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What the lunch ladies didn't tell you
Cast your mind back to your high school cafeteria, and recall that feeling of having a tray full of tater tots, greyish Salisbury steak, and lime Jello and trying to find a friendly place to sit....
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France to ban some glyphosate weedkillers on health concerns
PARIS France's health and safety agency has decided to ban weedkillers that combine chemicals glyphosate and tallowamine because of uncertainty over possible health risks, it said on Friday. The ANSES...
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When picky eating is too great a luxury
Poor families, like families everywhere, share an age-old parental challenge: getting kids to eat healthy. But recent research by Caitlin Daniel, a doctoral candidate in sociology in Harvard’s Graduate...
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Bernie Sanders just accepted an invitation to speak at one of the world's...
Sen. Bernie Sanders has accepted an invitation to speak at the Vatican for a conference on social justice next week. The April 15th event, which will be hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social...
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Disney, fearing a scandal, tried to press journal to spike study
The Walt Disney Company urged an academic journal to withdraw a nutritional study of children’s meals at Disney World last fall — a study it had funded — amid a public backlash over corporate...
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USDA proposes mandated outdoor access for organic poultry
After years of development, the USDA proposed stronger housing and welfare rules for organic livestock that include group housing for swine and year-round access for poultry to the outdoors. The...
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BREAKING: House School Food Bill Is "Everything Health Advocates...
Back in January, it looked as though the long-running and contentious fight over school food nutrition standards might finally come to an end. In its proposed 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization...
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Voluntary limits to blame for Puget Sound pollution, law center says
Washington state is well aware that water quality in the Puget Sound has significantly declined, but the state government’s voluntary approach to addressing the causes—including industrial farm runoff—...
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‘We don't know why it came to this’: An American health crisis plaguing white...
TECUMSEH, Okla. They had been expecting a full processional with a limousine and a police escort, but the limousine never came and the police officer was called away to a suspected drug overdose at the...
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Brodo Turns Kitchen Scraps into a Tasty, Nutritious Drink
It reads like the perfect storm of food item appeal: soaking otherwise toss-able animal bones in water (sustainability: check) to create a nutrient-rich brew (paleo-friendly: check) for sale in paper...
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Philly Wants To Tax Soda
Philadelphia's new mayor wants to do something few American cities have done: pass a tax on soda and other sugary drinks. So far, Berkeley, Calif., has been the only U.S. city to approve such a tax....
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Kids clear key hurdle in their federal climate change lawsuit
Should kids be able to sue for a safe climate? A federal judge just said yes. Last month, in Eugene, Ore., a district court heard 21 youth plaintiffs’ arguments as to why their case should proceed to...
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State seeks millions in damages from Grocery Manufacturers at upcoming trial
The state Attorney General's office is taking a powerful Washington, D.C., lobby, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, to court seeking damages over money laundering in a 2013 initiative campaign....
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Why Hunting Down 'Authentic Ethnic Food' Is A Loaded Proposition
Hunting down that obscure Vietnamese place that serves up bánh bao exactly like you'd find in Hanoi, or an Indian joint with dal just like the one you had on that trip to New Delhi, is a not uncommon...
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How to Make Foolproof Cheese Fondue
The secret of fondue? Why, there's not really much of a secret at all. [Photograph: Niki Achitoff-Gray] We spend a lot of time here at Serious Eats reinventing recipes. Instead of adhering to the...
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Data on food availablity. Related links: http://faostat3.fao.org/download/FB/FBS/E; Date: 07/05/2015 Topics: Nutrition Download: PDF version Embed Code
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The True Cost of American Food
This conference will bring together up to 700 leaders and interested citizens to address one of the most critical barriers currently preventing sustainable food systems becoming mainstream – the...
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Pre-Conference Field Trips
Explore the Madison area food system and farm to institution landscape through a number of exciting field trips to farms, youth gardens, kitchen facilities, hospitals and more. These half and full day...
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Prince Charles at Highgrove, Gardeners' Question Time
His Royal Highness reveals his top tips for amateur gardeners. Seven things Prince Charles says you should do in the garden Eric Robson talks to The Prince of Wales about his lifelong passion for...
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Obama's latest food crackdown: Salt
The Obama administration is teeing up one of its last fights with Big Food — this time over salt. Voluntary targets for how much sodium should be in processed foods, from soup to potato chips, are...
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