Ask Asda to go cage free on eggs
Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer, has announced that they will go cage free on eggs throughout the USA. But this incredible announcement doesn’t cover Asda, Walmart’s UK subsidiary. Please sign...
View ArticleVote for the 2016 Real Food Films Finalists
1. Watch all 10 films below (or just click here to view all 10 films at once and sit back with your popcorn!) 2. Cast your vote for the People's Choice Award by clicking the vote button for your...
View ArticleIan Leslie
Robert Lustig is a paediatric endocrinologist at the University of California who specialises in the treatment of childhood obesity. A 90-minute talk he gave in 2009, titled Sugar: The Bitter Truth,...
View ArticleWashington, DC
Get Tickets Now Register Now Dr. Silvia Abel-Caines DVM PhD, Ruminant Nutritionist, Organic Valley Deb Atwood, Executive Director, Meridian’s AGree: Transforming Food and Ag Policy Allison Aubrey, Food...
View ArticleHomeless but employed: the Chicago restaurant workers living under a bridge
Javier and Daniel sit rigidly on a dirty mattress inside the makeshift hovel, peering out from behind a tattered comforter, their bodies shaking. Angel is on a broken, stained office chair just...
View ArticleThe future of lettuce looks a whole lot like a weed farm
For years, the only produce that thrived indoors — and made money doing so — was cannabis. The leafy, THC-producing plant grew happily in fraternity basements and the back rooms of Colorado shops under...
View ArticleOrganic feed boom means U.S. cows feast on Romanian corn instead
America may export more grain to feed cattle, pigs and poultry than any other country, but it's losing share in its own backyard. Because most of the corn and soybeans harvested across the Midwest come...
View ArticleHow Food Became Pop Culture
This comes from our third issue, Cooks and Chefs. For more great stuff like this, subscribe today. Up until the late ’70s/early ’80s, nobody in America thought of dinner as much more than something...
View ArticleHow much has drought screwed the West Coast?
It was only a year ago that Californians were marching into another relentless summer, having endured an almost water-free winter, and the entire western United States was stricken by drought. Even if...
View ArticleFarmers Reap New Tools From Their Own High-Tech Tinkering
The green tractor trundling across a Manitoba field with an empty cab looks like it’s on a collision course with Matt Reimer’s combine—until it neatly turns to pull alongside so he can pour freshly...
View ArticleStatement Regarding Antibiotics
IRVINE, Calif., Friday, April 8, 2016 - Taco Bell values the important benefits of antibiotics, specifically those important to human medicine. Since 2014, we have been working with our partners and...
View ArticleMidwest International Corp Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Hosdo Cake
Jing Hua Chen 646-388-3032 View Product Photos MIDWEST INTERNATIONAL CORP., 47-57 BRIDGEWATER STREET, BROOKLYN NY 11222 is recalling HOSDO CAKE because it contains undeclared milk. Consumers who have...
View ArticleFood workers receive whistleblower protections
By Tim Devaney - The Obama administration is moving forward with new whistleblower protections for employees in the food industry. Food workers who report corporate wrongdoing will be protected from...
View ArticleCan Permaculture Make a Dent in America’s Farm Landscape?
Most Americans have never heard of permaculture. And although the approach is gaining traction among U.S. urbanites (full disclosure: I teach urban permaculture), ideas differ about exactly what it is....
View ArticleEurope bans two endocrine-disrupting weedkillers
The European commission has ordered a ground-breaking moratorium on two endocrine-disrupting weedkillers that have been linked to thyroid cancer, infertility, reproductive problems and foetal...
View ArticleBarriers go up against shrimp and prawns from Malaysia
American consumers are scooping up more shrimp than ever at lower prices, but it is not all good news because some aquaculture-grown shrimp and prawns from Malaysia contain residues from unapproved...
View ArticlePCA defense attorneys switch their focus to Atlanta for appeals
Thomas G. Ledford, the court appointed defense attorney for the former quality control manager at the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America, made numerous attempts to get the trial court to let his...
View ArticleA rare industry-funded study with unhappy results for the Honey Board funder
The USDA has just done a write up on a study it funded in collaboration with the National Honey Board: Consumption of Honey, Sucrose, and High-Fructose Corn Syrup Produces Similar Metabolic Effects in...
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