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Infographic: How Branding and Packaging Affect the Way Consumers Trust Food
Today more than ever, food has become one of the most important—and discussed—choices among U.S. consumers. Since food purchases are heavily influenced by trust, Boston-based consultancy C Space...
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You’re Going to Start Hearing A Lot More About Giant Chickens
Last month Taco Bell became the latest of the major fast-food chains to commit to serving eggs only from cage-free hens. The brand behind Cap’n Crunch doughnut holes and Doritos taco shells was the...
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Let Alec Baldwin tell you why he is an optimistic climate warrior
It wasn’t exactly the Oscars, but there was a star-studded award ceremony Monday night in Paris: the United Nations Development Program’s Equator Prize. Awarded this year to 21 indigenous and community...
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What Doesn't Kill You
Director Ricardo Salvador outlines a partnership with Food Policy Action and other groups that addresses the principal issues around US food policy. Their combined initiative is called Plate of the...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'Go part-time vegetarian to protect the planet'
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says people should go meat-free one or two days a week to protect the climate. Meat-eating was an environmental problem, with farming creating an...
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Why We Must Make Food an Issue in This Presidential Campaign
Of all American success stories, the system that supplies food in abundance should be at the top of the list. As with all large and complex systems, however, there are a number of key features of the...
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The simple way you can make Christmas merry for this 8-year-old arson survivor
When firefighters pulled Safyre Terry’s father from the ashes, she was underneath him — buried in his arms and still alive. It was an early May morning in 2013 when, investigators said, an arsonist set...
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FACT SHEET: Council of Economic Advisers Releases Report Highlighting New...
A new report released today from the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) finds that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, is highly effective...
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In Maine, a farm-to-campus revolution?
America’s first-ever farm-to-institution food service cooperative wants to take over the University of Maine System’s dining services from Aramark. It’s a long shot. But they might just win by losing...
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Open Letters to Restaurant Critics, Ranked
Open Letter Publication of Choice: An email to all of the city's top food editors The Gist: This is, quite simply, the greatest open letter ever written about a New York restaurant review. It's a...
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Hold onto your straw hats. Farming is about to go low-carbon
If everything goes really well, and world population peaks by 2050, we’ll almost certainly have to grow a lot more food to feed all those people. We might avoid increases by going vegetarian or sharing...
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US government approves transgenic chicken
Animal's eggs contain an enzyme engineered to treat a rare disease. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a chicken genetically engineered to produce a drug in its eggs. The drug,...
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FDA wrong on ‘Frankenfish’
By Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) - 12/08/15 06:51 PM EST Weeks ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its misguided decision to approve the nation’s first...
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Chipotle’s Safety Woes Worsen as Scores of Students Fall Ill in Boston
Things are going from bad to worse at Chipotle Mexican Grill. The number of Boston College students who became ill after eating at a Chipotle restaurant near its campus grew to 80 on Tuesday, at a time...
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International Targets Recommended for Reducing Animal Antibiotic Use
If you want to reduce something, a good place to start is with a target. That’s what the U.K.’s Review of Antimicrobial Resistance suggests in its new report on antibacterial use in agriculture. More...
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Recalled Diced Celery and Onion Blend May Not Be E. Coli Source
Taylor Farms Pacific may have been a little too quick to recall its diced celery and onion blend over the Thanksgiving weekend. The latest U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) testing has been...
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Love craft brews? We have bad news for you.
Pity Anheuser-Busch InBev, the Belgian-owned behemoth responsible for such beloved US beers as Budweiser, Bud Light, and Michelob Ultra. When InBev bought US beer giant Anheuser-Busch back in 2008, the...
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These countries are using a shocking amount of antibiotics on animals
As my colleague Tom Philpott has pointed out again and again, our habit of dosing farm animals with antibiotics is causing big problems. According to a new report commissioned by UK Prime Minister...
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Cellulosic ethanol plant shuttered in biofuels setback
Chuck Abbott sends you the reporting you need every weekday morning on food and agriculture policy. And now FERN’s Ag Insider in going pro!
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Dow, DuPont Merger Would Spark European Chemicals Scramble
A mega-merger between Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. stands to have far-reaching consequences for European rivals, prompting a series of follow-on combinations as pesticide and seed makers scramble to...
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