EE101: Food Marketing & The Big Food Industry
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A Jury of International Experts overseen by the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Seeds&Chips’ official scientific advisor, will award 14 prizes to the most cutting edge and disruptive...
View ArticleGreenland is melting way ahead of schedule
To say the 2016 Greenland melt season is off to the races is an understatement. Warm, wet conditions rapidly kicked off the melt season this weekend, more than a month-and-a-half ahead of schedule. It...
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View ArticleAre Falling Farm Incomes Impacting Agtech Adoption for the Long Term?
This year will likely be the worst year of the commodity price downturn for US row crop farmers as many enter their third year of negative net incomes, according to Kenneth S. Zuckerberg, senior...
View ArticleDolmio and Uncle Ben's firm says only have items weekly
The firm that makes Dolmio sauces and Uncle Ben's rice has said some of its products should only be had once a week due to high salt, sugar or fat content. Mars Food said it would distinguish between...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Animal Confinement Regulations
What should the regulations for animal confinement be? Voters in Massachusetts are poised to decide in a November ballot question whether the state should ban the sale of whole eggs, pork products, or...
View ArticleHacking the refugee crisis
When he was a kid, Michael Butcher's dad took him to an army base where the government had flown in refugees from a natural disaster in Asia. "It was a time when governments would just do that kind of...
View ArticleWho says bacon is bad?
Processed meat, such as bacon, ranks alongside plutonium as a carcinogen, according to an arm of the WHO. Here’s how such assessments happen – and what they mean
View ArticleFood trucks driving away from 'roach coach' food safety rep
Chef Roy Choi eight years ago moved on to the mean streets of Los Angeles looking for customers in his Kogi Korean BBQ truck. In his rear window came a never-ending parade of food trucks that would...
View ArticleThe Full-Fat Paradox: Dairy Fat Linked To Lower Diabetes Risk
If you melt at the creaminess of full-fat yogurt, read on. A new study finds the the dairy fats found in milk, yogurt and cheese may help protect against Type 2 diabetes. The research, published in the...
View ArticleWhy Organic Restaurant Certification Matters
Serving giant fried chicken sandwiches and boasting the tagline “taste the revolution,” the Organic Coup opened quietly in Pleasanton, California last November. It’s a modest fast casual food joint...
View ArticleSuperbugs are on track to kill 10 million people by 2050 if things don’t...
In November of 2015, scientists in southeastern China were combing through bacterial samples collected from hospitals in the Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces when they discovered something that would...
View ArticleGAO Says USDA Needs to Enhance Oversight of GMO Crops
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report stating that the USDA needs to enhance its oversight and better understand the effects of unintended mixing of GMO (genetically modified...
View ArticleThe Rich Get Richer: 50 Billionaires Got Federal Farm Subsidies
Feeding your mind, saving the planet >> Think federal farm subsidies only help out struggling family farmers? Think again. Fifty members of the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans – banking...
View ArticleAlice Waters, Tony Kushner and More on Epiphanies
Deepak Chopra “You have a certain set of relationships and you have a story; but suddenly, something can change and you have a new story. At 32, I was a doctor practicing medicine. I saw how people...
View ArticleNutritionally-enhanced GM crops? Too bad about the deformed butterflies
Cabbage white butterfly with deformed wings (pinned to an insect board) that was fed an experimental diet enriched with long chain omega-3 fatty acids, 48 hours after emergence. Photo: PLOS One. More...
View ArticleEli Zigas's Food Policy Work is Changing the Rules of the Game
The agriculture and food policy director for San Francisco’s urban planning think tank says shaping in your city’s food system might be easier than you think. Eli Zigas didn’t wait for someone to offer...
View ArticleMilky Way International Trading Corp. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of...
Ramita Garviso 1-888-496-9187 View Product Photos Milky Way International Trading Corp. is initiating a voluntary recall of Nice! Peach Slices and Nice! Mixed Fruit in 8-ounce glass jars out of an...
View ArticleThe future of medicine is food
In between anatomy and biochemistry, medical students in the US are learning how to sauté, simmer and season healthy, homemade meals. Since 2012, first and second year students at Tulane University...
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