McDonald's, KFC and Subway Commitment to Cut Antibiotics Inadequate, Says Report
On February 25, Consumers International - a global federation of over 240 consumer groups - published a report entitled Antibiotics Off The Menu. The report shows how the commitment of three of the...
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Pre-Peeled Oranges: What Some Call 'Lazy' Others Call A 'Lifesaver'
Last week, the Twitterverse became enraged after advertising copywriter Nathalie Gordon posted a photo of pre-peeled, plastic-packaged oranges. "If only nature would find a way to cover these oranges...
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McDonald’s Says its Wage Hikes Are Improving Service
Last year, McDonald’s mcd joined a chorus of struggling U.S. companies offering workers pay hikes to help spur a turnaround. And it looks like the move is paying off for the fast-food giant. The...
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British supermarkets pledge to cut food waste 20% by 2025
Britain’s leading supermarkets have pledged to drive down food and drink waste by a fifth within the next decade. Retailers including Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Morrisons are backing a voluntary...
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Q&A with Tom Vilsack, Obama’s last man standing
He’s the last man standing from the original Obama Cabinet: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, now in his final year as the nation’s top authority on farm and food policy. Under Vilsack’s lead, the...
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Way more Americans are worried about climate change
There’s good news and there’s bad news: More Americans are concerned about climate change now than at any time in the past eight years. But that’s because the consequences are getting harder to ignore....
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Our Hero: Chef Vivian Howard at Chef and the Farmer
Many chefs work hand in hand with local food producers, leading the way toward a more sustainable food system. We are thrilled to support these chefs and the good work they do through the Eat Well...
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Florida farmers worry about Cuba organic growers
Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story did not make clear that opening a Department of Agriculture office in Cuba is a proposal that has not been approved. ST....
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A Monsanto Exec’s Selfie-Snapping, Live-Tweeting Campaign for GMO Acceptance
What do you do when a Monsanto executive asks to take a selfie together with the enthusiasm of a grandparent who has just discovered Twitter? You could, I guess, grin and bear it along with the spam...
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France moves towards full ban on pesticides blamed for harming bees
France has approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees. The legislation, approved by French lawmakers, goes beyond current EU restrictions, which have provoked...
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This New Brooklyn Grocery Is Designed For Zero Waste
In the 10-block radius around Sarah Metz's apartment in Brooklyn, there are around 50 bodegas and five or six grocery stores. None have bulk bins; like typical markets, pretty much everything you can...
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How Guantanamo Bay could be reborn as an ocean science powerhouse
Guantanamo Bay may be better known as an infamous U.S. military camp, but as a mostly undisturbed, isolated area, its wildlife is thriving. Its coral reefs are still intact, untouched by the normal...
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Can coffee become the world’s first 100 percent sustainable agricultural...
Growing coffee often leads to deforestation — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Popout Share downloadThis story is based on a radio interview. Listen to the full interview. A new initiative called...
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World Water Day 2015: Home
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Mexican farmworkers strike over low wages, blocking harvest
Veronica Zaragoza grew up in these coastal fields, picking berries and tomatoes and watching an industry being transformed. She saw new greenhouses erected, irrigation lines spread through the fields,...
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Here’s How to Solve World Hunger
Tristram Stuart has 24 hours to produce a restaurant meal for 50 people—to plan a menu, gather food, then welcome guests to a venue in a city not his own. Complicating what sounds like a reality-show...
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BSE Sensex Validates That Food Tech Revolution In India Is No Bubble
I read this article in the Economic Times yesterday, and realized that the food-tech sector has just demonstrated its real impact and latent demand on two public stocks (Jubilant Foodworks &...
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California Widow Is Suing Monsanto for Killing Her Husband
Teri McCall of Cambria, California, lost her husband of 40 years, Anthony “Jack” McCall, to terminal cancer in December 2015. For nearly 30 years on his 20-acre fruit and vegetable farm, Jack had used...
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How to Know Good Tofu When You Find It
When I tell people I'm meeting for the first time that I make tofu for a living, they are amazed and intrigued. The conversation generally begins with my explanation of how artisan tofu is made (it’s...
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