help. It is a huge increase, incredibly huge. It happened overnight. We started to receive requests and more requests. There were days when we received 2,000 help requests. It was very distressing because we did not see that entities were able to respond to all these people.""They are people who had never experienced poverty and suddenly, from one moment to another, they were left with nothing. They had no money, not even a euro because they had nowhere to work. Their workplaces were closed. For example, we are talking about hairdressers, personal trainers, physical therapists, dentists, beauticians, domestic workers, street vendors, taxi drivers, Uber drivers ... "."A fifth of the population lives in a situation of poverty. This kind of poverty was traditionally more linked to age, people with low retirement pensions. A set of measures was implemented, such as the solidarity supplement for the elderly or the increase in lower pensions, but we still have people with pensions below 180 euros a month."-SOFIA MARTINS, COORDINATOR OF THE FOOD BANK AT THE FAMOES PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE:"Before the pandemic, until March, the food bank helped 48 families from Pontinha and Famões. Nowadays, in August, they are about 140 families. There was a fairly significant increase due to the pandemic."-PAULO PINHEIRO, DIRECTOR OF THE FAMOES PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE:"Poverty is not only visible, but it is always a kind of iceberg. There is a type of poverty outside, visible, and people take the initiative and turn to help. But there is also a group of families to whom it is very difficult to help because it is ashamed poverty, they are not used to it or they do not want to say publicly that they are overcoming (financial) difficulties."-ANA PAULA, NEIGHBOUR WHO HAS TURNED TO THE FOOD BANK:"My husband and my baby tested positive and I had to stay at home to take care of them. I was laid-off at work and during the pandemic, I could not leave home since I had to self-isolate after tested positive. I sought help by calling the City Council and the community centre."
Lisbon, Sep 18 (EFE), (Camera: Paula Fernández).- The pandemic has not only caused infections and deaths in Portugal but it has also lead to poverty. Thousands of workers with stable jobs who overnight they stopped earning money and now have to turn to charity to survive.According to data from the Portuguese Institute for Employment and Vocational Training, in July there were 407,000 people registered in the unemployment centres, 37% more than a year ago, although the figure is highly questioned by economists, unions and politicians who point out that the real unemployment rate is even higher.FOOTAGE OF FOOD BANK IN LISBON AND FAMOES PARISH IN ODIVELAS. SOUNDBITES OF:-ISABEL JONET, PRESIDENT OF THE Portuguese Federation of Food Banks: "In two months we received more than 60,000 people asking for help. It is a huge increase, incredibly huge. It happened overnight. We started to receive requests and more requests. There were days when we received 2,000 help requests. It was very distressing because we did not see that entities were able to respond to all these people.""They are people who had never experienced poverty and suddenly, from one moment to another, they were left with nothing. They had no money, not even a euro because they had nowhere to work. Their workplaces were closed. For example, we are talking about hairdressers, personal trainers, physical therapists, dentists, beauticians, domestic workers, street vendors, taxi drivers, Uber drivers ... "."A fifth of the population lives in a situation of poverty. This kind of poverty was traditionally more linked to age, people with low retirement pensions. A set of measures was implemented, such as the solidarity supplement for the elderly or the increase in lower pensions, but we still have people with pensions below 180 euros a month."-SOFIA MARTINS, COORDINATOR OF THE FOOD BANK AT THE FAMOES PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE:"Before the pandemic, until March, the food bank helped 48 families from Pontinha and Famões. Nowadays, in August, they are about 140 families. There was a fairly significant increase due to the pandemic ".-PAULO PINHEIRO, DIRECTOR OF THE FAMOES PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE:"Poverty is not only visible, but it is always a kind of iceberg. There is a type of poverty outside, visible, and people take the initiative and turn to help. But there is also a group of families to whom it is very difficult to help because it is ashamed poverty, they are not used to it or they do not want to say publicly that they are overcoming (financial) difficulties."-ANA PAULA, NEIGHBOR WHO HAS TURNED TO THE FOOD BANK:"My husband and my baby tested positive and I had to stay at home to take care of them. I was laid-off at work and during the pandemic, I could not leave home since I had to self-isolate after tested positive. I sought help by calling the City Council and the community center."
Bangkok, Mar 24 (EFE/EPA).- Various restaurants and food chains have set up social distancing stalls for home delivery services as a precaution against the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic at a closed shopping mall in Bangkok.Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Tuesday announced an emergency decree to be put in place on Thursday until the end of April, but details of specific measures, which could include curfew and restrictions on movement and media, are yet to be announced. The government also reported three new deaths due to coronavirus on Tuesday – Thai men aged 70, 79 and 45 with underlying health conditions – bringing the total to four, with 106 new cases, bringing the total to 827. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT).FOOTAGE SHOWS FOOD DELIVERT SERVICES IN A SHOPPING MALL, BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Shoppers in Berlin rise before dawn to stock up on traditional Christmas treats at a local delicatessen. Vanessa Johnston reports.
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