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Mars Will Tell You Which Foods Are Good For “Everyday” Or “Occasional” Eating
Too busy to cook and thinking of heating up that lasagna for dinner yet again? Mars Foods wants you to think again. Over the next few years, the company—which owns a lot of food brands besides the...
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India’s worst drought in 50 years is shutting down farms, hospitals, and schools
India is suffering. In the midst of the worst drought it has seen in half a century, some 330 million people are currently affected, reports the government. The scarcity is so severe that schools,...
View ArticleSchaffner Distributing Pronutri LLC. Issues an Allergy Alert on Undeclared...
Schaffner Distributing Pronutri LLC.1-866-688-7220 View Product Photos Schaffner Distributing Pronutri LLC. is recalling Re-VITA-lize LOT #15554, because it contains undeclared SOY Lecithin and MILK...
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How to convince the climate slacker to get serious
Just the other day, I was talking to a performance artist, a stylish man covered in bunny tattoos. “What do you do for a living?” the performance artist asked me. “I write about science,” I said....
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The war on elephants
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Bloated and eerily upright the large adult elephant was still standing where it had been killed - just next to the stream - its face hacked off. It had...
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A Floating Food Forest Prepares to Sets Sail in New York City
Half public art project, half tourist destination, a floating food forest called Swale is set to launch along the New York City waterfront in June. Unlike the Beacon Food Forest in Seattle, Clifton...
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Here's Why Kids Are Still Getting More Obese
According to a 2015 New York Times analysis of government and private-sector data, the number of calories consumed annually by the average US child declined 9 percent between 2004 and 2013. And yet,...
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Harvard study: Soda tax would make Phila. healthier
Harvard University researchers are projecting major health benefits if Mayor Kenney's proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages is enacted. Within a few years of the three-cents-an-ounce tax's...
View ArticleBakery Express of Southern California Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared...
Bakery Express of Southern California 1-714-446-9470 View Product Photos Bakery Express of Southern California of Fullerton, CA is recalling 7-ELEVEN FRESH TO GO brand cookies, because it may contain...
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Hawaii's last sugar harvest paves the way for a fight over the land's future
For one last season, luscious, green fields of sugarcane are animating Maui’s landscape. Hulking trucks are loading pre-burned cane from the Hawaiian Corporate and Sugar Company (HC&S)’s 144th crop...
View ArticleSoutheastern Grocers Issues Voluntary Recall on Undeclared Peanuts in Bakery...
Southeastern Grocers 866-946-6349 Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of BI-LO, Harveys and Winn-Dixie stores, is voluntarily recalling its 32 ounce Bakery Crème Cakes and 14 ounce Bakery Sliced...
View ArticleOld Home Kitchens Issues Allergy Alert and Voluntary Recall on Undeclared...
Old Home Kitchens 1-800-888-6059 ext. 1339 Bogart, Ga. - Old Home Kitchens is voluntarily recalling "Old Home Kitchens 14oz. Sliced Lemon Crème Cake production code 16104" "Old Home Kitchens 14oz....
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In Defense of Federal Food Aid
April 27, 2016 7:18 p.m. ET The rate of food insecurity in the U.S. spiked during the Great Recession and it continues to remain unconscionably high in the world’s wealthiest nation. In 2014, according...
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See You on May 6th for Opening Day of USDA Farmers Market
Get excited—we sure are! Friday, May 6, is the opening of the 21st season of the USDA Farmers Market in Washington, D.C. This means USDA employees and others who work nearby, residents of the city’s...
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Keeping Bees Safe: It's A Ruff Job, But This Doggy Detective Gets It Done
The newest apiary inspector at the Maryland Department of Agriculture has four legs, golden fur and a powerful sniffer. Mack, a 2-year-old yellow Lab, joined the team last fall to help his mom, chief...
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Pretty soon there will be nothing worth reading online.
You don't always hear the bubble burst. Often, it's more a gradual escaping of air, signaled by nothing more than the occasional queasy feeling you bat away: One house for sale on the block, oh well....
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Food Funded 2016
Hands-on workshops facilitated by experienced practitioners. Determining right type of capital to raise Alternatives to traditional funding: choices and tactics Raising money from friends & family...
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Powered by EventbriteFood Book Fair offers scholarship opportunities. Interested? Please contact us at info@foodbookfair.com with "SCHOLARSHIP" in the subject line.
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Tell PepsiCo: No Exploitation for Snack Food!
The ecological devastation of Conflict Palm Oil is evident: we know that palm oil, found in half of all packaged goods in your local grocery store, is driving the extinction of Sumatran orangutans,...
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