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Tomato Fight: Farmworkers Launch National Boycott Against Wendy’s
If you enjoy the occasional nostalgic turn into the Wendy’s drive-through, that bright hint of red tomato on your burger may not be so innocent. There’s a long-documented history of human trafficking,...
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State says Organic Pastures raw milk caused outbreak
California officials say a January E. coli outbreak was caused by unpasteurized raw milk from Organic Pastures Dairy Co. because laboratory analysis shows the victims’ infections match a “very unusual”...
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A Plan Worth Its Salt
A few years ago the Los Angeles County Health Department, in conjunction with a separate initiative taken by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issued a series of videos warning of the...
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EU Countries Launch Shock Rebellion against Glyphosate Herbicides
The Netherlands and Sweden have joined France on Saturday in coming out strongly against the re-licensing of glyphosate-based herbicides in Europe. The remarkable rebellion against the World’s most...
View ArticleMonsanto: A history
6 February 2009 How one of the top 10 US chemical companies used the world's biggest selling pesticide to turn itself into a GM giant in order to try and escape its past Monsanto was created in 1901....
View ArticleVoluntary Recall of Cheese and Fruit Bistro Box for Undisclosed Allergen
1-800-782-7282 Gretchen’s Shoebox Express, a food packing establishment in Seattle, is voluntarily issuing a recall of the Cheese & Fruit Bistro Box (Item #11015085) with an “enjoy by date” of...
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Letter From The Editor: Food Safety News is safe to read
Coral Beach, our new managing editor, reminded me this week that back in the day of working for daily newspapers that actually involved the use of ink and paper, there were still problems. One was the...
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Food Revolution Day on Friday 16th May 2014
Sign up to Food Revolution Day, show your support for the campaign and get yourself counted on our global map.The Jamie Oliver Foundations work collaboratively to keep cooking skills alive. While the...
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Can you imagine your recipe being featured in a cookbook? Or representing your home state at a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House this summer? If so, First Lady Michelle Obama, the U.S. Department...
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Project Produce
Why do we want kids eating more fresh fruits and veggies? Take a look at the current state of our children’s health: These startling facts demand a healthy change for our country, which is why we are...
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Not Your Dad’s Farm Job: Millennials Look to High-Tech Farms For Careers
“I thought about what it is about food that I love. It’s where it comes from,” Barnett recalls. He also recognized that he could have an impact at the farm level, where he saw the most challenges. “Our...
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Privatized Water Costs More Than Public Water
We’ve known for years that when communities sell their water systems to private companies, water bills tend to go up. But by how much? Food & Water Watch did a survey of 500 municipal water systems...
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View ArticleCareer Opportunities in Food Sustainability Continue to Grow
Over the past decade, many companies and organizations have sprung onto the food scene with different strategies for connecting consumers to sustainable food systems. An exciting development within the...
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Increasing sustainable food production could empower Cambodian women
A team of researchers, led by scientists in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will launch a project designed to improve nutrition and empower women in Cambodia by promoting their...
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Gardeners Making a Difference
These days, gardeners everywhere are pulling out catalogs, planting seeds and planning for another growing season. So, in celebration of our First Year Anniversary, we salute some of the people we...
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New Western Farmers Have Trouble Finding Water
Two years ago, in the middle of summer, the water was shut off on the 143-acre farm and ranch that Dustin Stein manages in Mancos, Colorado. As a farmer at the beginning of his career, Stein, who runs...
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Was a USDA scientist muzzled because of his bee research?
Jonathan Lundgren is buying a parcel of land — a scrubby, 30-acre plot just north of Brookings, S.D. — from which he hopes to lead a revolution. An entomologist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
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Republican Voters Kind Of Hate All Their Choices
If we woke up one day and found that the daytime sky had permanently turned from blue to orange, we’d eventually get used to it. That wouldn’t make it any less strange, however. So even though the...
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Making a Case for Eating Fat
For years Dr. Mark Hyman was a vegetarian who kept his intake of dietary fat to a minimum. Whole-wheat bread, grains, beans, pasta and fruits and vegetables made up the bulk of his diet, just as the...
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